ChristusG Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Seriously, best re entry story EVER. Glad you are back! I always enjoyed reading your posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 oh my gosh, that is a GREAT story and I love laughing this hard early in the morning...just glad I wasn't sipping coffee when I did lol. Welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I agree with Tibbie. I would add that if comes out of that if comes out of that hole, you should rename him Lazarus. These boards have seen a number of mummified chicken stories. Mummified turtle? I do hope that the turtle was "just resting" and will reemerge from its nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 SOOO....thanks for the turtle story...lol...but just so you know the reporter in me is dying to ask a ton of questions...I've been wondering when you would come back and often wondered about you and what was happening in your life...but I'll try to refrain from pelting you with questions, at least for now :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalypso Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Glad to have you back. I've always enjoyed your stories. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Glad to see you are back, Aubrey! I'm hoping your turtle is just hibernating and will be watching for updates, though my thought is he is probably gone. Thank you for such a great *I'm back* story. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Good to see you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Welcome back... If that turtle wakes up, it will make a very interesting unit study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I would have pushed it with a pencil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stansclan89 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I don't post all that often, but have been on these boards for 10 years with 2 different names--I have really missed your posts. I'm glad you are back :thumbup1: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 This is hilarious, but I'm glad you're BACK!!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well, turtles DO hibernate. Welcome back. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hello and welcome back. We went through a similar Resurrectionist incident last year. During a cold snap in Spring dd came crying and told me she thought one of the fledgling magpies we had been sharing our hill with was dead. It was lying under a tree and looked very freshly dead, but was so cold that I though maybe it was only 'mostly dead' (Miracle Max in The Princess Bride). So I put it down my shirt to slowly warm it. I figured if it was still dead when warm then we'd call it dead. I could feel occasional, very faint little movements and got quite excited. But then when I inspected it, I found a small worm crawling around in the feathers of the dead bird in my shirt against my skin. Yuck, creepy , creepy. I then let dd bury the DEAD bird but made her wash her hands as well as I had washed my front. Hope your turtle ends better. :eek: :ack2: :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Welcome back Aubrey!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: FWIW, we had a toad we raised from a micro-toadlet, who we'd thought had shuffled off his mortal coil, but who turned out to be hibernating. Unfortunately, his third hibernation was permanent. :( If they start to get kinda shrivelly, that's a pretty good indicator that they're not just "resting" or "pining for the fjords." Reptiles and amphibians tend to be kinda... self-mummifying. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Reptiles and amphibians tend to be kinda... self-mummifying. "Self-mummifying" Ewwww...... But that always better than the alternative. It's never good when ... "He's still... still..." "...juicy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well, turtles DO hibernate. Welcome back. LOL And they hibernate underground so don't feel bad about the burial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome back, Aubrey! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Reminds me of " !" See you next Thurs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Sooooooo.....how's the turtle? ETA - Nevermind, I just saw the other thread. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome back, crazy lady! :p Um, my dad had a massive heart attack last August. Three weeks on life support, then a gazillion complications. Right now he's in a nursing home. So now you're caught up on what's going on with me. Your turtle story is *way* funnier. :D Oh, goodness! I'm so sorry! I have lots of not-funny stories, but...well, actually, losing a turtle wasn't funny at first, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome home! And I'm sorry, but I really laughed at the thought of you poking the dead turtle.. I've done the opposite--have to put a lamb down and poked it to see if I'd really done the deed. And then being upset when I hadn't... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Btw, thanks to you, dh wants a horse for a pet. You know, one of those over-sized "dogs" you guys breed. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 I agree with Tibbie. I would add that if comes out of that if comes out of that hole, you should rename him Lazarus. Yes, I did insist that if he "resurrected" he'd have to be renamed. There was one other, less religious option, but now I forget. His name was "King Tut" though, & even that seemed kind-of fitting, esp for the religious-tunnel-afterlife idea. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 So glad to see you back, Aubrey. I've been wondering if you made any progress getting Steve Sheinkin to write a good American history volume for us. :tongue_smilie: Well.......? No, I haven't talked to him since I told you guys about it a LONG time ago. But I've been wondering, too. Turns out, even if we're studying the ancients, I can't keep his books in the garage. I made dh spend a Saturday helping me dig through boxes to pull out Two Miserable Presidents. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome back! Apparently there is a turtle forum (not kidding), which suggests slowly warming the turtle. It it moves in a day, it's alive. Yes, dh was posting there & calling me w/ updates. This forum was the basis of poking its limbs with a baby med dropper, which I was using to keep him moist/wash off his burial dirt, which wigged me out, esp on his eyes. But apparently there are different kinds of "soft." I was instructed to pick him up & see if his arms could be moved back & forth. *faint* I was clear about my limits. Poking was over the line, but flipping his legs back & forth? I wonder if dh has ever met me? (He did bring flowers afterward, unprompted.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 So, the turtle's dead. He "turned" while I was at McD's. Dh said it was "obvious," but spared me the details. SO glad I left the house. But now I feel all off-kilter, like the kids' turtle died & then I ignored them for a day. But they played really hard & were incredibly happy w/ getting the day off, so...? I guess it's ok? When I warned them to stay out of the kitchen, I promised ice cream later if they obeyed (& therapy if they didn't). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Nice to see you again. I was just wondering about you in the event of so many regulars giving themselves new names. I wondered if you were hiding among the new monikers. :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanSue Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'm pretty new here. This story is awesome. Great to "meet" you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Nice to see you again. I was just wondering about you in the event of so many regulars giving themselves new names. I wondered if you were hiding among the new monikers. :seeya: Well, I sort-of tried that after a weird neighbor-stalking incident, but that didn't really work, & then things got bad enough that I couldn't be here at all, so I figured that once I *could* be here, I'd much rather be myself. The mods were really nice to let me be myself again. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 One more story: I was using the internet at McD's & someone asked me if all the kids in the play place were mine. Well, no. I mean, I have 5, but no, not ALL of them. For one thing, I KNOW one of them is YOURS, lady. We went back & forth for a few minutes (all friendly) because she couldn't understand the math of "5, but not all." (I think there were 9 kids in there.) Then it turned to religion. Because 5 kids, you know. I tried to give brief answers so I could check my email. Maybe that's not nice, but it turns out she's in seminary studying to be a preacher. An hour later, after she'd stood up in her seat yelling & waving her arms at me (in a passionate, not angry way), she thanked me for the opportunity to make her preaching powerful. (Seriously, I need my own smiley here, that's wide-eyed & baffled.) One of the things she said she didn't believe in: poverty. Most of the rest, I've encountered before & at least understand/respect if I don't agree, but--she doesn't believe in people being poor? And she asked, "Who would look at a poor person & want to follow their god?" What do you even say to that? I was tempted to ask her if she'd read her Bible or *heard* of Jesus. I reminded her about Paul saying he knew how to be rich, knew how to be poor, etc. She said, "Yeah, but he learned that lesson & moved on." I said ok. I know it's bad, but I can't stop laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I see poor people. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 One of the things she said she didn't believe in: poverty. Most of the rest, I've encountered before & at least understand/respect if I don't agree, but--she doesn't believe in people being poor? And she asked, "Who would look at a poor person & want to follow their god?" What do you even say to that? I was tempted to ask her if she'd read her Bible or *heard* of Jesus. I reminded her about Paul saying he knew how to be rich, knew how to be poor, etc. She said, "Yeah, but he learned that lesson & moved on." I said ok. I know it's bad, but I can't stop laughing. OKaaay. She's in seminary? Is it one of those places that teaches you will be rewarded in this life. You know where the preachers drive Cadillacs and occassional get investigated for financial scandal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 One of the things she said she didn't believe in: poverty. Most of the rest, I've encountered before & at least understand/respect if I don't agree, but--she doesn't believe in people being poor? And she asked, "Who would look at a poor person & want to follow their god?" What do you even say to that? I think a jaw drop and eye roll that says "I really hope you're NOT a preacher with that kind of thought process" would be all that's necessary. Really? Jesus never preached negativity to poor people. OMG. :cursing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 OKaaay. She's in seminary? Is it one of those places that teaches you will be rewarded in this life. You know where the preachers drive Cadillacs and occassional get investigated for financial scandal. Obviously a prosperity gospel preacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 One more story: I was using the internet at McD's & someone asked me if all the kids in the play place were mine. Well, no. I mean, I have 5, but no, not ALL of them. For one thing, I KNOW one of them is YOURS, lady. We went back & forth for a few minutes (all friendly) because she couldn't understand the math of "5, but not all." (I think there were 9 kids in there.) Then it turned to religion. Because 5 kids, you know. I tried to give brief answers so I could check my email. Maybe that's not nice, but it turns out she's in seminary studying to be a preacher. An hour later, after she'd stood up in her seat yelling & waving her arms at me (in a passionate, not angry way), she thanked me for the opportunity to make her preaching powerful. (Seriously, I need my own smiley here, that's wide-eyed & baffled.) One of the things she said she didn't believe in: poverty. Most of the rest, I've encountered before & at least understand/respect if I don't agree, but--she doesn't believe in people being poor? And she asked, "Who would look at a poor person & want to follow their god?" What do you even say to that? I was tempted to ask her if she'd read her Bible or *heard* of Jesus. I reminded her about Paul saying he knew how to be rich, knew how to be poor, etc. She said, "Yeah, but he learned that lesson & moved on." I said ok. I know it's bad, but I can't stop laughing. Good grief! What the heck is she talking about? What ARE they teaching seminaries these days? I can only imagine what will happen to her if she's given a church in the inner city somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 One more story: I was using the internet at McD's & someone asked me if all the kids in the play place were mine. Well, no. I mean, I have 5, but no, not ALL of them. For one thing, I KNOW one of them is YOURS, lady. We went back & forth for a few minutes (all friendly) because she couldn't understand the math of "5, but not all." (I think there were 9 kids in there.) Then it turned to religion. Because 5 kids, you know. I tried to give brief answers so I could check my email. Maybe that's not nice, but it turns out she's in seminary studying to be a preacher. An hour later, after she'd stood up in her seat yelling & waving her arms at me (in a passionate, not angry way), she thanked me for the opportunity to make her preaching powerful. (Seriously, I need my own smiley here, that's wide-eyed & baffled.) One of the things she said she didn't believe in: poverty. Most of the rest, I've encountered before & at least understand/respect if I don't agree, but--she doesn't believe in people being poor? And she asked, "Who would look at a poor person & want to follow their god?" What do you even say to that? I was tempted to ask her if she'd read her Bible or *heard* of Jesus. I reminded her about Paul saying he knew how to be rich, knew how to be poor, etc. She said, "Yeah, but he learned that lesson & moved on." I said ok. I know it's bad, but I can't stop laughing. Aubrey you sure do attract the nut cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Aubrey you sure do attract the nut cases. I don't even WANT to know what that says about me!! Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dandelion Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Welcome back, Aubrey! Sounds like your life is full of bizarre and weirdly entertaining moments. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I don't even WANT to know what that says about me!! Lara LOL :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 I don't even WANT to know what that says about me!! Lara Yeah, but I think you know. ;) Really, though, the nut cases are rarely the people who STAY in my life. They're just the strangers at the bus stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Aww, sorry about the turtle. Hope the kids are taking it ok. I'm sorry if my link put hilarity before compassion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Btw, thanks to you, dh wants a horse for a pet. You know, one of those over-sized "dogs" you guys breed. ;) I take credit for how awesome Finley is!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Welcome back! My condolences on your turtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Aubrey, good to see you. :seeya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I will make it my priority to take and post a picture tomorrow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Glad you're back. So sorry about the turtle...I was really hoping it was hibernation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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