Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 How can I be outta likes this early in the day? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Ellie, you need to do a Hula Booya! I will have to figure that out. I'm not as techy as I am hula-y. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 A friend designed this a few years ago: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm about to engage in a cookie baking frenzy! Wish me luck! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Thanks for the birthday wishes. I was joking about being old. JoJosMom, we didn't celebrate so don't feel left out. I think the kids went through the bag of gifts while I was in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 A friend designed this a few years ago: Groovy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) A friend designed this a few years ago: Groovy! Squared! #educationalpostoftheday Edited December 21, 2015 by Susan in TN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes, I am. New classes start January 8. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. :hat: And look! A.. BOOYA!!!! January 8 is a great day to start. It is also Gymnast's bday. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) For the past few days there has been an actual horse fly outside of our apartment. We have no clue where this thing came from. Last night when we came home from evening service John kept holding the door open to see something. We kept yelling for him to close it and he kept saying hold on. Well, guess what happened. So last night Matt was chasing this horse fly around with vinegar spray thinking it would fall to the ground if we shot it. It didn't. He did manage to get it with the vacuum after I locked it in the bathroom. We had a little mini celebration. Well, I just walked out into the living room and what should I happen to find? Did he miss it last night? Did it survive the vacuum? I don't understand how we missed it. So I'm chasing the thing around with the vinegar and manage to trap it in a little hole that I can't get to. So I got a wet paper towel and covered the whole. Now the damn thing can starve to death. Edited December 22, 2015 by Slache 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 There is something inherently not right about this. ETA: The hills are alive with the sound of booyahs... Please tell me I am not the only one that sang that booyah lol 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Probably not in danger of death from your rash. However, I would add ringworm to your differential diagnosis list. I would move poison ivy down because you don't have it on your hands, and I would assume that in a tree farm, you would be touching the trees with your hands before you would touch it with your face. Go see if it glows under UV light for fun. Sometimes ringworm will do that--very Christmas green. Not sure I agree with that part about the hands. Did I ever tell you guys about the time I had poison all over my face one Christmas from a live tree? My hands were fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am not allergic to poison ivy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 You are not old. You are mature - and I really mean that. At 30, I was still adjusting to being a SAHM. I had a two year old. I did not have a plan for housekeeping or cooking. I did not know how to structure my days (without work or school to do it for me). I was not working out. (I had been to my first homeschool conference though, lol!) Look at you! You know so much about educational materials and how to use them. You're successful with a budget. You have household routines in place. You are working out (aside from a few interruptions, lol.). You have kon-mari'ed. You have a Bible reading plan. You have all the things! The day I turned 30 I was 6 months pregnant with my 4th. So 30 is so not old. I was in low income housing, still fighting with ex about the divorce, though he signed over custody not long after and finally started paying child support after 6 years of nothing. I felt old at 30, but that was due to stress not actually being old. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Good Morning! My internet was screwed up this morning, but now it is fixed. I had to reset the router. The children have been fed. The animals have been fed. Now it is time to go to the store and get the tlih some fresh groceries and her medication. Then put it all away in her apartment before picking her up from rehab. I have to unload gifts from the van first. I have to hide two bicycles in the garage and put everything else in the trunk of the car (ds's old car which will be dd16' s when she gets her license) without anyone seeing me. Somewhere in there I will have to go to Wal-Mart and find bicycle gift bags. The walmart I was at yesterday was sold out. Amazon didn't have any suitable ones. Otherwise I wonder if 55 gallon trash bags would work? I say save your money on the gift bags and just put a bow on them. The Christmas I was ten and my sister twelve, we got 10-speed bikes. Parents stuck a bow on them, and they were the first thing we saw when we woke up. I have a very fond memory of us shrieking so loud it woke my parents up. Shortly after we were jumping up and down on their bed. I think wrapping would have lessened the impact, as we would have known it was a bike from the size/shape but not had that instant WOW feeling, kwim? Edited December 21, 2015 by ikslo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 At 30 I was still a newlywed. #latebloomer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Back from running after a week and a half break. I have to say I'm rather glad I did it, otherwise I would feel so lazy reading about everyone's Christmas preparations, helping people, traveling to family. I have not run in awhile. I also have not prepped my house for Christmas, because no one is coming over this year and it will just be the 3 of us. (Yay!!!!) I have, however, spend numerous hours watching the Walking Dead on Netflix in the past few weeks. Yay, me! How's that for being lazy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Dh took Ds15 to watch Star Wars. The only other time our dc have been to a movie theater was to watch a free showing of Veggie Tales -- about 10 years ago. I think this will be an improvement. ;) I'll probably get to go see it later this week or next week. I don't want to go alone, and if I go with dh we will have to pay for a babysitter; so, I guess ds15 will have to watch it again. I'm sure he won't mind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 And lunch today at my house was probably just as loud as Star Wars. It's ds15's turn to set the table this week. Since he is at the movie theater, I asked dd7 to set the table. Dd7 cried (loudly, and with gusto) about having to set the table. Then dd5 started crying and whining because she didn't get to set the table. Dd11 and I laughed loud and long at them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm about to engage in a cookie baking frenzy! Wish me luck! Good luck! Can you send some my way? I forgot to make cookies for the librarian and security guard at the library. (Library is at a art school, so the security guard is for the school, not the library, but she's super nice just like our librarian.) I think I am going to resort to scratch tickets, LOL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am not allergic to poison ivy Being someone who catches poison easily, consider yourself blessed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 The day I turned 30 I was 6 months pregnant with my 4th. So 30 is so not old. I was in low income housing, still fighting with ex about the divorce, though he signed over custody not long after and finally started paying child support after 6 years of nothing. I felt old at 30, but that was due to stress not actually being old. I was pregnant with my 1st/only. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 At 30 I was still a newlywed. #latebloomer I'm a later bloomer than you! I was still an old maid at 30. Living in a little apartment, listening to my neighbors fight through the bedroom walls, teaching at a Christian school and really wondering if I was ever going to get married. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 IT to me, the analyst: "What do you need all that data for, anyway?" Also, they refuse to fix a serious error that requires a major update. The error is that the server doesn't tell you if it downloaded all the data. So like imagine if your bank only recorded half the transactions and they don't know which half because no error. And literally that dire because we administer financial aid. And then IT tells everyone it's all fine and the students get screwed. And nobody will listen to me. #atleastmarkgetspaid 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 And lunch today at my house was probably just as loud as Star Wars. It's ds15's turn to set the table this week. Since he is at the movie theater, I asked dd7 to set the table. Dd7 cried (loudly, and with gusto) about having to set the table. Then dd5 started crying and whining because she didn't get to set the table. Dd11 and I laughed loud and long at them. :D sounds familiar, somehow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Likety like like like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Not sure I agree with that part about the hands. Did I ever tell you guys about the time I had poison all over my face one Christmas from a live tree? My hands were fine. No, I don't think you've told us that story. Of course, if one were to get the oil on one's hands, then wipe the face, then get home and wash the hands well, but forget the face, it would be a way to get poison ivy on the face without getting it on the hands. And don't we have somebody here who likes to go out and smell her tree? ETA: Also not allergic to poison ivy. Edited December 21, 2015 by Critterfixer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm not allergic to poison oak or poison ivy. I want this https://www.pinterest.com/pin/63402307232099838/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 For the past few days there has been an actual horse fly outside of our apartment. We have no clue where this thing came from. Last night when we came home from evening service John kept holding the door open to see something. We kept yelling for him to close it and he kept saying hold on. Well, guess what happened. So last night Matt was chasing this horse fly around with vinegar spray thinking it would fall to the ground if we shot it. It didn't. He did manage to get it with the vacuum after I locked it in the bathroom. We had a little mini celebration. Well, I just walked out into the living room and what should I happen to find? Did he miss it last night? Did it survive the vacuum? I don't understand how we missed it. So I'm chasing the thing around with the vinegar and manage to trap it in a little hole that I can't get to. So I got a wet paper towel and covered the whole. Not the damn thing can start to death. Do y'all not have fly swatters? I have never in my life chased a fly with vinegar. :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) I am not allergic to poison ivy I'm extremely allergic. I'll gladly give you some of my reaction, then we can just be mildly allergic together. Please? At 30 I was still a newlywed. #latebloomer Same here. I'm a later bloomer than you! I was still an old maid at 30. Living in a little apartment, listening to my neighbors fight through the bedroom walls, teaching at a Christian school and really wondering if I was ever going to get married. I feel ya there. I got married a month before I turned 30, but I did all the rest you mentioned. ALL of my friends were married and had at least 2 kids by the time I even got around to having a boyfriend. I was too shy and too insecure. I felt like it would never happen. I met my husband on Christian Mingle. He found me and contacted me. But, I did not want to talk to him. He looked old and bald. (He is bald (shaves his head) and is 10 years older than me.) He kept pestering me and I was trying to be nice, but still say no. I'd respond with very short answers and I found out quickly that he doesn't take hints very well. lol Because I was too nice to just block him, we started talking and went on our first date exactly 6 years ago this past Saturday. Edited December 21, 2015 by Southern Ivy 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Also, adding on to the 30's old conversation...I don't feel that old. Half the time, I still think I'm in my 20s and I'm just pretend playing house. But, I know I'm getting older because I have to really stop and think about how old I am. And, sometimes, I can't remember, so I have to do the math. If it's that bad now, I'm doomed when I get to my 60s and 70s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Do y'all not have fly swatters? I have never in my life chased a fly with vinegar. :lol: No. :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am about to rip out all my hair. (It's awful anyway, so no big loss.) I have now packed ds11's clothes in 3 different bags/duffles and not a single one of them have a functioning zipper. Not one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (((Susan))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am having a really crappy day. WOn't go into details and bore everyone, basically 1st world problems. Just a bad day, and I have to go into work with unbrushed hair because the f*cking stupid dog ate my hairbrush, and even though we own at least 7 more I can not find them anywhere, so unbrushed, dried while still wet hair, here I go. Looks like I have to go get a 3rd job again, because working 40-45 hours a week isn't enough even with an okay wage. Especially when they close for 2 weeks causing me to be over $1000 short on this months paycheque, at the most expensive time of year and right when term 2 fees are due to the college. I hate this time of year. EVen when I maintain a small shopping budget it screws me up because of the work closure and other costs. Like I said 1st world problems, I just don't know how I will fit in 1 more thing, and yet I have to, if it is this hard now in september when oldest turns 18 and child support for him stops, and disability payments and child tax benefit (income all canadians get to help for the cost of raising kids) and yet he will not be moving out, he will only be starting gr 12, and still have bipolar and need his meds which will no longer be covered etc. In other words I will be out close to $1500 every month with even more expenses, and now college graduation is pushed back a year so even longer before I can get a better job, so I have to take on a 3rd one. My kids have essentially gone feral now due to my lack of being home with them. And they do not do any school work when I am not home, so if I take on a 3rd job they will either have to go to ps (both teens said they will not, they would rather count themselves as drop outs if I enrolled them, by law they are old enough to make that choice), or I have to let them fail high school at home. Okay pity party over, I will get through this like I always do, the holidays are almost over, the last 3rd of January things will start to be okay even if I can't take all my courses next term. I will over come, but I don't know how much more I can sanely take on my plate. I feel so close to breaking at the best of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Do y'all not have fly swatters? I have never in my life chased a fly with vinegar. :lol: No. I use a dish towel. DS joined me the last time, and it probably looked like we were doing some ritualistic dance in our kitchen with dishtowels. :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (((Brandy))) That's a lot to have to deal with. Much worse than non-functioning zippers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 No. I use a dish towel. DS joined me the last time, and it probably looked like we were doing some ritualistic dance in our kitchen with dishtowels. :lol: Homeschool families do strange things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am having a really crappy day. WOn't go into details and bore everyone, basically 1st world problems. Just a bad day, and I have to go into work with unbrushed hair because the f*cking stupid dog ate my hairbrush, and even though we own at least 7 more I can not find them anywhere, so unbrushed, dried while still wet hair, here I go. Looks like I have to go get a 3rd job again, because working 40-45 hours a week isn't enough even with an okay wage. Especially when they close for 2 weeks causing me to be over $1000 short on this months paycheque, at the most expensive time of year and right when term 2 fees are due to the college. I hate this time of year. EVen when I maintain a small shopping budget it screws me up because of the work closure and other costs. Like I said 1st world problems, I just don't know how I will fit in 1 more thing, and yet I have to, if it is this hard now in september when oldest turns 18 and child support for him stops, and disability payments and child tax benefit (income all canadians get to help for the cost of raising kids) and yet he will not be moving out, he will only be starting gr 12, and still have bipolar and need his meds which will no longer be covered etc. In other words I will be out close to $1500 every month with even more expenses, and now college graduation is pushed back a year so even longer before I can get a better job, so I have to take on a 3rd one. My kids have essentially gone feral now due to my lack of being home with them. And they do not do any school work when I am not home, so if I take on a 3rd job they will either have to go to ps (both teens said they will not, they would rather count themselves as drop outs if I enrolled them, by law they are old enough to make that choice), or I have to let them fail high school at home. Okay pity party over, I will get through this like I always do, the holidays are almost over, the last 3rd of January things will start to be okay even if I can't take all my courses next term. I will over come, but I don't know how much more I can sanely take on my plate. I feel so close to breaking at the best of times. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: That's all the hugs it'll allow. I'd give more if I could. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 No, I don't think you've told us that story. Of course, if one were to get the oil on one's hands, then wipe the face, then get home and wash the hands well, but forget the face, it would be a way to get poison ivy on the face without getting it on the hands. And don't we have somebody here who likes to go out and smell her tree? ETA: Also not allergic to poison ivy. We went and tagged it, went back and cut it, and brought it home. I decorated. Shortly after I noticed a small pussy bump on my face. With 24 hours it has spread, and within a fortnight I had a weeping, pussy face. I spent three weeks on the couch watching VHS movies. Which meant the same 10 movies I owned over and over and over. One was Titanic, so it wasn't so bad. Jack! Rose! Ended up needing to go to the dermatologist for steroids. It was bad. Very, very bad. It spread to other parts of my body but my face was the worst. And whenever people tell me it doesn't spread, I just laugh at them, because um, yes, it does. At least for me. YMMV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 And whenever people tell me it doesn't spread, I just laugh at them, because um, yes, it does. At least for me. YMMV. Yikes to the whole story. I am now very grateful that I am not allergic. My DH is allergic, and so is one of my boys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 At 30 I was still a newlywed. #latebloomer Me too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes, I am. New classes start January 8. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. :hat: And look! A.. BOOYA!!!! Ellie, you need to do a Hula Booya! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (((Ikslo))) (((Brandy))) Susan - you need these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003U6A3EY?keywords=Xlarge%20ziploc%20bags&qid=1450729727&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 They will zip and you can put them on top of your car and cover with a tarp - less likely for moisture to get in, imo. I think I've bought them in Meijers and maybe in Walmart. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (((Ikslo))) LOL - hugs not needed, but thanks! It was over a decade ago, and the memory is slowly fading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I am having a really crappy day. WOn't go into details and bore everyone, basically 1st world problems. Just a bad day, and I have to go into work with unbrushed hair because the f*cking stupid dog ate my hairbrush, and even though we own at least 7 more I can not find them anywhere, so unbrushed, dried while still wet hair, here I go. Looks like I have to go get a 3rd job again, because working 40-45 hours a week isn't enough even with an okay wage. Especially when they close for 2 weeks causing me to be over $1000 short on this months paycheque, at the most expensive time of year and right when term 2 fees are due to the college. I hate this time of year. EVen when I maintain a small shopping budget it screws me up because of the work closure and other costs. Like I said 1st world problems, I just don't know how I will fit in 1 more thing, and yet I have to, if it is this hard now in september when oldest turns 18 and child support for him stops, and disability payments and child tax benefit (income all canadians get to help for the cost of raising kids) and yet he will not be moving out, he will only be starting gr 12, and still have bipolar and need his meds which will no longer be covered etc. In other words I will be out close to $1500 every month with even more expenses, and now college graduation is pushed back a year so even longer before I can get a better job, so I have to take on a 3rd one. My kids have essentially gone feral now due to my lack of being home with them. And they do not do any school work when I am not home, so if I take on a 3rd job they will either have to go to ps (both teens said they will not, they would rather count themselves as drop outs if I enrolled them, by law they are old enough to make that choice), or I have to let them fail high school at home. Okay pity party over, I will get through this like I always do, the holidays are almost over, the last 3rd of January things will start to be okay even if I can't take all my courses next term. I will over come, but I don't know how much more I can sanely take on my plate. I feel so close to breaking at the best of times. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Excellent!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 LOL - hugs not needed, but thanks! It was over a decade ago, and the memory is slowly fading. :lol: Sounds like even the memory of it is worthy of hugs, lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Brandy, you make my vent look like a veritable dream. I'm sorry. WHOA. A booyah! I am sorry to have missed it. I was on a phone! So the new page didn't come up as a new page because the settings are different. BOOOOOOYAHHHHHHHHHHH! Booyah, to a real great. I need this today. Bruce Lee was very wise beyond his years. Edited December 22, 2015 by Tsuga 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 No worries folks, not trying to bring everyone down, just frustrated. Now at work bleaching toys instead of at home cleaning. But I will be happy to return to work after the break to. Spotless classroom ready to face the new term. I will work on my house tonight for the same reason. I hate cleaning, but it is certainly therapeutic 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Found another duffle! The zipper works! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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