Another Lynn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I think I've done as much as I'm going to on my room. The next biggest mess in there (besides dh's stuff) are photographs, and I'm not sure I'm up to dealing with that today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I pruned half the back yard. It feels so good. I love pruning. Dh hates it when I prune because I am not nearly so conservative as he is with the clippers. But I am a good pruner. And I like to do it. So much more satisfying than housework. I'll come prune ya'lls' yards if you want. (So is that correct? Two apostrophes for plural possessive of ya'll? It's so hard to combine good grammar with bad English. Although Glenn, on The First and Second Form Latin vids like of legitimized it for me. Don't tell anyone, but I have a secret crush on him) You need a pruning/crush booyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'm not going to say duh since you're pregnant. Yes. Chai tea is steeped in milk. Use any milk you want though, if cow milk is not agreeing with you. Dd16 says it tastes really good with almond milk. She's the chai expert in the household. I cannot stand chai tea. I have some Kenyan friends. They always serve me chai. I always drink it and smile. (But I still hate it.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Please report back. This sounds promising. I've gone from Bah Humbug to Bah. Maybe I need to go back in the shower. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Book clubs go both ways. I don't know what a flounce is. There was no parking at Costco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I AM NOT A FLOUNCE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I AM NOT A FLOUNCE! You certainly are not a flounce. You, however, are quite adept at flouncing! :lol: :lol: :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've gone from Bah Humbug to Bah. Maybe I need to go back in the shower. Improvement! Hygiene and humbug removal-what a deal! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Hmpf. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 There is an excellent audio version of Frankenstein-makes it much easier to get through! I'll have to check the library. :seeya: It was 8 degrees this morning. And windy. In addition, all THREE horses decided to do science experiments last night, so I had to dump and scrub THREE water tubs. And the poop froze into the ground and had to be chopped out with a rake. On the plus side, I started my morning NOT with the computer but with a devotional and then a book. And then did my outside chores. (see above.) And now, finally, am allowing myself to catch up here. Do I get points for virtue? :laugh: Wow. You accomplished more this morning than I have all year! ;) And, that's about a thousand more reasons not to own a horse. I pruned half the back yard. It feels so good. I love pruning. Dh hates it when I prune because I am not nearly so conservative as he is with the clippers. But I am a good pruner. And I like to do it. So much more satisfying than housework. I'll come prune ya'lls' yards if you want. (So is that correct? Two apostrophes for plural possessive of ya'll? It's so hard to combine good grammar with bad English. Although Glenn, on The First and Second Form Latin vids like of legitimized it for me. Don't tell anyone, but I have a secret crush on him) Oooh, oooh, oooya/h! I got a booya/h! I thought it was y'all. And I guess it would be y'all's. Krissi, What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I don't find Frankenstein a slog once I got past the frame of the letter writing man on the ship. It does have some esoteric vocabulary but nothing as bad as Dickens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I don't find Frankenstein a slog once I got past the frame of the letter writing man on the ship. It does have some esoteric vocabulary but nothing as bad as Dickens. Yes, I think it did get better then. But (cry) with all of the (whine) interruptions (MOM!) at my (I'm bored!) house, it's (whine) really a (cry) hard thing to (Do I have to do the dishes?) get through. :laugh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Krissi, What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. Indeed! I stand corrected! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Dd's friend is coming over. The house is the pits. And I don't care. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I have been downgraded from death bed to common cold. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I thought it was y'all. And I guess it would be y'all's. yes and yes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Krissi, What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. No. It would be y'all's when you're talking about possessive. Y'all: you All y'all: all of you All y'all's: belongs to all of you 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 My vacuum and my husband don't get along. My youngest played confetti with the shredder paper and my Dyson isn't happy about cleaning it up. I haven't had problems vacuuming up paper before, but I don't want to get involved because I'm enjoying sitting on my bum and watching Doctor Who. I am probably a bad person. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Also, the Diet Dr Pepper made by Zevia is disgusting and tastes nothing like Diet Dr. Pepper. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We survived the mall! And especially the parking lot. It can be very treacherous in a packed lot with a 12-passenger van. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Susan - did you ever figure out why oh why you were all on a field trip to the mall in the first place? On a weekend, no less??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've been frantically preparing for school starting this coming week, and opened my calendar today to plot things out. Guess what? School doesn't start until the next week. :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 We survived the mall! And especially the parking lot. It can be very treacherous in a packed lot with a 12-passenger van. Susan! You made an unnecessary journey on treacherous roads!!! So glad you survived it! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've been frantically preparing for school starting this coming week, and opened my calendar today to plot things out. Guess what? School doesn't start until the next week. :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: Shut up. j/k 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Susan - did you ever figure out why oh why you were all on a field trip to the mall in the first place? On a weekend, no less??? Apparently it is supposed to be fun to walk around and look at the shops. I would probably have more fun looking at the shops if I had any money to spend there. :D They did enjoy the Lego and Disney stores and the big fish tank at Bass Pro. Edited January 2, 2016 by Susan in TN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've been frantically preparing for school starting this coming week, and opened my calendar today to plot things out. Guess what? School doesn't start until the next week. :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: My thoughts exactly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Tex, have you met the boyfriend yet? How are you feeling? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Pampered Princess kitten thinks that since she is supervising math and spelling and so forth she should have the opportunity to digest the Memoria Press catalog. And paper airplanes since that would give her leap a boost. I've never had a cat more determined to be a paper shredder. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 No. It would be y'all's when you're talking about possessive. Y'all: you All y'all: all of you All y'all's: belongs to all of you I knew you would straighten it out, Ellie! 'Cause youse the Queen! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 yes and yes :hurray: :hurray: Ellie said I got it right! Yay! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. No. It would be y'all's when you're talking about possessive. Y'all: you All y'all: all of you All y'all's: belongs to all of you I'm confused. Y'all isn't plural? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. I'm confused. Y'all isn't plural? I think it can be singular or plural for a small group; similar to when a psychiatrist asks how "we" are doing today. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. I'm confused. Y'all isn't plural? I thought that said uteruses. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I thought that said uteruses. Because you have pregnancy brain. ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I think it can be singular or plural for a small group; similar to when a psychiatrist asks how "we" are doing today. :D I thought that y'all was a small group or a part of a group and that all y'all was the whole group. Learning more new stuff every day. ;) (Where I come from, though, y'all is a four-letter word.) I picked it up when I went to college in the South, and when I returned to Pennsylvania for break, my little brother was appalled at the bad word I used. :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Tex, have you met the boyfriend yet? How are you feeling? Met him with migraine and Imitrex brain. It went well. He is a grown up, smart, has a good sense of humor, and has a real job. He is halfway through his degree, has interesting hobbies, and the cat approved of him. He allowed her to sit in his lap and did not act disgusted even though he is a "dog person". Lily is a good judge of character. What Lynn said about y'all. It's already plural. Like ustedes. I'm confused. Y'all isn't plural? Y'all is plural. It is a contraction for you all, which means more than one person. When speaking to or of one person, y'all is never used. Also, I am an expert at this. Edited May 22, 2016 by texasmama 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Met him with migraine and Imitrex brain. It went well. :grouphug: He is a grown up, +1 smart, +1 has a good sense of humor, +1 and has a real job. +1 He is halfway through his degree, +1 has interesting hobbies, +1 and the cat approved of him. He allowed her to sit in his lap and did not act disgusted even though he is a "dog person". Lily is a good judge of character. +1 He is a bit overconfident -1 , and he talked a lot. -1 I prefer that to underconfident and can't hold a conversation. He made a stupid comment about vaccinations, but we vax so I let it go. -1 When asked about his opinion of homeschooling, he had a safe enough but honest answer which showed the typical "want the kids to have social outlets" statement, but I can work with that. -1 His blood type is A-, +1 and he has no major mental illness in his family. +1 He is smart, already mentioned, but worth another +1 likes history +1 and does military reinactments around the state. +1 He was essentially reared as an only child due to having two brothers who are significantly older. -1 His mom lives with his middle brother and wife. ? He is a Texan so points for that. +1 His religious affiliation passed my check, +1 and he was respectful of a very different denomination which his brother is affiliated with. +1 He is military +1 and thus pretty far right on the political scale, ? but he didn't say anything stupid, and this earned points with dh. +1 He has a puppy +1 (considering the circumstances) and two roommates. +1 (because it saves money on rent) He let college girl pick out some clothes for him to buy +1 and didn't seem bothered that she did this or told him that he "dresses like a dad". +1 He can banter. +1 He answered all questions thus far. +1 He had a nice, firm handshake. +1 He greeted each of the siblings with a nice greeting and a handshake. +1 I told him we have guns and a seasonal creek and no one would hear anything but that so far, he passes.* *This is not a joke. I really said this. However, we were well into the conversation at this point. I didn't smile too much when I said it so he knows I have an edge. Y'all is plural. It is a contraction for you all, which means more than one person. When speaking to or of one person, y'all is never used. Thank you. Also, I am an expert at this. I don't doubt it. :) It looks like college girl might have picked a good one!! Edited January 3, 2016 by Junie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 It looks like college girl might have picked a good one!!I think so! Very nice assigning points. My girl is a handful. He seems up to the job 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yay for College girl and her new beau! :hurray: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hey! We're watching the Mythbusters Marathon and one of the Mythbuster guys just said "And Bob's Your Uncle....." :hat: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Dinner was Broccoli Beef with Chow Mein. 5 stars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Dinner was Broccoli Beef with Chow Mein. 5 stars. Mmmm...that broccoli beef recipe looks easy enough even for me! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Dinner was Broccoli Beef with Chow Mein. 5 stars. That looks yummy. I would have to make the Chow Mein with rice noodles, but it might be worth a try. New recipes for the new year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Mmmm...that broccoli beef recipe looks easy enough even for me! :) Chop the ingredients for both then cook both. It took Matt an hour to make dinner because he isn't me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Chop the ingredients for both then cook both. It took Matt an hour to make dinner because he isn't me. At least he was cooking. And increased wait time = increased appetite. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hey! We're watching the Mythbusters Marathon and one of the Mythbuster guys just said "And Bob's Your Uncle....." :hat: Dagnabit! DH owns the tv and is watching football. One of the few things DD watches is Mythbusters (BTW, they came to Really Big City on Jamie's farewell tour. And sold out within hours. And I missed it. So I'm going to parent Hell. ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) I've been on a diet for less than 48 hours. I think I'm going to die. ETA: Boo-flipping-Ya. Dieting stinks. Even if I'm fat and deserve it. Edited January 3, 2016 by JoJosMom 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I've been on a diet for less than 48 hours. I think I'm going to die. ETA: Boo-flipping-Ya. Dieting stinks. Even if I'm fat and deserve it. I lost 8 ponds on the Whole30 in 30 days and it stayed gone. Matt lost a lot more, but I wasn't working out due to the carb flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Chakchouka 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Our dinner was Lotaburger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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