KrissiK Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) Edited to fix an atrociously bad overuse of vague pronouns. Someone should come and teach my poor child how to write. Critter?This made me laugh. Have you read "The Phantom Tollbooth"? We're in the middle of it. Your problem would be solved by a trip to Dictionopolis. "I am Faintly Macabre, the not-so-wicked Which!" This book is killing me! Edited September 23, 2016 by KrissiK 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I thought my frog was getting sick. He looked a little awful this morning. But I cleaned his aquarium and changed out the water, and now he's starting to look better. I am a bad froggy mom. I should have changed it days ago. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I told dd to throw out my candy corn. Can you believe that the little "scoundrel" actually did it?! (I'm actually relieved that she did because apparently I don't have much self control around candy corn.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 Happy Birthday, Angi!!! ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’💠🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’💠2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I have those days, too. Currently I'm battling with one child over rushing his Latin. He's in a mood today. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 It's like you read my mind. :tongue_smilie: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well, my history lesson plans are shot because our branch of the library doesn't have The Last Samurai - it's at another branch. So instead of shoving the kids in front of a movie for the afternoon, I have to actually teach them something. Sigh. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley.†(On the other hand, I found some great books on the sale shelf, including a hb 3-ringed-binder copy of The New Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It has fantastic reference pages, including photos of various types of greens. I'll probably give it to ds21 for Christmas.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm a mean mother. I just chewed out DD15 for eating up 8 of the small, individually wrapped cheeses I had bought. I bought them to have small, PORTABLE grab-and-go options for when time is short and I have to go NOW but will also need to eat. They were NOT to be for munching on several at a time at home while ignoring the larger blocks and slices of cheese in the fridge. Greedy Mom, wanting to reserve the nifty new stuff on the excuses of her dietary restrictions and tight schedule. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well, my history lesson plans are shot because our branch of the library doesn't have The Last Samurai - it's at another branch. So instead of shoving the kids in front of a movie for the afternoon, I have to actually teach them something. Sigh. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley.†(On the other hand, I found some great books on the sale shelf, including a hb 3-ringed-binder copy of The New Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It has fantastic reference pages, including photos of various types of greens. I'll probably give it to ds21 for Christmas.) What edition is the cookbook? I've vulched over various editions, and I have my Mom's, given to her (and annotated by) by her mother when Mom left home as a young adult. That cookbook was the subject of my writing for last year's NaNoWriMo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I want a garden. And more chickens. And healthy bees. And a lawn that is less weeds and more grass. And pretty flowerbeds. And a clean house. And fall decorations over the fireplace. And pumpkin pie. All this will pass, but I'm not sure what I hate more: the summer depression that keeps me growling behind dark curtains, or the rebound wistfulness when the sun isn't as fierce and a cold front is on the way. :glare: It will pass. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Imma sweep the house and see if that makes me feel better. I already washed the sheets in my room and cleaned out the refrigerator, and washed the rest of the laundry and I've got dishes going in the dishwasher. I'll probably get an insane urge to wash the windows next. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 What edition is the cookbook? I've vulched over various editions, and I have my Mom's, given to her (and annotated by) by her mother when Mom left home as a young adult. That cookbook was the subject of my writing for last year's NaNoWriMo. This one says copyright 1989 and tenth ring-bound edition, fifth printing, 1991. ISBN: 0-696-00012-1 Library of Congress: 88-80967 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I want a garden. And more chickens. And healthy bees. And a lawn that is less weeds and more grass. And pretty flowerbeds. And a clean house. And fall decorations over the fireplace. And pumpkin pie. All this will pass, but I'm not sure what I hate more: the summer depression that keeps me growling behind dark curtains, or the rebound wistfulness when the sun isn't as fierce and a cold front is on the way. :glare: It will pass. I want a house. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I want a house. I want one that doesn't have a permanent hole in the ceiling (leak monitoring) and half the hallway flooring ripped up due to that air conditioner problem that is going to cost me 5,000$ this fall. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 That hole is currently inhaling some spore from out of doors and wafting it through the house. One cat has been coughing, a boy is sneezing, and I'm sneezing and my eyes are running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm a mean mother. I just chewed out DD15 for eating up 8 of the small, individually wrapped cheeses I had bought. I bought them to have small, PORTABLE grab-and-go options for when time is short and I have to go NOW but will also need to eat. They were NOT to be for munching on several at a time at home while ignoring the larger blocks and slices of cheese in the fridge. Greedy Mom, wanting to reserve the nifty new stuff on the excuses of her dietary restrictions and tight schedule. Cool. Now said child can practice her knife skills by cutting the block cheese into single-portion sized cubes. And individually wrapping them. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm a mean mother. I just chewed out DD15 for eating up 8 of the small, individually wrapped cheeses I had bought. I bought them to have small, PORTABLE grab-and-go options for when time is short and I have to go NOW but will also need to eat. They were NOT to be for munching on several at a time at home while ignoring the larger blocks and slices of cheese in the fridge. Greedy Mom, wanting to reserve the nifty new stuff on the excuses of her dietary restrictions and tight schedule. Get yourself a little snack box to go in the fridge that is yours, and labelled such. Buy a lock and key if necessary. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Al-zebra is getting hard(ish). It's only the end of the second week. . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Al-zebra has a tendency to do that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I wondered why nobody had the local kind of milk. Turns out there was a fire, and there won't be any available for several weeks. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 We were 7 down, people! Nobody is taking this thread seriously. What are you all doing? Educating your children? Priorities, people! Priorities! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Actually, I was finishing critiques for the week. My children appear to be educating themselves for once. I handed them two fresh notebooks and told them to go revise the first chapter of a previously completed story. They appear to be enjoying the assignment, and we may not get to Logic today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I asked them to holler when they got to a place they wanted to stop at. Bad idea, I guess. They might carry on revising for hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I finally printed out the NaNoWriMo middle school writing guide for dd13 and she is so excited! YouTube funny for musicians: How to Read Sheet Music 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Ds is enjoying his music class so much that he is going to talk to a guidance counselor about a double major Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 This one says copyright 1989 and tenth ring-bound edition, fifth printing, 1991. ISBN: 0-696-00012-1 Library of Congress: 88-80967 Cool! They are now on the 16th edition, I think, which I am considering getting just because (comparative development of a cookbook icon -- a worthy study, wouldn't you think?). I did get the 75th anniversary edition, and I have Mom's old one from the early '50s. Last year as I was going through Mom's and writing I started getting interested in the development of the BH&G cook books, and the competitive Betty Crocker cookbooks. I suspect I will draw from those for some of the background when I start writing about Mom and Grandma. Cooking wasn't one of the big loves for either Mom or Grandma, so the recipe collection doesn't tell enough of a tale for me to get a good idea of what was commonly thought about cooking at those times. I'm turning to old cookbooks, including some old personal recipe collections a friend of mine picked up at estate sales, as one avenue to putting myself back in those days and ages. When the girls grow up and leave home I am tempted to do what Grandma did, write all over whichever edition is out of the BH&G cook book and give it to each of them. Some of my most favorite memories of growing up were of Mom cooking from that book (often a recipe or adaptation Grandma had added, though some notes were Mom's own), and later of Mom and me together fixing something from the book. Mom put more thought into food and cooking than I knew at the time; she just liked other, more craftsy, projects more than cooking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 That hole is currently inhaling some spore from out of doors and wafting it through the house. One cat has been coughing, a boy is sneezing, and I'm sneezing and my eyes are running. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Get yourself a little snack box to go in the fridge that is yours, and labelled such. Buy a lock and key if necessary. :) It's a good idea. I have to declutter and organize the fridge to fit one in, however, or it will be buried. I have a nasty habit of overfilling things, especially fridges. I don't know why. It just happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I wondered why nobody had the local kind of milk. Turns out there was a fire, and there won't be any available for several weeks. :( Aww! I wish I had some local supply of milk here. When we lived on the family farm we had local milk in glass half-gallons with foil caps. Mom was quite quick to be the one to open a fresh bottle -- she snagged the cream for her berries or coffee. She let me have some once in a while -- OMGosh so yummy!!!! And such tasty milk! Our local Mom & Pop grocery store got some in once and I was in heaven. DH winced at the price but I didn't care because it was so good. Unfortunately that supplier proved to be less than reliable about deliveries to the store so the store stopped carrying the milk. I'm not sure if the dairy survived, because I haven't heard anything about them anymore and can't seem to track them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 We were 7 down, people! Nobody is taking this thread seriously. What are you all doing? Educating your children? Priorities, people! Priorities! Park Day! Hot, humid, sticky, no-breeze park day, but with new families to the group so new friends. I had to bail 15 minutes early because the heat got to me too much, but it was a good visit anyway. The weather app and my vehicle's thermometer both claim the temp outside is high '80s. I think they are off by a good 10 degrees -- it sure feels a LOT hotter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm worried about Lynn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 It's revoltingly hot for September, IMO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I finally printed out the NaNoWriMo middle school writing guide for dd13 and she is so excited! YouTube funny for musicians: How to Read Sheet Music That sounds like it was written by the 15-year-old we just met today! Talk about musically oriented. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 :seeya: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm worried about Lynn. Yeah. She said she had a very busy week and has also been doing college visits with her son, so I am holding onto those ideas. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 :seeya: Hey there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Yeah. She said she had a very busy week and has also been doing college visits with her son, so I am holding onto those ideas.Oh, I must have missed that. Mom brain. Okay. She skips out all of the time, but never without a reason. I didn't realize there was one. Or just forgot. Thanks. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 What workouts are y'all doing? Books? What else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Booya! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Booya! Nobody booyas like the Original Booya Babeâ„¢ booyas! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Not enough. But I do T-Tapp and walk/jog on the treadmill or outside.I've never done T-Tapp. Why do you like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 The weather app and my vehicle's thermometer both claim the temp outside is high '80s. I think they are off by a good 10 degrees -- it sure feels a LOT hotter. Our old car's outside thermometer was always a good 40 degrees off. We would entertain ourselves with comments like, "Wow! It's only 127 degrees out today!" :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 About the only workout I'm doing is huffing and puffing up the hill with the dogs once a day. When it finally decides to be fall, I'll do a little bit more. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm thinking that I just might excel at doughnut curls. That's a workout-y thing, right? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Got my boysenberries cleaned up. I'm very happy! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'm thinking that I just might excel at doughnut curls. That's a workout-y thing, right?Of course! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I finally printed out the NaNoWriMo middle school writing guide for dd13 and she is so excited! YouTube funny for musicians: How to Read Sheet Music This is great. Dh and dd12 really liked it, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 What workouts are y'all doing? Books? What else? Umm... I used to do Tai Chi, but my instructor moved overseas. I give occasional swimming lessons to my kids at the gym. Mostly, I mother. ;) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Carrying the library books back to the car was my workout today. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Umm... I used to do Tai Chi, but my instructor moved overseas. I give occasional swimming lessons to my kids at the gym. Mostly, I mother. ;) Mothering makes me fat. I think it's from forgetting to eat and then consuming an entire pizza. Every day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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