lanalouwho Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Breakfast sandwiches at our house = pb and j.Our house too. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Go Jean, Go! [emoji322] I love pb&j. I also love pb on graham crackers (=homemade Nutterbutters). But neither of them are good for me to eat. Dd8 and I spent a few minutes trying to figure out when we can have her birthday cake with a majority of the family home. Looks like either Thursday (her actual birthday) at 7:30am or Sunday night. :rolleyes: It is cold and drizzly outside. I think imma snuggle in bed and read. Maybe watch Hawaii 5-0. [emoji7] Thursday is Weapon X's birthday too. We're having a campover with his cousins. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I was patting myself on the back as I took stuff over to Dad's new apartment. I ran down my list and did things, and partway through making the bed I realized I hadn't yet gotten a fitted sheet to cover the box spring (I prefer them to dust ruffles). :banghead: Oh well, I still need to go pay them for February before I leave, so I can finish up on THAT visit. I went to Trader Joe's afterwards, and the girls texted me while I was there asking for oranges (already had grabbed some!) and ice cream. We had to play freezer games to get everything to fit and tonight's supper (mini tacos) are in the fridge instead, but woohoo, it'll do. I bet the people at Dad's new place are wondering if Captain M is a figment of my imagination, conjured up so I can have a hidey hole to escape to over there. People keep eyeballing me bringing stuff, but no one has said anything directly to me yet. I suspect by the time Dad finally makes an appearance there will be a betting pool and a whole lot of people waiting to see who this guy is. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Monk. Have we ever talked about that show? I just started it. I’m liking it so far.I love Monk. I binge watched the whole series when Weapon X was little and he would sing the theme song. It was great. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Maybe I have that problem. Ever since ds was born I keep wondering if I’m losing my hearing, but I just cannot tune in to what a single person is saying when all four of them are talking at once. It’s like wandering into a flock of startled pigeons and having a hundred wings flapping in your face at once. Stop attacking me with your noise! ;) That is exactly the sort of trouble I have, and it gets worse when I tire. Really chatty SIL has watched it happen. One hand of May I I'm still playing well, then too many conversations or noise sources set in around us and suddenly mid-hand I cannot function and need help to finish the hand. It took really chatty SIL a long time to clue in that yes, this really is happening to me; it's not me being moody or anti-social. What kills me is both of my kids will answer a group question at exactly the same time, and neither one will restate their answer after realizing they both spoke at once. If I ask for a repeat they will both repeat at exactly the same time unless I specify who is to repeat. DD16, repeat please? Thank you. Now DD13, repeat please? Thank you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I about jumped out of my skin this morning when someone knocked on the door out of the blue. I was so afraid that it was Music Lady showing up unannounced! But it was broker guy instead who only took less than a minute of my time and is so nice and cute that I don't mind. I looked again for the other music folder and found some long "lost" school stuff instead. I doubt that I will have time to look again today. Now to find something for lunch. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 That was my post count #12345.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) I love Monk. I binge watched the whole series when Weapon X was little and he would sing the theme song. It was great. Except when they changed the opening theme song to the Most Lame And Annoying Song Ever. What were they thinking?!? ETA: The show is still good, you just have to avert your ears for a minute. Edited January 9, 2018 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 iCo-opped. Now iSleepy. On Saturday I gave in to dd8, who desperately wanted to solve dh's old Rubik's cube she'd found and was gonna just die if she couldn't solve it. So Louie on YouTube and I gave her four hours of our time and she finally got it solved. Jeannie has proof. Now, of course, dd7 wants to solve it. :svengo: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Our inside kitty is quiet, well-mannered, comes when she's called, and follows the rules. For reals. Do you think she might be an alien in disguise, biding her time, hiding out at my house, and plotting to take over Planet Earth? Yep. Don’t turn your back on her for a minute. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I was patting myself on the back as I took stuff over to Dad's new apartment. I ran down my list and did things, and partway through making the bed I realized I hadn't yet gotten a fitted sheet to cover the box spring (I prefer them to dust ruffles). Whoa! Hold your horses one minute there, Missy! Did you say "fitted sheet to cover the box spring"? Is this a thing? Why have I never heard of this thing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 All cats are OCD. It is not a bug. It is a feature.This needs to be a t-shirt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Whoa! Hold your horses one minute there, Missy! Did you say "fitted sheet to cover the box spring"? Is this a thing? Why have I never heard of this thing?I hope it’s not a thing. I don’t want it to be a thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 If you like Kreeft I think you’d be fine. Nice! Kreeft is required reading for high school here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I've lost the ability to edit. I'll try to add a booyah later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Except when they changed the opening theme song to the Most Lame And Annoying Song Ever. What were they thinking?!? ETA: The show is still good, you just have to avert your ears for a minute. Dh was really a huge fan so we watched it a lot, but oddly I don't remember the theme songs. This was when we still had rabbit ears and didn't have internet, so I actually went to an actual store (FYE) and bought some actual Monk cds for dh as a gift. When I asked the blue-haired millennial clerk where I could find it on the shelves, she rolled her eyes and said "Sure... my mother loves that show too." Though I still felt like I was twenty, this was the moment I realized I'd gotten old. :lol: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Dh was really a huge fan so we watched it a lot, but oddly I don't remember the theme songs. This was when we still had rabbit ears and didn't have internet, so I actually went to an actual store (FYE) and bought some actual Monk cds for dh as a gift. When I asked the blue-haired millennial clerk where I could find it on the shelves, she rolled her eyes and said "Sure... my mother loves that show too." Though I still felt like I was twenty, this was the moment I realized I'd gotten old. :lol: We have all the DVDs. Dd is rewatching them right now. And she's younger than 20. So there. Tell that clerk to jump in a lake! It's a jungle out there. I have no idea if this is the song that Susan objects to or not, because it is the only song that I associate with the show. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Whoa! Hold your horses one minute there, Missy! Did you say "fitted sheet to cover the box spring"? Is this a thing? Why have I never heard of this thing?I do this. I thought it was something I made up because those skirty things get destroyed by animals. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We still love you, Bookie! You do what you need to do for you. Well still be here when. You come back! Probably. #ITTStrong 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I am home. As per ITT regulations, I did not die. Surgery went well. I am banned from driving for about a week, and a little doped up on pain medications. DH is making me a fire in the fireplace, and the boys are on tap for chores tonight and tomorrow. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I am home. As per ITT regulations, I did not die. Surgery went well. I am banned from driving for about a week, and a little doped up on pain medications. DH is making me a fire in the fireplace, and the boys are on tap for chores tonight and tomorrow. (((Critter))) Glad it went well. Rest and be cozy and be waited on hand and foot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 It's a jungle out there. I have no idea if this is the song that Susan objects to or not, because it is the only song that I associate with the show. Yes that's the song. The original song was just the clarinet song. Dd19 also loves Monk (so there!). In some ways it helps her feel more normal and in other ways she's like "OMG I do that too!" 😬 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 :grouphug: , Critter. I'm glad that you're home and that it went okay. :grouphug: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Part of Jo's Russian homework is to watch Winnie-the-Pooh. The animation is completely different, but still... :001_wub: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Part of Jo's Russian homework is to watch Winnie-the-Pooh. The animation is completely different, but still... :001_wub: What is that thing in the middle supposed to be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 DDb decided to trade jobs with me and wash the dog instead of holding the baby. I think I got the better end of this deal. She had never washed the dog- ha! Now she's soaked and her back is sore. I groomed the dog for her first, though, because I'm nice. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Glad you're home, Critter. Sadly, I was raised Pepsi. But converted in college. :coolgleamA: I've heard Pepsi used to be cheaper. We never had real food at Grandma's house. Ice cream sandwiches Candy bars Klondike bars Coke, Sprite, Root Beer Little Debbies Packaged Cookies And we had free reign!! This is awful. We always got Klondike’s at Grandma’s, too! And Twinkies. :) I have never had either of these. I didn’t really know my grandparents.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My Brazilian friends come home every 4 years for a summer. It's such a blessing to her parents to see the kids. His parents, however, are in Brazil and have never met the other grand kids. My grandmother had Triscuits. LOL! She was strict- not much junk food and definitely no free rein! But staying at Grandmother's was still wonderful. And we had to say "Grandmother;" there was none of that Granny, Grandma, Nanny nonsense! She thought she was generous by not making us say Grandmother Lastname. I called my paternal grandmother by her 1st name. That sounds heavenly. My maternal grandma had a sprinkler and orange creamsicles in the freezer. Good enough. :D She is still alive but getting old. Wow! I lost my last grandparent at 15. Typing on a phone is tedious. Even on a new phone. Yay for new phone, though. I've lost the ability to edit. I'll try to add a booyah later. Don't be bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I do this. I thought it was something I made up because those skirty things get destroyed by animals. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk I don't have dust ruffles/ skirts. I don't have fitted sheets on the box springs either. Mine are naked. :scared: :leaving: (The actual mattress has a fitted sheet on it and flat sheet on top.) The box springs sort of tuck down into the bed frame a bit though so it isn't like you can see them when the bed is made esp. when blankets are hanging down on the sides. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 My Brazilian friends come home every 4 years for a summer. It's such a blessing to her parents to see the kids. His parents, however, are in Brazil and have never met the other grand kids. I saw my own living grandparent every four years. For like a week. It wasn't something to really build a relationship out of. I mean, I liked him and all but didn't really feel like I knew him all that much. I grew up with Fanta. Grape Fanta was my fav. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I saw my own living grandparent every four years. For like a week. It wasn't something to really build a relationship out of. I mean, I liked him and all but didn't really feel like I knew him all that much. I grew up with Fanta. Grape Fanta was my fav. Having the whole summer is different. Obviously living down the street is preferable, but those kids adore their grandparents. They essentially live with and are raised by them while Mom and Dad do all of their fundraising duties. It gives a really great basis for the relationship, but last time the kids didn't want to go home. Things like pluming, electricity and toilet paper are missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Having the whole summer is different. Obviously living down the street is preferable, but those kids adore their grandparents. They essentially live with and are raised by them while Mom and Dad do all of their fundraising duties. It gives a really great basis for the relationship, but last time the kids didn't want to go home. Things like pluming, electricity and toilet paper are missed. My parents left me alone until the school threatened to call the authorities on them. So then I had to go stay with a teacher that I barely knew. I preferred being left alone. (I was 13 at this point. When I was younger I was left with older siblings and no one cared.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 https://www.thriftbooks.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 My parents left me alone until the school threatened to call the authorities on them. So then I had to go stay with a teacher that I barely knew. I preferred being left alone. (I was 13 at this point. When I was younger I was left with older siblings and no one cared.) In the US, you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 In the US, you mean? Yes. No one would have cared in Japan. I had already been living away from home (in dorms) for two years at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Yes. No one would have cared in Japan. I had already been living away from home (in dorms) for two years at that point. I'm afraid to check the mail or drop things off at the library with the kids in the car. They really would be fine for 2 seconds, but everyone is so flipping nosy. I'm sorry you got stuck with a teacher. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I don't have dust ruffles/ skirts. I don't have fitted sheets on the box springs either. Mine are naked. :scared: :leaving: (The actual mattress has a fitted sheet on it and flat sheet on top.) The box springs sort of tuck down into the bed frame a bit though so it isn't like you can see them when the bed is made esp. when blankets are hanging down on the sides. I don't actually have a bed frame. Just box springs and a mattress...if it was in a frame I probably wouldn't cover it either. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I don't actually have a bed frame. Just box springs and a mattress...if it was in a frame I probably wouldn't cover it either. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I’m resting. Felt much better today, but need to rest this afternoon. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I have no box springs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Slache, you’ve really never had a Twinkie? Such a sad life. That’s a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Glad everything went well, Critter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Music lady hasn't called me today. I was amazingly productive today. But still no second file of music. Can you tell that this is still very much hanging over my head? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I'm going to get a lazy woman's dinner from the store tonight. Rotisserie chicken. Salad. Microwave mashed potatoes. That's good enough, right? It's like foraging. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I think that one of the reasons why Music Lady is bugging me so much (in my mind) is because I have no idea where to even start looking next. I've looked in all the "obvious" places. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Alex has been hugging the ketchup with such ecstatic joy since dinner. It's adorable. Slache, you’ve really never had a Twinkie? Such a sad life. That’s a joke. Nope. My husband made me eat one of the pink things by the same company though. I didn't care for it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I made the good chicken for dinner. It was good, as the name suggests. Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Crack chicken noodle soup: http://www.plainchicken.com/2018/01/crack-chicken-noodle-soup.html?m=1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 What is that thing in the middle supposed to be? Veeny-pookh 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 My watercolor book came in! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 This needs to be a t-shirt. It's in the ITT Archives. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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