Wheres Toto Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I'm enjoying this long weekend. A lot less pressure preparing for classes and stuff when I know I still have all day tomorrow too. Which is dangerous because I'll be too relaxed and then end up rushing. I finished preparing my new ESL tutoring student, finished printing all my new ads/flyers, set up Facebook and website for my -geared toward public schoolers- part of the business, order some window signs, ordered some supplies for classes, ordered some Christmas gifts, did some work on supply lists and schedules for my STEM coordinator job, still need to prepare for my math tutoring student, finalize preparations for all my classes next week, do a couple powerpoints for the STEM Coord. job. I'm going easy on myself this week, I'm bringing my snake and talking about reptiles. I've probably done hundreds, maybe even approaching a thousand, snake presentations in my life. I could do it in my sleep. I'm eating cold leftover turkey for lunch. With my fingers. I think I'll probably need a napkin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Do you want to know how to sign the whole alphabet? Because John can show you how. Do you want to know how to say apple in sign language? How about spaghetti? Because he can show you those, too. THE AQUARIUM IS REALLY FAR AWAY! I want out of the car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I got a very lovely thank you card from one of the ladies who heard me speak. ❤️ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 People are not taking this thread seriously! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I'm back from the university. The weather is beautiful! Maybe we should have coconut lime curry soup for dinner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) We drove 2.5 hours to the worst aquarium I've ever seen. I'm glad we went because the kids loved it, but boy am I glad I didn't pay! Now I get to spend 2.5 hours going home. Edited November 24, 2018 by Slache 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 And I walked out of the aquarium with (drumroll please)... 54 steps. And 21 active minutes. That's a neat trick. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Alex is crying because we didn't get him coffee. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, Slache said: Alex is crying because we didn't get him coffee. Meanie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Meanie! You can give him coffee when you're babysitting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 38 minutes ago, Slache said: Alex is crying because we didn't get him coffee. What kind of parent are you?? Get the kid a cuppa joe already!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: People are not taking this thread seriously! I was putting a puzzle together. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 I gotta get ready to play bells at our town’s Christmas Tree Lighting thingie. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Slache said: We drove 2.5 hours to the worst aquarium I've ever seen. I'm glad we went because the kids loved it, but boy am I glad I didn't pay! Now I get to spend 2.5 hours going home. Newport or Seaside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Just now, Jean in Newcastle said: Newport or Seaside? Newport. Oregon Coast Aquarium. I've wanted to go for years. I am glad we went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Edpo! The San Antonio aquarium is much larger and has a lot more than this one, and a season pass is $70 for all of us. I think we'll put our marine life book off for a while and get a pass in the spring. We have Botany and Physical Science on hand so we'll probably do Botany. These are all Apologia if anyone cares. We've done Astronomy and Flying Creatures. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Hello darkness my old friend... Why are you here at 5PM? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 We had quesadillas made with leftover turkey for dinner. Then younger dd ate the last piece of pumpkin pie. That was supposed to be my pumpkin pie. I didn't even think she liked pumpkin pie. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Dh is sitting with his leg elevated but claims it doesn't hurt. Hmmmm. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I finished my lessons for my first two classes of the week. I was looking up genetics activities with M&M's and found this quote. For some reason it tickled my funny bone. "Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theatre of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world. Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment. When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes." This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion. There can be only one. " 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 There can be only one. I loved Highlander. The show and the movie but boy do they seem old if I watch them now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I guess dated is a better way to say it rather than old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I never knew that new posts within a short amount of time were limited. It made me wait 4 seconds to submit another post. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) Still no booya???? It's got to be close. And I got a "still no booya" booya! 🤣😀 Edited November 25, 2018 by Where's Toto? 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Juliet and I had a very nice walk down to the lake and back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 She did it! By Jove, she did it! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Well, the tree in downtown is lit, the bells have been rung and we got Little Caesar’s pizza for dinner. Little Caesar’s barely registers as pizza, in my book, but it’s cheap. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Very cute pictures, Slashie!!! And congratulations, WT on a splendid Booya/h!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Cool pictures. My kids love aquariums. There was a point where we had been to aquariums in 5 states but still not to the one in our state (Mystic, Myrtle Beach, Baltimore, Orlando, and somewhere in Virginia). My youngest LOVES touch tanks. Especially ones with stingrays. She was having a really bad day a couple weeks ago, her anxiety stopped her from doing something she wanted to do. We went to the zoo and touching the stingrays totally cheered her up. There was one really spunky one that kept going around splashing people. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Foster kids are free at the San Antonio aquarium. 1 minute ago, Where's Toto? said: Cool pictures. My kids love aquariums. There was a point where we had been to aquariums in 5 states but still not to the one in our state (Mystic, Myrtle Beach, Baltimore, Orlando, and somewhere in Virginia). My youngest LOVES touch tanks. Especially ones with stingrays. She was having a really bad day a couple weeks ago, her anxiety stopped her from doing something she wanted to do. We went to the zoo and touching the stingrays totally cheered her up. There was one really spunky one that kept going around splashing people. Alex (2) is obsessed with fish. I think we might get him one. Maybe a 10 gallon tank of guppies or something. I have not sincerely looked at this yet but fish bring him great joy so I need to look into it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 WT, that looks like Sting Ray Bay at “our” zoo. My kids love that exhibit and touch the Rays every time. There are even a couple sharks in there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, KrissiK said: WT, that looks like Sting Ray Bay at “our” zoo. My kids love that exhibit and touch the Rays every time. There are even a couple sharks in there. We have too many acronyms. Can we do Toto? Or Tots? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, Slache said: We have too many acronyms. Can we do Toto? Or Tots? That will work. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Slache said: Alex (2) is obsessed with fish. I think we might get him one. Maybe a 10 gallon tank of guppies or something. I have not sincerely looked at this yet but fish bring him great joy so I need to look into it. Here is a factoid about guppies: they are live-bearers (that is, their fry--babies--are born live, instead of the parents laying eggs and the eggs hatching); once a female guppy has been gravid (pregnant) she doesn't need a male again for a loooong time, and she'll keep having babies for eons. Which is to say that you just leave the babies in the tank instead of taking them out to save them from being eaten by the other bigger fish, poor things, because if you do, you'll have elebenty bowls full of guppies all over your house. 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ellie said: Here is a factoid about guppies: they are live-bearers (that is, their fry--babies--are born live, instead of the parents laying eggs and the eggs hatching); once a female guppy has been gravid (pregnant) she doesn't need a male again for a loooong time, and she'll keep having babies for eons. Which is to say that you just leave the babies in the tank instead of taking them out to save them from being eaten by the other bigger fish, poor things, because if you do, you'll have elebenty bowls full of guppies all over your house. 🙂 I looked around and I'm thinking no fish. Maybe. There are sincere hobbiests that will walk a beginner through a first tank and good picks. Guppies did not make the lists. Lots of pretty options though. I wanted a self cleaning tank but apparently those are bad and I'm kinda turned off by the idea now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Bettas are pretty easy to keep. We've had a few fish tanks over the years but they kept dying when we'd lose power. Most recently ds got a betta and tank set-up for his birthday last year, then we had a big storm in March and that was the end of that. We have a tank again but it's at my classroom where hopefully they don't lose power very often. We gave up on fish at home and went with a snake. A species that's native to the area so she can survive power outages. It's after midnight here. I should be in bed. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I had feeder goldfish (very cheap) who grew up to 8 inches long. Very easy to care for, though goldfish are “dirty “ and need regular tank cleanings. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Day 306 steps Day 178 hips Day 77 bird dog. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Good morning! I have found fish to be the most time consuming and fussy pet to keep. We've had many kinds - bettas, tropical, water frogs, etc. Won't do it again. Coffee! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Good Morning! Coffee is in hand. We went to friend's house for dinner last night and stayed late and had a great time. Junie, how is your ds? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) Good morning! We've only had four fish, three goldfish and one beta, I think the beta was on his last leg when we brought him home because he died soon after, I'm sure Ds feeding him every 15 seconds had nothing to do with his demise. My day is going to be relatively easy, I hope, nothing to do but church, drop people off and pick them up and relax, hoping to get in a ride but, the weather is looking a little grey. Angi and Jean--I just want the two of you to know that y'all are killing me, I'm walking more trying to keep up with y'all's steps, lol PS, forgot I need to plan and prep for next week! Edited November 25, 2018 by mama25angels 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 3 hours ago, myblessings4 said: My mom had a beta that lived 9 years. Another factoid or two: Bettas are air-breathers: they come up to the surface periodically and take big gulps of air, instead of getting their oxygen from the water like other fish. Also, it is pronounced "bet-ta," not "bay-ta." They are carnivores; my mother used to put a little bit of raw hamburger on her finger and hold it just at the surface of the water so that the betta would come up and nibble it off. 🙂 We often kept a betta in the tank with our other fish; they only mess with other bettas, and they add color and interest to an aquarium. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!! 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Hey. I dreamed that I was being tortured with razor blades. I woke up at 4-something and realized that it corresponded with all the places that are in pain. I got back to sleep after a new pain med. I have to teach in both services today. I actually feel less pain when I am up and not pressing on a bed so that part will be ok. But can someone invent an air-filled chamber that I can just float in? It’s not a I-need-a-new-mattress thing. I have slept on sleep number beds and regular beds and latex and memory foam and water beds and... Your body still has to touch. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Oh, and I realize that that was kind of a bummer post for a happy place. I will be fine. But this is also my friend place and sometimes it is comforting to share a burden. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!!~D I slept for 10 hours last night. Everyone else is still sleeping. DH succombed to the virus. I think he angered the virus gods by bragging that he wasn’t going to get it. “What? You think you Super-Immune-System-Man? Ha!! We show you!!!” The rest of the kids and I are in varying stages of recovery. I think I will go to church this morning, although it’s too late for first service. That starts in 3 minutes and I am still in my robe.😂 It’s a beautiful morning out. A bit foggy, my gorgeous tree in the back yard has lost half its leaves, but it is still very pretty. Everything is clean because of the rain we had a couple days ago. I’m sorry you are in pain, Jeannie!! Of course you can bring it up here. If you can’t talk to your homies about it, who can you talk to?? 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Ellie said: ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!! Aaaack!! (Insert Willy-nilly guys) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 We don’t do fish. The girls got fish in the spring at a birthday party, but they only lasted 2 days. We stick with the furry-purry pets. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Good morning! I'm exhausted. 6 hours ago, myblessings4 said: My mom had a beta that lived 9 years. Gug. 28 minutes ago, KrissiK said: We don’t do fish. The girls got fish in the spring at a birthday party, but they only lasted 2 days. We stick with the furry-purry pets. Yeah. I like cats and dogs. I don't like rodents because of the work involved and I don't like fish because they're basically living decorations that you can't skip out on taking care of. I wanted a self cleaning tank but apparently those are butt for the fish. He absolutely loves them though. Like more than anything else in the world. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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