maize Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I was up early getting my oldest three kids off to the church, our youth group is driving up to Idaho for a ski trip (apparently there is cheap skiing some place up there, they go every other year). First time downhill skiing for two of mine and second time for the oldest, I hope at least one of them decides to leave the bunny hill 🙂 I've only been skiing once myself.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I am really confused. A neighbor is apparently six months pregnant. But yesterday I saw her carrying a newborn who was definitely not a premie. And another neighbor said that she hasn’t given birth yet? So where did she get the baby? (I am not a good Nancy Drew because I don’t want to ask people questions.) Rent-a-babies are the best! I'm ready to give back the rental tween now, though. Nice kid, I'm just ready to get on with my day. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, myblessings4 said: LOL! I only went once, and it was with my church youth group. We went to Wintergreen in Virginia and I was so bad at it! The only part I really enjoyed was the indoor gathering in the evenings! I never left the bunny hill. My aunt took me when I was in college. She let me do the bunny hill once then took me on a regular hill; I hadn't really figured out how to turn so every time I needed to I just fell down. I did a bit better the second time down, fewer falls. Then I went to the lodge 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Junie said: I don't live in Texas. 😉 We have Winter, More Winter, Still More Winter, A Little Bit of Spring, Summer, A Blip of Autumn, and Winter Again. I knew that. ::face palm:: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Good Morning!!!, COFFEE!!!!!!!~D Saturday!!!!! We slept in this morning!!! Stayed up late (for us) watching “Legally Blonde”. I needed something cute and funny!! This morning I’m driving up to the Big City to get fingerprinted. I wasn’t going to mention this yet, but..... y’all are my besties, so, I guess I might as well. I’m applying for a job with our charter school. I was encouraged by a couple of people to do so, and I was sitting in DD’s Enrichment Academy class last Wednesday and thinking, “gee, I miss being in the classroom” but I knew I didn’t want to do it full time. DS is going to Christian School next year and even though we were planning on keeping oldest DD home one more year (for 8th grade), she really wants to go to Christian School and I am ready to send her!! Which would leave the two little ones at home to homeschool, and I would love to be able to devote some time just to them. But, there is not room in the budget for two at Christian School, so if oldest DD is going to go, I need a job. DH is on board with it, especially when he saw how excited I was thinking about it and updating my resume’. So, it would be a win-win all the way around. Anyhow, I had to renew my teaching credential and that means fingerprinting. I’m trying not to get my hopes up, you know that is. But it is kind of exciting to think about!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Another Lynn said: I've been up for a while, just slow getting to my coffee. I don't have to go anywhere today! I'm hoping to reclaim a bit of the house and maybe start the tax return. WILLY-NILLY!!!! It's a "scared of taxes" booyah! 😬 DH is doing taxes today!!! I don’t touch ‘em!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Renai said: Tonight is the night I usually am able to stay up ridiculously late, alone, to write. Renai is writing. Alone. In the rain!! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, maize said: My aunt took me when I was in college. She let me do the bunny hill once then took me on a regular hill; I hadn't really figured out how to turn so every time I needed to I just fell down. I did a bit better the second time down, fewer falls. Then I went to the lodge 🙂 I’ve skied a few times in my life. Never enough to get good enough to enjoy it. So, now I don’t ski. It’s an expensive hobby. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Krissi, That's so exciting! Keep us posted. 😊 If you need any references..... (wait, what is it we do here? 😂) Ah, well, maybe you better not ask us. 😜 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I feel like I've been working hard, but don't have a lot to show for my efforts. I have.... Vacuumed the kitchen Loaded and started the dishwasher Took sheets off my bed - I'm washing 2nd load of sheets Folded two loads of towels Carried clean laundry from the last millenium upstairs Swiped half bath bleached the kitchen sink I might hit the basement next. It's not as bad as the first floor, but I want to keep up with it while it's new and fresh. I want a lunch break. But I'm not really hungry yet. Maybe some music will get me going again.... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: Krissi, That's so exciting! Keep us posted. 😊 If you need any references..... (wait, what is it we do here? 😂) Ah, well, maybe you better not ask us. 😜 Dude. We'll call it creative writing and make a class out of it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Bone brothed 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Apparently I forgot to post this morning. Happy Saturday! We are doing another 1000 piece puzzle. Any sanity that I have left will be gone by 8 pm. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 So, I just found out this morning that the anthologies I wrote for that were supposed to be out this spring have been pushed back to be published in the fall! Hmmm, I'm trying to figure out what I can realistically complete by May to put on my vendor table in June... I mean, I already have things planned for the space, but now have to have more, and I was already falling behind on my own deadlines. Sigh... I need an assistant that can do little things for me so I can put the big things together. I've hired my daughter, but...things are moving... slower... than planned...I may be a tad stressed... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Did I mention that I'm studying Chinese? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 5k and dog park done. Two deer crossed the road in front our car on our way home and Juliet went crazy barking. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I am less dead today than yesterday. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Another Lynn said: I feel like I've been working hard, but don't have a lot to show for my efforts. I have.... Vacuumed the kitchen Loaded and started the dishwasher Took sheets off my bed - I'm washing 2nd load of sheets Folded two loads of towels Carried clean laundry from the last millenium upstairs Swiped half bath bleached the kitchen sink I might hit the basement next. It's not as bad as the first floor, but I want to keep up with it while it's new and fresh. I want a lunch break. But I'm not really hungry yet. Maybe some music will get me going again.... You have been working very hard. You need some chocolate and a foot massage!!!! Rocco, your services are needed!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Renai said: Did I mention that I'm studying Chinese? No, you did not!!!! Why are you studying Chinese? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I got livescanned (fingerprinted) and then drove up the street to see my mother-in-law at the rehab place. She's looking much better. We had a nice chat and laughed a lot. I like my mother-in-law. She's a good lady. Now I am home. I don't know what to do with myself today. I want to work outside, but it is kind of rainy. Maybe I should just suck it up and go to the Afsa. Then I don't have to do it tomorrow. I hate the Afsa. I am feeling kind of at loose ends. Bleh! I'm making a list and going to the Afsa. There. Decision made. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Slache said: I am less dead today than yesterday. Well, thank goodness. I worried about you girly. And, I am proud of you for abiding by the ITT rules against death. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, KrissiK said: You have been working very hard. You need some chocolate and a foot massage!!!! Rocco, your services are needed!!!!! Thank you! Since then I have also.... dusted and mopped most of the basement swiped the half bath in the basement mopped the kitchen and wiped some of the counters re-made my bed and one other carried up the rest of the clean laundry folded another load, started another load worked on an application for a co-op avoided the tax return 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, KrissiK said: Well, thank goodness. I worried about you girly. And, I am proud of you for abiding by the ITT rules against death. Don't worry about me. I'm a drama queen. If I claim a broken arm you can assume I have a hangnail. I was really sick though. It was awful. Still am, but normal sickness, not contemplating death sickness. I'm eating zapps. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 hours ago, KrissiK said: No, you did not!!!! Why are you studying Chinese? Just because. Since I work with VIPKID, I get a teacher discount for my daughter to take Chinese classes with the sister company, Lingobus. I was trying to learn alongside her, but, there was too much I wanted/needed to know about the language so I could speak more. I decided to look for classes for myself. A teacher that also teaches on Outschool is also doing private classes with adults, so I hooked up with her. I've taken about 7 weeks of classes now, practice character recognition and writing with SKritter and HelloChinese, and am going through a couple of Coursera courses and Yo Yo Chinese video course. I've also instituted Mandarin mornings for my daughter and I each morning. During breakfast, we watch a few shows in Chinese and focus to try to catch words we recognize, lol! Gymnast has already picked up things she hasn't learned in class yet! I can ask her what she wants to eat and drink, and she knows how to answer back. I still have along way to go. I'm currently watching a series on Netflix called The Rise of Phoenixes. I watch each episode 3 times - 1st without subtitles, the 2nd with subtitles, and 3rd without again to try to catch more words. It's going to take me forever to get through the episodes! I'm considering a trip to China eventually, now. But, I'm conflicted because I've always wanted to go to Japan. I may need to plan some international trips...but then I'll need to brush up on Japanese. That is a lot more information than you asked for. I just like language. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Apparently in my Nyquiled state I told the kids they could do cartwheels in the house and Matt had to explain to them that they can't. I guess I'm the cool parent. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Wow, Renai!! That is awesome!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egao_gakari Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 2:24 PM, Renai said: Same. I don't think we've met. Wassup? Howdy! Yep, I peeked in here last summer and then fell off the face of the earth during fall and winter, only recently making my glorious comeback. Nice to meet you! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egao_gakari Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The kids are baking for a youth group bake sale tomorrow, to fund their summer mission trip. Smores brownies was what they chose. I am a from-scratch baker, but they chose a "recipe" that called for storebought brownie mix, and frankly I didn't want to be taking lead on this because I think it's important they they have ownership--it's their mission trip! So the kitchen is topsy-turvy and they are in charge of cleanup. We'll individually-wrap them tomorrow AM and then I'll drop them off at the bake sale. (We no longer attend that church, but they loved the youth group so they've stayed involved.) And I am all done with my workday and entering Sunday Mode!! 😴 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Dh has had to work his day job all weekend. Dd and I are going to go with him tomorrow because his work will take him to a very scenic town and he thinks that he can get done with his assignment in just a couple of hours. The only drawback is that we have to leave early. I don’t do that very well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Slache said: Apparently in my Nyquiled state I told the kids they could do cartwheels in the house and Matt had to explain to them that they can't. I guess I'm the cool parent. I encourage cartwheels in the house. Course, I'm also the one who taught my kids to straddle climb doorways and hallways... Advantages of having an ADHD mom 😄 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The skiers are home. No broken legs, and they all made it off the bunny hill. A little sunburned though. I did send them with sunscreen but application seems to have been lacking... 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I think I've been downhill skiing twice. I hate it. Hiking was wonderful today. Perfect weather, pretty waterfalls, nice trails, campfire for hot dogs and smores. I didn't drink enough water. I have over 18K steps for the day. Time to banish the goat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Ok, so I mailed my IRL-BFF some books.... Harry Bosch and Mark Twain. I live about 30 miles from her.... she lives in the Big City. I mailed it on Tuesday. First it went south, a couple hundred miles to LA and then it went north several hundred miles to San Francisco and she was just notified that it is on its way to her now. 😂😂😂 What an efficient postal service we have. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 We need to be getting to the end of this page. I haven’t post padded for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Kissed the kids goodnight. 💤😘😴🌙 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I think I will go to bed, too!! We go to first service, and that is always waaaaay too early!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 We are still not on the next page. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Never mind. Goodnight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I went skiing twice. Both times I was hired as a translator with free skiing thrown in as my pay. Both times I spent all my time talking to the ski patrol and ambulance drivers and didn't get to ski at all. Later I went cross-country skiing. I was told that it was ok that I had never skied before because cross-country skiing was different. Then we came to our first hill. . . 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Day 407 steps Day 277 hips Day 175 bird dog. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Good Morning! Coffee! Church! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Good Morning! Happy Sunday!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Good morning! Dd16 and I are playing for the services today. I would like to go back to sleep. Coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Good Morning! I stayed up later than I should have last night, filling in some genealogy stuff. We had a major breakthrough this week and I just had to work on sorting it out 🙂 I'd been using ancestry.com's new ThruLines tool that helps sort DNA relatives by potential common ancestors, I was trying to trace the African ethnicity on my mom's side of the family and had narrowed it down to one family in Kentucky/Indiana (they moved around) because most relatives from that line also tested positive for sub-Saharan African DNA. So I went looking at what we had on those ancestors and it was a mess but then I came across some message board posts by a distant relative who had collected a lot of family history and even a family Bible and we figured out that the problem was two people with the same name living in the same area and previous genealogy researchers had conflated the two and mixed all the family information together. This guy's branch was clearly documented (unlike mine) and best of all there were more than 20 DNA relatives from his branch who match my family so we were able to confirm the connection. I can't express how exciting this kind of breakthrough is! We still don't know who the mother of the son my line descends from is, his father has two or three documented marriages (people married young and women especially often died young) but Isaac's birth falls in a gap between known marriages; he just shows up as part of the family on the next census. I'm guessing our African ancestry comes from his mother, she would have been at least 1/4 African based on percentages in descendants, what would have been called mulatto at the time. The family were poor and illiterate so while some oral traditions were passed down there's not much in the way of written records. Edited March 24, 2019 by maize 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Maize, that is fascinating! Good for you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) Good morning! I survived the week! Accomplishments: Wrote a long synopsis for my sequel Wrote a long synopsis for my next book that isn't a sequel in preparation for a rewrite in April. Didn't die. Other than that I worked, wrote, and slept, and ate somewhere in there. Today I am working on my grocery list, and trying not to chew my nails to much over edits that should be back later this week. ETA: It's Howdy Booyah time, It's Howdy Booyah time... And that's all I know. Edited March 24, 2019 by Critterfixer 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Good Morning!!!!! COFFEE!!!!!! Sunday!!! Church!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Maize, that is very interesting. When I was in high school we had to do family trees for sophomore history class. The area I live has a very heavy Mennonite population (they all moved on here in the 1930’s from Kansas and Oklahoma) and back in the day, Mennonites only married other Mennonites, and the high school I went to was started by Mennonites. (Not Old Order Mennonites or Amish; the Mennonite Brethren don’t have distinctive ways of dress or living). So, 30 years ago and beyond, the majority of the kids at that high school were Mennonites. Anyhow, everyone loved doing that family tree project because invariably you discovered you were related to someone you never knew was a cousin back 3-4 generations ago, and sometimes people even found out they were dating a distant relative.😂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Woke up two hours early. Drove to ferry. Got on ferry. Had breakfast on ferry. They even had gluten free choices. The Olympic mountains are beautiful. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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