KrissiK Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!!~D Friday Eve!!! School & work!!! Dinner at my parents’ house. That is all!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 7 hours ago, maize said: Dragon fruit plant has been successfully rescued. It feels like January out there. Good night, sweet dreams all. 3 minutes ago, JoJosMom said: 17 degrees here this morning. Mercy, people!! It’s only October!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, KrissiK said: Mercy, people!! It’s only October!! Someone needs to tell Mother Nature. I vote that we bring by global warming. This "climate change" carp stinks. 2 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 10 hours ago, Openhearted said: I've missed y'all! Another day done. We had school. Then I had to go to dr. for a stupid UTI. At least he gave me refills on the antibiotics. So yay for that. And guess what? You will never guess. Ds24 has bought a house, got married and had a baby girl.....Delaney Elizabeth. She was 2 months old on the 6th. So they came over tonight and wanted strawberry pie with whipped cream. I really didn't feel like it since it hasn't been long enough for the antibiotics to help, but I did make the pie and whipped cream. Now I am tuckered out. Imma bed. sweet dreams Congratulations!!! What a beautiful name for the Baby!! Sorry about the UTI. I can definitely sympathize. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Good Morning! Happy Thursday! It is a proper autumn day here. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 11 minutes ago, Junie said: Good Morning! Happy Thursday! It is a proper autumn day here. Around here it appears to be a proper winter day. 2 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Good morning! I was thinking of making and canning apple sauce then remembered that I left my new canning jars in the trunk of dh's car and he has left for work already. So maybe tomorrow. I actually have very little canning experience, I'm trying to teach myself. I may cook up a batch of applesauce to eat fresh. And juice some grapes. And bring the dehydrator in from the shed; I've got a lot of fruit to process. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 11 hours ago, Slache said: We are under a biblical grasshopper plague. Like manna from heaven - free protein! 2 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Yay, Dawn!!! Beautiful name. How exciting! It's Windsday around here, even though it's Thursday. "Fall is when the wild leaves fly..." I memorized this in a poem in 3rd grade, and it always comes back to me on days like this. Not sure what the poem was, though I doubt it was anything at the level of, say, Robert Frost. More likely it was written by "Jane Doe, PhD; Joe Schmo, PhD, et.al" and published by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt-Brace-Javonovich or whatever that company was back in the early 80s. Odd the things I remember. Piano today! And Farm! And Hebrew! And phase two of The Great Clothing Swap, which is washing all the stuff to be packed away and used again come summer. Oh wait. Can't use the washer during piano. Grrrr.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 My subconscious must be pretty irritated when I am even having dreams in Japanese where people are asking me stupid questions. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Whitehawk hasn't asked for pictures lately but since I shared these on the chat board. . . . 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Juliet’s sweet face!! ❤️❤️❤️ 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 My sisters have our Mom (94) all riled up. They have been trying to get her to move into assisted living and she's having none of it. I'm actually more on Mom's side than my sisters. But I am also not there. (But I have a lot more experience with care for the elderly than they do.) I talked to Mom for 40 minutes on the phone. She does have Senior Moments but most days, like today, she's sharp as a tack. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Did you know that one of our local hospitals has "Mammogram Parties"? It's for groups of 6 to 10 women. Hors d'oeuvres are provided. For some reason that strikes me as hilarious - and not an invite I would accept! 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Jean, I don't know how you can ever use a computer when Juliet's ears are within reach. The cuteness! 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Did you know that one of our local hospitals has "Mammogram Parties"? It's for groups of 6 to 10 women. Hors d'oeuvres are provided. For some reason that strikes me as hilarious - and not an invite I would accept! I think that my hospital does the same. I think it's to encourage positive peer pressure. Here, I think it's geared toward women who work in offices -- they can all come in together after work. ETA: I just looked it up. The party also includes free refreshments and manicures. Edited October 10, 2019 by Junie 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Dd21 is in her rescheduled appt. to apply for a passport. Dh called the State Department to confirm the document requirements and then spoke with the post office person who staunchly refused to follow the State Department’s guidelines. So dh called the State Department again and the person advised that dd go to a different post office. Which is in the next town over. Dd doesn’t have a car, but she was able to get a ride. I’m hoping to hear soon. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 The passport is a GO! 🎉 Also, I got a call from the music shop and they are waving the shipping fee for the cello trial. 🎉 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I’m bored. I have an hour of security duty at the tutorial - which means I sit outside the bathroom making sure only one child is in the bathroom at a time and watching for stranger danger. 9 minutes left. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Junie said: I think that my hospital does the same. I think it's to encourage positive peer pressure. Here, I think it's geared toward women who work in offices -- they can all come in together after work. ETA: I just looked it up. The party also includes free refreshments and manicures. I would do that. I need to go for mine. I keep putting it off. I don’t have time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Baby toasted some pumpkin seeds. They got a little brown. I think she needs to do a better job checking them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I have a concert tonight - Beethoven Egmont & Sym. 1 and Brahms 3. Imma bring some duct tape along in case my arm threatens to secede. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I love the idea of a mammogram party! I would never want to go to one, but what a great idea. I cleaned out the fridge and took the produce drawers out. The produce drawers were never big enough for the produce that we buy so I always had a bin on one of the shelves, but having produce in three different places always meant that stuff would go bad. Plus, they are inconvenient because you can't open them unless you pull the fridge out and they're always dirty. So I took the drawers out, spaced the shelves out better and hopefully it will be easier to keep the fridge organized. Give me trophies. 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) We use the bottom produce drawer for yogurt. You don't have to worry about 50 pieces of clutter all over of the fridge and everyone (even as pre-schoolers) can reach the yogurt to get their own breakfast. ETA: A yogurt Booyah is better than a salad booyah. Edited October 10, 2019 by Junie 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I'm still in the revision cave. My new agent will be the death of me. LOL. Not really. I like her a lot. And if she puts up with me yowling about cuts now, she's likely to be able to talk me off the ledge when editors shred my story like on of Jean's bunnies with a lettuce leaf. I'm waiting on DH to bring home hot chocolate. That makes all revision better. Which makes me want to remind all the kids out there with writing woes--Life is revision, your highness. Anyone who tells you different isn't selling your work. 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Junie beat me to the Booyah!😭 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 41 minutes ago, Critterfixer said: Which makes me want to remind all the kids out there with writing woes--Life is revision, your highness. Anyone who tells you different isn't selling your work. Brilliant! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Matt hated the fridge. I was able to put the giant bin where the produce drawer was so now we have an extra shelf. It's perfect (but a little WT, as my mother would say). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I didn't do any fruit processing today. I did finish painting my chalkboard wall. And I drove the kids lots of places. 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Junie said: We use the bottom produce drawer for yogurt. You don't have to worry about 50 pieces of clutter all over of the fridge and everyone (even as pre-schoolers) can reach the yogurt to get their own breakfast. ETA: A yogurt Booyah is better than a salad booyah. My sister got a mini fridge just for kid snacks. Keeps the kids out of the big fridge. Edited October 11, 2019 by maize 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, maize said: My sister got a mini fridge just for kid snacks. Keeps the kids out of the big fridge. This totally solves the "the kids ate my ingredients" problem! This is going in the hive wisdom doc! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I hung upside down. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Did you know Shel Silverstein wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash? I don't know why, but I found this most interesting. This bit of ITTrivia has been bought to you by PBS and useless things that you will never need to know unless it is a Jeopardy answer. 😂 Good night, dear friends, and sweet dreams. Edited October 11, 2019 by Openhearted I'm tired 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 So, today I solved the Mystery of the Missing Eggs. Recently we haven't found many eggs in the chickens' nesting boxes, suggesting that they had decided to lay Elsewhere. But as many times as I have walked around the yard looking I couldn't find the missing eggs. I finally found them today, in the little blueberry patch that I hadn't looked in because it was fenced off from the chickens. Apparently the chickens have learned to get over the fence because there were 19 eggs in there. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Slache said: Matt hated the fridge. I was able to put the giant bin where the produce drawer was so now we have an extra shelf. It's perfect (but a little WT, as my mother would say). How is Matt's work schedule going? Is Adam behaving? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 My ankles are uncharacteristically puffy. And my back hurts. I blame Brahms and his inability to pick a key and stick with it - puts my whole system out of whack. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Critterfixer said: Which makes me want to remind all the kids out there with writing woes--Life is revision, your highness. Anyone who tells you different isn't selling your work. 3 hours ago, Susan in TN said: Brilliant! It really needs to go in the archives. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 20 minutes ago, Openhearted said: Did you know Shel Silverstein wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash? I don't know why, but I found this most interesting. This bit of ITTrivia has been bought to you by PBS and useless things that you will never need to know unless it is a Jeopardy answer. 😂 Good night, dear friends, and sweet dreams. And yet... somehow.... that fact just fits. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 25 minutes ago, Slache said: I hung upside down. Slashie is a bat. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 22 minutes ago, KrissiK said: It really needs to go in the archives. I’m on it! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: How is Matt's work schedule going? Is Adam behaving? Ok. I think no days off this month. Barbravan was a $600 loss from not working and the flu took a few days so we're all messy. I'm tired. I want no things after this month. I'm done. Adam is great but I think I've met him twice. The flu. Oi. 21 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Slashie is a bat. Sometimes. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'm going to be a bat today. Between the cold front, the storms, and a snoring DH, I'm up early. I'd go work, but DH will be up in another 30 minutes, and then I'll get up with him, get my tea, and either start revisions or put the first layer of paint on this snow scene I'm working on. Probably need a nap later. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I love Junie's idea of using a drawer for yogurt. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I slept in til 7 (except for dh's alarm going off at 4:45 😱) Coffee is ready! Youngest did some of her school work last night so she could be lazy today. So, I'm hoping to finish school profile and counselor letter. I'm going to need duct tape and bazookas to keep myself in line. willy:nilly 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 It's Friday! I'm kind of glad. I had a workshop scheduled for tomorrow but no one signed up so I don't have to do it. Two classes (but fun ones with all teens/tweens) and two tutoring sessions today. I need to write a sign and a post for Facebook that registration for my next session is now open but I want to have a note that for a certain class that meets 4 times a week (Junior Science) spaces for current students will be held until October 25th and then released to new students. But I want to say *nicely* that for a spot to be held, payment must be made not just telling me you want it. Help me! I can't seem to get the wording right. Everything either sounds too wussy or too stern. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Good morning! You can do it, Lynn! It was 68 degrees when I got up this morning. Major cool-down starts tonight! I have quartet rehearsal this morning. This kids were planning to go busking tonight, though it might be raining so tomorrow might be a better. Coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, myblessings4 said: It is now in the 40's. It was in the 90's yesterday. The temperature is going the wrong way!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Where's Toto? said: I need to write a sign and a post for Facebook that registration for my next session is now open but I want to have a note that for a certain class that meets 4 times a week (Junior Science) spaces for current students will be held until October 25th and then released to new students. But I want to say *nicely* that for a spot to be held, payment must be made not just telling me you want it. Help me! I can't seem to get the wording right. Everything either sounds too wussy or too stern. [Class details: topic, ages, days, times, location.] Class size will be limited to [#]; returning students may register and pay via [accepted payment methods] by October 25 to ensure a spot. Registration will be open to the public from October 26 until [date] or until the class is full, whichever comes first. Edited October 11, 2019 by whitehawk 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Process for writing school profile: 1) brainstorm why we wanted to homeschool and our philosophy 2) agonize at failure to stick to original philosophy 3) brainstorm more 4) attempt to translate homeschool mumbo jumbo into something that doesn't sound weird 5) lament that I didn't include XYZ 6) repeat steps 1 and 2 7) do an internet search for sample profile letters 8 ) debate whether to include information about our local schools 9) reject online sample profile letters 10) read threads on the highschool board about profile letters 11) quote Monty Python: "Run Away! Run Away!" 3 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 How about: we homeschool therefore homeschool. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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