Slache Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Susan in TN said: Why are you in Colorado? Wedding. And because I thought it would fun to struggle breathing at a higher altitude. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Critterfixer said: Morning. That's all I got. That's enough for now. 1 hour ago, Slache said: Wedding. And because I thought it would fun to struggle breathing at a higher altitude. Well that's a weird thing to think! 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Slache said: Wedding. And because I thought it would fun to struggle breathing at a higher altitude. It’s important to have goals. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Afternoon! DS and I are both sick. (I've relapsed, he... I don't know. Did he get strep at the orthodontist??) But guess what? Our libraries (okay, the big ones) are going to have contactless pick-up starting next week! 💙 📙 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Garden of the Gods. I stayed behind and napped. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I want to go to Colorado. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Nephew is home! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, KrissiK said: I want to go to Colorado. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi, just checking in. Somehow most of the week has flown by. I have been extremely unmotivated to do housework lately, especially kitchen work. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Slache said: Garden of the Gods. I stayed behind and napped. So beautiful! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Important Question/Rant: Is the keyboard of your iDevice as stupid as mine? You know how on the usual keyboard you hit the shift key to get the ! and ? - on my old iPad if you went to the .?123 keyboard, the ! and ? have their own key, no shift needed. Well on my new iPad, you still have to hit the shift key on the .?123 keyboard to get the ! and ? except there is no shift key, and no way to actually get the ! or ? . It annoys the crap out of me. As you were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 We saw Beaverton the Groundhog today in a neighbor's yard! We were getting concerned because we haven't seen him for quite a while and he ignored the cabbage I left out for him. But there he was, waddling through the yard and looking generally well-fed and healthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Susan in TN said: Important Question/Rant: Is the keyboard of your iDevice as stupid as mine? You know how on the usual keyboard you hit the shift key to get the ! and ? - on my old iPad if you went to the .?123 keyboard, the ! and ? have their own key, no shift needed. Well on my new iPad, you still have to hit the shift key on the .?123 keyboard to get the ! and ? except there is no shift key, and no way to actually get the ! or ? . It annoys the crap out of me. As you were. This sounds very bad. (Note to self - no new apple updates.....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 9 hours ago, myblessings4 said: Laughing is good. As we got older, we let the kids win more easily. Yes. Resistance is futile. You will assimilate. 😜 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Nine hours without a post! Hope that means everyone slept well! Coffee's ready and it's FRIYAY! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Morning. I slept okay. I'm not staying up as late these days, but that means I'm automatically waking up earlier. Another morning workout with dd, then we aren't meeting for the weekend because she's going to visit a friend who's been isolated and feeling lonely. I'll probably take the chance to do some more cleaning at home and/or the science center. I'm posting my ad for an additional teacher this weekend. I'm feeling kind of blah and discouraged these days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (((Where's Toto))) I think you're doing an amazing job with your workouts with dd. I've really been feeling "off" too. I don't know if it's hormonal fluctuations or too many people in my space for such a long period of time, lol, but I'm ready to move on! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 My new self-rating teacher system: Taught children to brush teeth - 2 stars Taught children to use a toilet - 3 stars Taught children to read ------------4 stars Taught children to follow established visual patterns when putting clean dishes away or returning food to the refrigerator - 5 stars. By this reckoning, I am a 4 star teacher at best. Evidently I will never be a 5 star teacher. And furthermore, I'm not sure any of my children (even the, ahem, middle aged one) deserves (deserved) to graduate highschool. 🙄🤣 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Another Lynn said: (((Where's Toto))) I think you're doing an amazing job with your workouts with dd. I've really been feeling "off" too. I don't know if it's hormonal fluctuations or too many people in my space for such a long period of time, lol, but I'm ready to move on! Thank you. I think it's probably hormonal, it usually is when I feel like this. I also realized that I haven't been drinking my emergen-C every day lately. I stopped drinking it at the science center during our workouts because I don't have ice there, but I forget when I'm at home. Since I'm almost always D deficient even in summer, and that's the main vitamins I take, I'm sure that's having an effect too. The D also helps my allergies, which we've been having air quality warnings lately, so that's probably not helping either. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, Another Lynn said: My new self-rating teacher system: Taught children to brush teeth - 2 stars Taught children to use a toilet - 3 stars Taught children to read ------------4 stars Taught children to follow established visual patterns when putting clean dishes away or returning food to the refrigerator - 5 stars. By this reckoning, I am a 4 star teacher at best. Evidently I will never be a 5 star teacher. And furthermore, I'm not sure any of my children (even the, ahem, middle aged one) deserves (deserved) to graduate highschool. 🙄🤣 I can't follow the established visual patterns myself. Yes that's a problem 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Good Morning!,!, COFFEE!!!~D Friday!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Good Morning! Happy Friday! I am still not sleeping well. I almost got up at a non-lazy hour today. I guess that's a plus. We're trying to finish this week's assignments and then I have a virtual Bible study. House is still a mess, although there has been some improvement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (((Toto))) Hope things feel more positive in the next day or two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Good morning! I need to make a list so things stop twirling around in my brain and have a place to land. Coffee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) Dd17 has started her new job -- out of state, on her college campus. Ds19 (who is working on the same campus) said that she has adapted very quickly. She said that she is really enjoying this new experience and she is doubling her friend count just about every day. It is so much easier for her to be gone, knowing that she is doing well and enjoying her job. Edited June 12, 2020 by Junie 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 So yesterday this mean lady poked me with a sharp metal stick and I didn't even kick her! Coincidentally, today I have learned that my liver is performing exceptionally well. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Spudater said: I want to go take a shower but I feel like the moment Ido baby will wake up screaming. Do I dare? We need the story! What happened?!?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: So yesterday this mean lady poked me with a sharp metal stick and I didn't even kick her! Coincidentally, today I have learned that my liver is performing exceptionally well. 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: We need the story! What happened?!?! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Ds accidently dumped a glass of water into my laptop so im stuck with just my phone. So don't expect to see much from me until morning. 😪 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 29 minutes ago, Where's Toto? said: Ds accidently dumped a glass of water into my laptop so im stuck with just my phone. So don't expect to see much from me until morning. 😪 This is a Very Sad Booyah! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 “Alias” is back on Amazon Prime. I want to be Sydney Bristow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 We’re having huge winds, power went out for a while. But I got the pizza cooked. My head is killing me, eyes are burning. But I don’t aNt to take Benadryl until I’m ready to go to bed. I got two new books today. I started one. It is really good. It’s by Anne de Courcey, who is my new favorite author, it’s a bio about a gal named Diana Mosley, a British socialite in the first half of the 20th century, who married a fascist and was good friends with Adolph Hitler. This is the same author who wrote the book I read a couple months ago about Coco Chanel and the French Riviera in the 1930’s. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 We watched Father of the Bride, 2 for Family Movie Night. It was cute. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good morning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good Morning! Coffee's going fast! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Need. More. Sleep. Coffee! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good morning! How are you doing, Whitehawk? Still feeling the yucks? I think I missed the coffee at Lynn's. My fitbit buzzed this morning to tell me I had 10 minutes to get in 250 steps for the hour, so I figured it was 6:50, about time to get up. Nope. It was almost 8:00! I want to go to Lake Tahoe with Krissi. Coffee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good Morning! Happy Saturday! Grocery pickup and cleaning up the house. I also need to do some grading and planning. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spudater said: We have been watching it for the first time. Were wondering how weird it’s going to get, if this is going to be like watching Lost was. The first two seasons are good, the third started getting weird and I think I quit at the end of the third. 1 hour ago, Spudater said: Step one: how many wigs do you own? None yet, but first I need to learn how to kick-box. 1 hour ago, Spudater said: I actually like Jack Bristow much more than Sydney. Is it weird that I’m liking and sympathizing more and more with the parents of characters now? Like I still love Elizabeth Bennett and I know Mrs. Bennett is shallow and petty, but, heck, if I had tofind husbands for five dowryless girls with no help from a husband who just laughed at me allthe time, mynerves would be shot too. I have compasssion for her poor nerves! is it just me or does vaughn always look like he’s about to cry? Yeah, I love Victor Garber in whatever he’s in. And his character is pretty complex. Sydney seems to live her life at the mercy of her own enormous talents, but also acts rashly on assumptions and emotions and doesn’t think things through. Vaughn is a weenie. He fell head over heels in love with Sydney the minute he met her and that guides every move he makes. Edited June 13, 2020 by KrissiK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!!~D Saturday!!! Found out why we lost electricity last night. The wind blew over an enormous eucalyptus tree at a park nearby and it fell on some power lines. I am not sure if it knocked out our electricity or if PG&E turned off our electricity for some reason because of that. But anyway, it was only off for a half hour. Still got the other pizza baked. The wind dropped our temps by 20 degrees. This summer is strange. For the last month we’ve had weekly temps fluctuating by as much as 30 degrees for the high temps. It was 103 on Thursday, today it’s supposed to be 80. This is not typical. Oh well, I am not complaining, but the wind isn’t great. I guess I will do housework and grocery shopping today. I have a couple of good books to read, so I hope I can get into them this weekend, too. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I forgot that I have to go to a surprise birthday party tonight. The struggle is real. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I tried to shop for clothes today and realized I’m overweight and poor. The prices some of these stores were charging was outrageous. I’m going to maybe buy some patterns and make my own summer dresses. Or join the rest of America and shop online. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: I forgot that I have to go to a surprise birthday party tonight. The struggle is real. Can you continue to forget until after the party?? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Can you continue to forget until after the party?? Sadly, it is a friend of dh's and he won't let me forget. Imma have a delicious strawberry spinach salad before I go and that will help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 44 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: Imma have a delicious strawberry spinach At first, I saw "strawberry sandwich," and I was very interested. Almond flour tortilla + macerated strawberries + maybe some kind of cream sauce? Hold the spinach. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, ikslo said: I tried to shop for clothes today and realized I’m overweight and poor. The prices some of these stores were charging was outrageous. I’m going to maybe buy some patterns and make my own summer dresses. Or join the rest of America and shop online. THIS struggle is real. 👆 So, this morning my computer seemed like it worked - it turned on okay and wasn't making funny noises anymore. But it was running really slow so I wanted to do a restart but to be on the safe side I moved all my files onto an external hard drive first. Then the computer claimed to have updates, so that took awhile, but it finally did the updates and shut down. When we got back from the lake I turned it on again before I went to take a shower and its till wasn't fully loaded when I got out of the shower. it took about 45 minutes just to load, then about 10 minutes for the internet to load, then Facebook still hadn't loaded after 20 minutes so I just shut it down again. We're going to bring it to the Geek Squad and see if there's anything they can do. But since we know an entire glass of water fell in it, I'm not overly hopeful. At least I got all my files off, because that would have really been super bad. Right now I'm using one of my class computers. It doesn't have the power of my usual laptop, and it's tiny (I think like a 12 inch screen) and no number keypad which I usually require, but it's better than nothing. Worked out with dd today, we ended up doing a long walk since it was really really nice out. Sunny, breezy, not too hot. We walked about 3 miles. Then I took the kids to the lake since dd wanted to see some of her friends (socially distanced!) and I went out in the kayak a few times. I can definitely see a result of all the workouts with dd when getting in and out of the kayak! It was a lot easier than it used to be. Most people at the lake weren't socially distancing and we left when it was getting busier around 4pm. We might start sticking with weekdays or earlier in the day. Edited June 13, 2020 by Where's Toto? 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 19 hours ago, KrissiK said: We’re having huge winds, power went out for a while. But I got the pizza cooked. My head is killing me, eyes are burning. But I don’t aNt to take Benadryl until I’m ready to go to bed. I got two new books today. I started one. It is really good. It’s by Anne de Courcey, who is my new favorite author, it’s a bio about a gal named Diana Mosley, a British socialite in the first half of the 20th century, who married a fascist and was good friends with Adolph Hitler. This is the same author who wrote the book I read a couple months ago about Coco Chanel and the French Riviera in the 1930’s. What's the name of the book? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Renai said: What's the name of the book? This is a really good book. I have been interested in the past several years in answering the question.... how did this happen?? What was the draw? I do understand that it had something to do with the politics of Europe that had been simmering and boiling for decades, that Germany was beaten down after WWI, but what is it that causes ordinary and rational people to be so drawn to Hitler, to swallow the propaganda and accept that? I read a book written by survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and I see the same sort of threads running through that, too. And it worries me, because of the response, the acceptance and the participation of the “normal citizens” and what’s to keep that from happening here? Those people are just like us. Edited June 14, 2020 by KrissiK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I survived the party. It was very small. Nice people with a couple wacky people thrown in for good measure. We left when the karaoke was getting underway. 😁 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, KrissiK said: This is a really good book. I have been interested in the past several years in answering the question.... how did this happen?? What was the draw? I do understand that it had something to do with the politics of Europe that had been simmering and boiling for decades, that Germany was beaten down after WWI, but what is it that causes ordinary and rational people to be so drawn to Hitler, to swallow the propaganda and accept that? I read a book written by survivor of the Rwandan Genocide and I see the same sort of threads running through that, too. And it worries me, because of the response, the acceptance and the participation of the “normal citizens” and what’s to keep that from happening here? Those people are just like us. I was able to reserve a copy at the library! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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