Susan in TN Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Svengo!! It's all your fault because I want to read The Judge's List but I'm still 32nd in line at the library and 78th in line for a digital copy and so I keep checking out other "suggested" book while I'm waiting. None of them have been earthshattering. It's a Fluffy Novel Booyah! This is the thread that never ends, It just goes on and on my friends. People started posting not knowing what it was, And they will keep on posting here forever just because... This is the thread that never ends You'd best come join it with your friends 'Cuz it will replace Facebook as the latest web-based craze And everyone will post here instead for the rest of their days This is the thread that's always there They'll cheer you up so don't despair The group is growing well as more people start checking in And we'll keep sucking them in because our cheer is addictive This is the thread that never ends It's better than a Mercedes Benz It helps with coffee withdrawal and other troubles, too Eighteen hundred pages of friends all cheering for you This thread keeps going on and on with record-setting length and fun It started forty-eight months ago from curiosity and all the fun and frolic has shown this is the place to be This is the thread that never ends... And the place where one finds special friends, the kind that have hearts that are strong and true Yes, ITT ladies, I am talking to you! This is the thread that never ends Yeah, it's superior to other trends Friends start out scratching their head in confusion, perhaps But then the laughter strikes and they gratefully tip their caps. This is the thread that never ends I had no idea when I entered in That what seems a little nuts might actually save me From going insane on days that are crazy 🤗 This is the thread that never ends.... Edited December 30, 2021 by Susan in TN 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Good morning! I'm meeting a friend for lunch today and will have to fetch the girls from Scout camp carpool at some point this afternoon. I think I will have to put on my big girl pants and help them clean and organize their room over the next couple of days. They have been working on it in spurts, but never seem to get it to the level of consistent management. They are both massive collectors of pretty boxes and doo dads and plant experiments and craft projects. Coffee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Susan in TN said: It's all your fault because I want to read The Judge's List but I'm still 32nd in line at the library and 78th in line for a digital copy and so I keep checking out other "suggested" book while I'm waiting. None of them have been earthshattering. It's a Fluffy Novel Booyah! So, have you read “The Whistler” yet? It’s the first in that small series. It’s not nearly as good as “The Judges List” but it does have some back story on Lacy Stoltz (the protagonist) that would be good to have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The only thing I’ve gotten done today is get halfway through the Harry Bosch. Svengo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Apparently everyone else is being waaay more productive than I am. Nobody has been on ITT. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 13 minutes ago, KrissiK said: The only thing I’ve gotten done today is get halfway through the Harry Bosch. Svengo. More than me! 12 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Apparently everyone else is being waaay more productive than I am. Nobody has been on ITT. No. Just unconscious. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I’ve been busy doing nothing. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 The Whistler! I've seen that one around - I bet it's available somewhere. I had lunch with a friend - she (and the other ladies from dh's office) got us an air fryer for Christmas. ❤️ OK - now tell me what to put in it! I worked for a couple minutes on a puzzle until the sun (yay sun!) got in my eyes. Now I'm just waiting to hear when the girls will be getting back from camp and I'll have to get dd19 from work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: The Whistler! I've seen that one around - I bet it's available somewhere. I had lunch with a friend - she (and the other ladies from dh's office) got us an air fryer for Christmas. ❤️ OK - now tell me what to put in it! I worked for a couple minutes on a puzzle until the sun (yay sun!) got in my eyes. Now I'm just waiting to hear when the girls will be getting back from camp and I'll have to get dd19 from work. https://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/crispy-air-fryer-chickpeas/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Back from errand running. Couldn't get ds's student id because they are closed this week. Except they are also supposedly closed next week, but ds's class is still in-person. He's required to wear the id whenever on campus but if we can't pick it up, how is that going to work? We weren't able to get there before the holidays because we only had about 2 days where all the other stuff (proof of vax, picture sent and approved, testing done, registered for classes) that needed to be done first were actually done. Went to mom's to visit. Ds got car sick on the way there, it's about an hour mostly on back roads with a lot of stop and start. Then basically just dozed on her couch once we got there. She was putting up blinds because she wants to be "independent and accomplished", except she didn't know how to do it. Dh helped a little bit but she wanted to do it herself and they fell when we were leaving. So now I'm sure she felt discouraged and depressed instead of accomplished when it could have been solved if she had asked for help. But she was determined to buy this totally inappropriate townhouse all by herself and now she's determined to do all this stuff there by herself (when a normal person would ask for help or hire someone). I'm just waiting for other shoe to drop and I'm sure it's going to be a s**t show. My only hope is she doesn't hurt herself too badly when it happens. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I walked the dog. Twice. I braved the post office to mail a package to a friend. That’s it. That was my day. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Back when we moved into our space, our landlord sent us a residential lease. Since there were numerous things that weren't right in that, we took a state boilerplate commercial lease, made some changes and sent that to them. They signed it and that's the lease we've been working on (since they have no way to change it while it's in effect). It was definitely favorable to us but not in any outrageous way. Now that we want to take the bigger space next door, they are going to use this opportunity to "fix" the lease. Some of it's fine, things that would be in any lease we'd have if we moved. But they are trying to put in a big annual increase in the rent, plus a lump increase at the end of each term. That we won't do. One or the other is standard, not both. We're meeting with them tomorrow so we'll see if they are willing to give on that. If not, we're turning down the new space and will continue working with our current lease. Even without the extra increases, the new lease is much better for them. So hopefully they'll go for it. If not, we have two years on the current lease and we'll probably move then. If this isn't resolved this weekend, that's the end of it. We've been working on this, back and forth for almost a year, but it's now or never. I'm done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I did another thing. I spent a few minutes in the boy’s room and subtly suggested he might want to throw his sheets in the wash. And use bleach 😂. He’s doing that now. I’m glad I taught him how to do his own wash. Now we just need to work on the whole “recognizing when it is time” aspect. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The girls are back from winter camp - muddy, stinky, sore, exhausted, and supremely happy. They said they spent a minimum of two hours a day playing gaga ball. They got to hang out with friends from previous camps - mostly Stoss, Strawberry, and Bubble Wrap. And their classes were very interesting - they got to do fun things like geocaching and game design. Time for everyone to banish goats and go to bed! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I finished Harry Bosch. I can’t believe I did that. I read my first two books of the 2022 Reading Challenge and it’s not even 2022 yet. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, KrissiK said: I finished Harry Bosch. I can’t believe I did that. I read my first two books of the 2022 Reading Challenge and it’s not even 2022 yet. Reported. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 55 minutes ago, KrissiK said: I finished Harry Bosch. I can’t believe I did that. I read my first two books of the 2022 Reading Challenge and it’s not even 2022 yet. 46 minutes ago, Slache said: Reported. It’s all Susan’s fault. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Good morning, ITT, and happy New Year's Eve. I need to get a-tackling. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Good Morning! Happy Friday! We still haven't done our Christmas baking. I think it's going to become New Year's baking. Or maybe Valentine's baking... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Morning. Happy New Year's Eve. Slept like crap, woke up at 7:30am. Not sure what's up with that. I had no chocolate, candy, sweets, snacks or anything yesterday. Heading in to work, meeting with landlord and realtor this afternoon to see if we can come to an agreement. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Junie said: Good Morning! Happy Friday! We still haven't done our Christmas baking. I think it's going to become New Year's baking. Or maybe Valentine's baking... Epiphany baking is totally legit! 36 minutes ago, Wheres Toto said: Morning. Happy New Year's Eve. Slept like crap, woke up at 7:30am. Not sure what's up with that. I had no chocolate, candy, sweets, snacks or anything yesterday. Heading in to work, meeting with landlord and realtor this afternoon to see if we can come to an agreement. (((Toto))) Hope things go well at your meeting! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Good morning! I brought pup on his morning constitutional and dd19 to work. I'm footloose and fancy free the rest of the day. Prolly get in some reading, hear more gagaball stories from camp, and maybe (if there's enough coffee) work on the girls' room a bit. Tonight we will eat a dinner of appetizers and snacks and watch movies. Looks like dd15 got a spider bite on her toe. 🙁 She thought it was a blister last night, but we see two little red dots there this morning. I better look up spider bite care. Coffee! Edited December 31, 2021 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Happy New Year’s Eve!!! Well, I better get something done today, since all I did yesterday was sit around and read. I know we are going to go see the new Spider Man movie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Ok, so…. we now have a plan. For the day, and for our lives. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We will see the 4:40 showing of Spider Man and then come home and have nachoes and finger food for dinner and continue with the Marvel Movie Marathon. But now, I need to get a cupboard cleaned out. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I don't have a life plan yet, but I just decided on Mary's, so that's good. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I picked up dd19 from work, heard more Tales from Camp, google earthed around Bora-Bora, pitted dates and stuffed them with cream cheese, took out the shrimp ring to thaw in the fridge, and made chocolate sauce. Now back to my book, Something in the Water. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'm alive. Tomorrow we all get to take our COVID tests to celebrate the New Year. Other than that, I think I'm going to start a LOTR marathon and make lots of hot chocolate. (We are not sick, but the boys got exposed on Monday, so we are testing in case we are just asymptomatic) 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, KrissiK said: Ok, so…. we now have a plan. For the day, and for our lives. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We will see the 4:40 showing of Spider Man and then come home and have nachoes and finger food for dinner and continue with the Marvel Movie Marathon. But now, I need to get a cupboard cleaned out. That’s quite the life plan… 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: That’s quite the life plan… Marvel marathons take a long time. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I want a life plan that consists of staying home watching movies and eating good food. But there's those pesky bills. And children. Never met with landlord and realtor today. They cancelled because they were at the bank too long or something. It doesn't completely make sense but I think its just we don't have enough information about what they are doing at the bank. If we don't sign by Tuesday, we won't sign. They know that and they seem to want to do this. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I do have a life plan. We always wanted to move to Texas and while the location jumped around for a while we knew where we landed would be "home" and that's where we are. We were supposed to buy a house in the fall of 2020, but buying is still the plan. Buying a larger house now (well... "now") and selling for a tiny thing when the kids are gone We have no savings, so after several years we plan for Matt to start hiring people and step back from working and into company ownership, hopefully being able to "retire" at the right time. I can probably never work again, but when the kids are gone I want to volunteer to teach adults to read. We will probably take my dad in in the next 10 years. I have loose travel plans including Disney World, Italy and Cancun. I wanted to climb Mount Hood and run a marathon in Mississippi, but I think those are off the table. I also wanted to adopt 2 or 3 kids and I don't think I can do that either. The rest I'm still planning on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Jean in Newcastle said: That’s quite the life plan… Well, that’s just for the rest of this year.😆 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 My life plan- don’t plan any farther than one month ahead . I got this!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! Love to all of you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! Good night! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year. Although right now it is still 2021 on the West Coast. We went to the theater this afternoon and watched Spider Man and then wrapped up the evening with the Avengers. And a whole lot of junk food. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year, Dear ITT! Should auld booyas be forgot(ten) And never brought to mind? Should auld booyahs be forgot(ten) And auld lang booya! For auld lang booya, my dear For auld lang booyah. We'll take a cup of coffee-with-peppermint-mocha-creamer yet, For auld lang booya! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Good Morning! Happy Saturday! My house is a mess! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! I technically started Weight Watchers this past week. I probably should have waited until after the New Year. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Happy New Year! I suppose I should do Things. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Good Morning!!! Happy New Year!! No COFFEE!!~D yet. I forgot to get it set up last night. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, Carolina Wren said: Happy New Year! I suppose I should do Things. It’s a National Holiday. Not allowed. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 COFFEE!!!~D. is ready now. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Wheres Toto said: Happy New Year! I technically started Weight Watchers this past week. I probably should have waited until after the New Year. Start over! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I am helping the two youngest clean and organize their room. They are not happy. However, this situation is desperate and their room needs to be functional. They are lucky I didn't go with my first inclination which was to clean it while they were at winter camp. At least this way they are getting input as to what they can keep. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Well that was weird. They usually test the tornado sirens at 1pm the first Saturday of month. So when the sirens went off we didn't think much of it until dd15 said we are under a tornado warning. The weather really isn't too bad, so I am still thinking it was just the test. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Don't look now, but there is a snowflake on Thursday! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, KrissiK said: It’s a National Holiday. Not allowed. But on the other days I'm too busy. So I did Things. And even translated more Things into Spanish so I get some practice when I look at my quehaceres. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I have been referring to 2022 as "this year" and 2023 as "next year" for at least a month, so I'm glad we're all finally on the same page. 2 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Happy New Year! On 12/29/2021 at 10:14 PM, KrissiK said: The Babyshower was nice. Spent too much $ at Target. And just finished my first book in my 2022 Reading Challenge. James Herriot’s Animal Stories. I just love his books. And it fits the category “A Book about Animals.” Don’t tell anyone I started the reading challenge a bit early. That's cheating! On 12/30/2021 at 7:50 AM, Susan in TN said: Yeah, well don't tell Krissi that I'm on my third 2022 mystery/thriller fluff novel and I will in some way be modifying categories to fit! That's really cheating!! On 12/30/2021 at 9:00 AM, Susan in TN said: Good morning! I'm meeting a friend for lunch today and will have to fetch the girls from Scout camp carpool at some point this afternoon. I think I will have to put on my big girl pants and help them clean and organize their room over the next couple of days. They have been working on it in spurts, but never seem to get it to the level of consistent management. They are both massive collectors of pretty boxes and doo dads and plant experiments and craft projects. Coffee! I'm signing up Gymnast in this class. It used to be called: Organize your room, organize your life: https://outschool.com/classes/conquering-the-clutter-t6uMGZbg#usWYh7px2U On 12/30/2021 at 10:01 AM, KrissiK said: So, have you read “The Whistler” yet? It’s the first in that small series. It’s not nearly as good as “The Judges List” but it does have some back story on Lacy Stoltz (the protagonist) that would be good to have. It's your fault. I just checked it out as an ebook through the library. Have ya'll tried the Open Library? It's free, and I think has some connection to archives.org. When I can't find a book in my library, I get it through OL. On 12/30/2021 at 8:53 PM, KrissiK said: I finished Harry Bosch. I can’t believe I did that. I read my first two books of the 2022 Reading Challenge and it’s not even 2022 yet. They don't count. On 12/31/2021 at 6:46 AM, Junie said: Good Morning! Happy Friday! We still haven't done our Christmas baking. I think it's going to become New Year's baking. Or maybe Valentine's baking... Ours became NYE baking. I read instructions, and Gymnast made the pumpkin pie. She also baked several of the ready-to-bake cookies the night before, but ate them all without telling us they were even available! There's still some left to bake, so that'll get done. Eventually. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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