Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 My old boss used to complain about her neighbor, Chatty Cathy. I thought her name was Cathy, everyone laughed hysterically, it was great. Except not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 No one complains about me. I am loved by all the people. Except literalists. They hate me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I think anyone who makes people laugh must be earning humongo karma points which are redeemable for tickets at St Peter's gate. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yes. For the beloved heathens among us. #inappropriatesenseofhumor #theittunderstandsme #lurvemesomeheathens Well, I left the "Prayer" part in my title suggestion for all of you friendly fundies. #twocanplaythisgame #iloveyoutoo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Does anyone understand how much effort I expend every day just trying to be appropriate??? And I don't even always succeed. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I can be inappropriate without trying or even realizing it.I guess I'm just very skilled in that area. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Does he use Flonase, et al, Jean? Our allergy season kicks some butt without it. Yes, he does. And he does saline rinses twice a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 An American Life by JJM I fed the ponies. I shoveled the poop. All alone. In the rain. (This profundity shared in honor of Jean, and of her quest for deep but lite American literature.) JJM stalks me on other boards and other threads. :scared: :leaving: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'm calling it a sick day for the kiddos.....and I'm going to sew this afternoon instead of teaching. I have some fabric I need to use up, and we need some new placemats. I'm trying desperately to protect our new dining room table. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yes, he does. And he does saline rinses twice a day. I don't know much about this, but wouldn't doing it so often clean out all the good stuff you actually want in your nose? I only do it when I'm sick and never looked that much into it. I just thought you wanted a natural balance in your sinuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 New word. Athleisure. It's when athletes wear athletic clothing for lounging around instead of doing athletic things. What do you think it's called when I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Does anyone understand how much effort I expend every day just trying to be appropriate??? And I don't even always succeed. I try to be inappropriate. It makes life more fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I don't know much about this, but wouldn't doing it so often clean out all the good stuff you actually want in your nose? I only do it when I'm sick and never looked that much into it. I just thought you wanted a natural balance in your sinuses. He's had infection to clean out. And pollen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 JJM stalks me on other boards and other threads. :scared: :leaving: It's hero worship, Jean! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 He's had infection to clean out. And pollen.So he doesn't do it twice a day every day of the year? I misunderstood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ugh, Jean, I'm sorry. This season has been horrible for pollen. I actually had to wash my car. And I am definitely a typical northwestern in that it doesn't need washing unless you can't roll down the window for moss in the door frame. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (((Tsuga))) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I have a yellow truck. It used to be gray. Yep. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I have a yellow truck. It used to be gray. Yep. I think we may live in the same neighborhood. Who knew? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Just ketching up while we're on a break from testing. With all of these tests that I have to proctor, I am making good headway on The Three Musketeers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 It's hero worship, Jean! That's what all the stalkers say. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 So he doesn't do it twice a day every day of the year? I misunderstood. He just does it when things are bad due to illness/infection or a bad allergy season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 We are library schooling. I managed to snag the conference room. I'm always excited when I can snag it. Then dd told me that she prefers being out with all the screaming kids and cell phones and general commotion. :svengo: I prefer being able to think. (Which I'm totally doing right now - on the ITT thread. . . ) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I think we may live in the same neighborhood. Who knew? Surrounded by pines and oaks. I swear I can see clouds of pollen just floating around in the front yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I miss Heather and Quackers. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 so allergy peeps, a question: 1. Someone told me that it helps to rotate your antihistamines. So perhaps one month of desloratadine and then a month of cetirizine What say you? 2. do you find you have to take your antihistamine daily for best results or can you skip a day based on how you feel/pollen counts/weather? 3. talk to me about safety of nasal rinsing. Is it ok to rinse with saline daily? not homemade, one of the prepared squirty bottles you buy (hydrasense brand) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 We are library schooling. I managed to snag the conference room. I'm always excited when I can snag it. Then dd told me that she prefers being out with all the screaming kids and cell phones and general commotion. :svengo: I prefer being able to think. (Which I'm totally doing right now - on the ITT thread. . . ) See? This is why I stalk hero worship you. I spend so much time here because I am a deep thinker... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ds locked himself out of the house so he has come to join us in library school. Which was just as well, since I needed to confer with him regarding his next lit. assignments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Ds locked himself out of the house so he has come to join us in library school. Which was just as well, since I needed to confer with him regarding his next lit. assignments. I found this list, Jean. This is how the website describes the list: An upbeat reading list for people who often find serious novels depressing 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 so allergy peeps, a question: 1. Someone told me that it helps to rotate your antihistamines. So perhaps one month of desloratadine and then a month of cetirizine What say you? 2. do you find you have to take your antihistamine daily for best results or can you skip a day based on how you feel/pollen counts/weather? 3. talk to me about safety of nasal rinsing. Is it ok to rinse with saline daily? not homemade, one of the prepared squirty bottles you buy (hydrasense brand) 1. We rotate when one stops working (after a year or so). 2. You can skip. At least we skip the winter when nothing much is going on. 3. OK to rinse daily but there is a risk of irritation if you do it too much. (If so, just back off ) And you are supposed to change the squirty bottles every 3 months so that you won't get an infection from possible bacteria growing in the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 "Snippy attitudes will be nipped in the bud. With hedge clippers. Oh and while I'm spreading joy, you can stop trying to do your schoolwork while listening to YouTube videos, young lady." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 "Snippy attitudes will be nipped in the bud. With hedge clippers. Oh and while I'm spreading joy, you can stop trying to do your schoolwork while listening to YouTube videos, young lady." I need you to come to my house. With hedge clippers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 so allergy peeps, a question: 1. Someone told me that it helps to rotate your antihistamines. So perhaps one month of desloratadine and then a month of cetirizine What say you? 2. do you find you have to take your antihistamine daily for best results or can you skip a day based on how you feel/pollen counts/weather? 3. talk to me about safety of nasal rinsing. Is it ok to rinse with saline daily? not homemade, one of the prepared squirty bottles you buy (hydrasense brand) My ped allergist says.... 1. Once every 12 months, I should part with my beloved cetirizine and take a 6-8 week break using something else. 2. I absolutely must take my antihistamine every freaking day. Otherwise, I get fluid in my ears, a massive sinus infection, and usually pneumonia. Oh, and I itch like crazy. My kids only need it when temperatures are above freezing, given what they are allergic to. 3. A commercially prepared saline rinse is a great idea provided: 1. the salt concentration is not too high and 2. you are using disposable bottles so that you can control the risk of bacteria infection. I was cleared to rinse daily during peak allergy seasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I've been having false contractions all day. I'm tired from the contractions. I'm so sore and nauseated. It's too early for this. I still have 2 months. Is this normal? I keep wondering if he's coming early. I'm not worried about him, I know he'll be fine, but I'd rather he were bigger and healthier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) An American Life by JJM I fed the ponies. I shoveled the poop. All alone. In the rain. (This profundity shared in honor of Jean, and of her quest for deep but lite American literature.) There may be a Pulizer in your future! Edited April 12, 2016 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Get off your feet. Can you call someone to let you rest? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 That was to Slache. I wish I could work from home and take your kids to the park so you could do nothing but lie there. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Brain Dead Tuesday! Only 3 more to go! I have had lunch and will now have a huge mug of coffee. Then co-op emails and lesson plans, then start soup for dinner and get dd off to theater class. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 That was to Slache. I think it could apply to anyone here. I put a movie on for the kids and laid down for over an hour. No difference. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Slache, Make sure you're well hydrated. I had a lot of early contractions because I was not good at this. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Slache, be sure you rest and are drinking enough. I was off my feet for most of the last three months of my pregnancy and I swear I drank a lake dry trying to stay well hydrated. I would start contracting if I didn't drink enough. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Slache, Make sure you're well hydrated. I had a lot of early contractions because I was not good at this. Slache, be sure you rest and are drinking enough. I was off my feet for most of the last three months of my pregnancy and I swear I drank a lake dry trying to stay well hydrated. I would start contracting if I didn't drink enough. ITT Mind Meld!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 funny how at a time when your bladder has almost zero capacity & serves as a trampoline for a fetal gymnast, it's the same time you must drink, drink, drink. Pretty much requires reclining on a potty for your third trimester. I spent a chunk of my pregnancies wondering "why can't we just lay eggs?" And then we'd hire someone else to sit on them and there would be mummy wars about whether you should sit on your eggs or not.... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I spent a chunk of my pregnancies wondering "why can't we just lay eggs?" :laugh: Me too. I would so have hired egg sitters. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'm like Chatty Cathy. I pull my own string. (Movie reference) #rareformtoday Did you secretly go back on the prednisone? :toetap05: :toetap05: :toetap05: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Oh god the mommy guilt of egg sitters... "Maybe you couldn't breastfeed because you didn't sit on them to stimulate the hormones" or some other chicken crap answer... ahhhhhhhhhh 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Booya? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I is off to write and contemplate creating a race of fairy creatures that lay eggs and fight over whether it is right to have egg sitters... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I found this list, Jean. This is how the website describes the list: An upbeat reading list for people who often find serious novels depressing I need this! I hate depressing lit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Oh god the mommy guilt of egg sitters... "Maybe you couldn't breastfeed because you didn't sit on them to stimulate the hormones" or some other chicken crap answer... ahhhhhhhhhh This is why I will never see another breastfeeding consultant. I didn't drink enough milk or water, I ate the wrong things, I had a poor attitude, I wasn't trying hard enough, I didn't hold them enough. It was ALL my fault. I was a failure and my children were suffering and it was all my fault. It was horrible. My first time was my first time and me second time I had PPD and several breastfeeding consultants have made me cry. I'm never seeing one again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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