Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2023} Let's get to know each other!

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LilyAnn, could you not feel the premature contractions? When I have them it feels like someone is kicking me in the sternum from the inside. They also can play games with your blood pressure. There are lots of things that can cause them, most of them easily treated. So we'll all hope for that! Enjoy your vacation, but not too much. :)

There must be coyotes out on the golf course. The dogs are going nuts!

Glee, I envy you your moonlit beach walk. We're usually socked in when there's any kind of celestial phenomena. We got really lucky when we were in Jamaica for our daughter's (first) wedding. Not only did we see the full moon, we were able to walk on the beach - with about half the other guests at the resort.

Michi, when our oldest daughter was in Grade 12, one of her IB teachers called her Gina at the beginning of the year and he just couldn't seem to remember that her name was actually Amanda. He had a classroom mascot, a papier-maché parrot that he treasured. Amanda and two of her friends bird-napped the parrot on the last day of classes. Somehow it ended up at our house being fitted for a tux... At convocation the bird was passed from graduate to graduate. We were at the post-ceremony reception when we heard this thunderous "Where's the bird, Gina?!! I know you have it! Return it to me at ONCE!!!" Amanda didn't react. It was so funny! He eventually was reunited with his parrot and Gina went on with her life.

Sylfie, I hope you're able to get on top of that work situation and that your coworkers start pulling their weight. It's so unfair when one person carries the whole department.

Shana, your friend clearly will be missed. I think it's amazing that people felt like they could laugh about the funny anecdotes and not feel it was disrespectful. To me, it reflects his personality and how well-loved he was.

Lynnie, your grandson's lucky to have the opportunity for speech intervention. It'll be a slog for you though. I'm sorry to hear your husband is unwell. Sometimes life happens all at once.

I'm on Season 4 of Schitt's Creek and I'm ashamed to say I let my inherent snobbery prevent me from watching it sooner. I've long believed the only thing CBC ever did right was Hockey Night in Canada. I was SO wrong! BTW... Canada has produced all the truly funny people in existence...
 
GingerScraps said:
Happy New Year everyone!!

I also have been thinking about getting out into the dating world again, but ugh... IDK, it's rough out there! LOL My last relationship ended over 6 years ago and it was so so bad, it really made me think I might want to just be single forever. But the hallmark movies did a number on me this season and it *kinda* made me think about getting back out there again. I'll keep ya posted. LOL
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I feel you on the dating thing! My marriage ended over 10 years ago and I've had a couple "relationships" since but non that lasted more then about 6 months and only 2 that ended well.... So I get lonely from time to time (Especially when I'm the only one without a plus one) but then I remember how it all ended and I'm not sure I want to put myself through it all again.

I'm struggling with accepting that my kids are going to be 18 & 13 this year. Last week my oldest had a meeting with an Army Recruiter about joining. He's wanted to be a police officer since he was 3, but since he can't complete the academy until he's 21 he thought he might get some other experiences.... And he hates school so college was out for him! lol

My 13 year old woke up with pinkeye this morning so he and I are both staying home... Now I keep feeling like my eye itches too! lol On the plus side I don't have to work in a building with no water today since I will be staying home with him! (Our building is a historical building in downtown San Antonio and our water main broke over the weekend. Plumber said it would be overnight tonight before it's fixed because they aren't legally allowed to drill into the foundation to repair it and have it to it "The extremally long, drug out, expensive way"

Everything about this year just feels so different so far. I'm working through some past trauma that I ignored and let fester too long and it's been HARD to say the least. So not looking forward to having to sit my family down and tell them the whole truth about things because no one knows my whole story... And I know people are going to look at me differently. I've always been the strong protective one and now they're going to see me as a victim. :(
 
Happy Monday everyone! Got my covid booster poke today. Still have 2 other different medications ...for different body things to get in, but need to space them out.

Today is beautiful weather here in Florida. No jacket- currently upper 60's. Working on taking down the Christmas decorations etc.

Sylfie- hopefully work gets better for you.

Carla- "Melissa" and her family were so lovely. Taught both girls all 6 years of elementary school. Her mom once told me "Melissa" on on the final list when she was born...she should have invited me. LOL.

Ane- Happy Birthday to your husband.

Jan- that is a great story about "Gina"...and the bird.

Lynnie- Glad you can watch your grandson. I sure love watching my duo.

Ginger- Good luck with your decision.


and now off to download and scrap!
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You were never one to shirk hard work Lynnie, four days of baby sitting and taking down Christmas decos on your own, I am exhausted already...but then I always feel exhausted whenever I read of your activities, you are a super woman!

Further to the teacher/names discussion, when my identical twin granddaughters started school, the head teacher could never figure out which was which even though their mother did their hair differently, or provided some other identification help (school uniforms are the thing here so they could not be dressed differently). That didnt help however because he couldnt remember which child was wearing which hairdo:) He called them twinnies when together and twinnie when separate....still does to this day if he comes across them (they are now 21 :-0 )

It is hot hot hot here, and Country Music Festival is about to begin, the town is already seeing a surge in visitors, camping grounds filling up fast and all motels booked out. First full festival for two years due to Covid.

Hope you all have a great day.
 
Christmas is finally down, but now I am rearranging cupboards and furniture. I thought I would take a short break and check up on everyone.

Steph, there are advantages to working in an historic building! Hopefully, your 13-year-old pink-eyed child will be better soon. I hope your 18-year-old loves his career choice. It takes a lot of discipline to be in the military and in the police force.

Jan, "Canada has produced all the truly funny people in existence." I almost missed that line - thank heavens I didn't. That made me laugh, so maybe you are one of them.

Michi, Good on you getting some scrapping done. I am going to try a little later :)

Jill, My aunt could never tell her twin grandsons apart. It made her son (their dad) so cross. I could tell them apart, and I only see them once a year. They are very different now they are grown up, but when they were young, they were hard to tell apart. One of them had a little freckle by his nose, which was my secret identifier. They would walk up to me after a long absence and say, "which am I?" They were always surprised I knew. These days one is buff, and one is skinnier, so it is easy. I miss the twinnie days, though.

Karen worked music festivals before COVID. She traveled a lot. She has worked two since, but it is not the same. She decided to look for more stable work. I am not sure she found any haha.
 
Hey everyone.
Enjoyed reading the stories.
Funny one about Gina rather than Amanda.
Sorry for you Lynnie. Lots of work.
Past trauma is hard to deal with.
Twinnies or even not twinnies I am facial blind with my brain injury and cannot recognize faces most of the time, I am better with voices, and it doesn't help I cannot remember names.
When I started grade 1 (no kindy) I could read and write. I could not find my cubby with my name on the first day. The ole battle ax teacher was so cross I was still looking, and said something I knew was insulting in front of all the kids making me out to be dumb not recognizing my own name. However when she pointed out the cubby it was Sherry not Sherri. I said its not mine, its not my name. She thought I was being sassy and boy did I get in trouble. I used the spelt wrong cubby for weeks, until my Mom found me printing my name Sherry, and she asked me why, and I said the teacher had taught me to spell my name right because mom had taught me wrong. Next day sometime my cubby was finally Sherri. The ole battle ax never did like me. I was always in trouble for the tiniest things, other kids wouldn't get in trouble but I did. lol.
Alexis is getting ready for more travel and some volunteer advocacy again later this month.
Its been really dense fog recently.
And Jan come on, really? How can you not think Beachcombers was the best? I still have not watched Schitts Creek though. Not because of snobbery but because of not getting humour.
 
I guess I had only made one post in this thread so far and that was on page one. Time sure does fly.

Chills ran down my spine reading about the cardiac arrest, I still have PTSD from mine and the football player dude, has people flocking to the heart groups I am in, the awareness of prompt CPR and AED use is fantastic.

I have read from page one, right to hear now.

I noted the comment that English must be hard to learn and I will say yes it is. I relearned it after my brain injury and still struggle with English. the same words different meanings for, four, fore, etc, and the Canadian our vs or of the USA, humour, neighbour, etc, all hard for me.
 
Teachers like that drive me NUTZ, Sherri! (and Michi) When we moved Anne to the other HS in town we brought along her IEP and the teacher there made the most AMAZING introduction! She looked Anne straight in the eyes and said, "I don't need that. I want to get to know Anne before I read what other people say about her." Almost made me cry. Almost made Anne cry! I just don't understand why some people get into teaching who don't have a love and passion for children.
 
On the war front, they proposed a solution. We are on day 2 and it has already failed, and I sent a sarcastic message about it, which is probably not helpful, but I am really tired of hearing "X department is swamped" I don't know what company they're all working for, but last time I checked, we may as well be Louisiana, it's a swamp everywhere, we're all swamped, get better at prioritising. I don't like the feeling that I am coming down on the wrong person- the guy who failed to do the task yesterday PROBABLY genuinely had stuff to do because someone else didn't show up. But if that's the issue, then awareness needs raising. Like me and my tempy tanties over the inbox. :D

Yesterday my sister called me because she just COULDN'T deal any more, and we talked for a good forty minutes. She gave me her blessing to use my pictures of Azariah, so I've been scrapping, and crying, and scrapping, and crying. There are some really beautiful ones, and I can't wait to share them with you. There I go crying again.

I finished a bracelet for my assistant during the standup call today, since it requires me to shut up and listen, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I hope she likes it, I wanted to thank her for her unfailing ability to accomplish the tasks I give her and overall make what needs doing on projects possible. I'll probably post a page for that, too, at some point.
 
Sherri, there are truly some people who shouldn't have ever been allowed to become teachers. Oy vey! I'm shaking my head at the audacity that she corrected the way your own mother wanted your name to be spelled. Good grief.

I finally started watching Schitts Creek. I don't watch a lot of TV, but I've found it's a good show to have on in the background while I do other things. The first season was just okay, but I've enjoyed the later seasons. I've found that the show really does have a lot of heart. I'm nearly through season five and I've enjoyed the massive character growth.

The only other show I've been watching is a K-drama called "It's okay to not be okay." I like the story in general. Amazing acting, very well thought out characters, and since it's not a typical American show... it doesn't follow typical American formulas. So that's refreshing. But since it's a Korean show, there's a LOT of dramatic staring between the two love interests. Hubby will ask... are they staring at each other again? Yup! LOL!

I'm about a week and a half away from my big winter event... it's a three-day conference with a couple hundred attendees. But we have a lot of new moving parts this year including a bussed trip to our state capitol for legislative briefings, a virtual workshop for employees not able to attend in person, and a tailgate social on Sunday night that will also serve as our big fundraiser. The meeting will be fine, but the hotel I'm using is still in receivership and they are grossly understaffed. Most of my coworkers are doing their part to chip in and help, but we have one department of three ladies that are the thorns in everyone's side and continually cause more trouble and work than is needed. I came into the office a couple of hours early today just to have uninterrupted time to myself to draft out a written script of the event for our board president. I will lead the staff through a full walkthrough of the events on Friday so everyone knows what's going on and who is expected to be where and doing what at any given time.

As soon as my meeting wraps up, I will have one day back in the office to finalize everything, write thank yous, pay invoices, and put away supplies. Then hubby and I are taking off on a 15-day cruise. My phone will be turned OFF. I will be completely off the grid and I'm SOOOO looking forward to the break!
 
Hi everyone. Things are quieting down from the holiday stuff so I can get back to more scrapping again. I am going to go check out the challenges this afternoon. It's been forever since I did one. Hope everyone is off to a good start in the new year. I have one more hurdle to get thru this month (anniversary of when we lost Bailey) but after that i feel like things will have turned a corner and we can really move forward in life. My daughter is finally talking about a job or school this spring but I know she's also waiting to get thru this month before making any big life plans.

I'm so out of the loop on personals with everyone. I'll slowly catch up :)
 
Hi~everyone~I actually like it when people get together and talk~
Time is really fast. It will be the middle of January soon.
Here, there is a grand Lunar New Year festival every year. People will have more than a week off. You can visit your family and friends in other cities.
At the beginning of the New Year, my mother and I were infected with COVID-19. But we didn't have a fever, we just coughed, and after four days we recovered. There is nothing wrong with my father, he is very healthy, which makes me very surprised. Being with us every day, but not getting sick, it's amazing.
Now people are busy before the holiday, shopping malls, streets have begun to change red stickers, red lanterns, very beautiful.
I think I will shoot some beautiful scenes to share with you later
 
Glad that you and your mom didn't get too sick with covid. I had it twice last year and each time was weeks before recovering. But thankfully I am ok now. The grand Lunar NY festival sounds wonderful.
 
I typed a great big post that just magically vanished. What a nuisance!

Basically, I am typing this from my new little desk in my room. Previously, I had a large desk on an enclosed balcony, which was not that usable. The craft room had no climate control and was bad for the computer and my hard drives. Here, it is very cosy and I am quite content.

My husband and grandson helped me rearrange the craft room to make a cosy area for my grandson, who is staying with us and a better crafting area. Even though the temperature is still a problem, it is Southern California, and the range is 40F to 110F which is manageable. Mark is comfortable with extra blankets for winter and a small portable heater. He will not be with us for a really long time, so it should be okay.

I do, however, have a pile of things in the living room that I need to sort through now. I should focus on decluttering paperwork!
 
Whew this week went from crazy to CRAZY. Returned to work yesterday and discovered that our server was killed by a mouse (yep just one) and the water pipe was special order so they didn't have water Monday or Tuesday (thank you pto for allowing me to dodge that bullet lol)
Then this morning as I drove into work I watched the pressure in my tire go from 45lb to 0 in about 10 seconds... Thankfully it was patchable and only cost me $10 for the repair verses $250 for a new tire!

How is everyone elses week been so far??
 
Honolulu is having our Lunar New Year celebration this weekend. Every one is excited to have the lions back in the streets and all the vendors and food booths, too. Welcome year of the Rabbit.
 
I've been so freaked out by the thought of that all winter, Steph! We're in the midst of frigid cold and our tire pressure fluctuates constantly. Hubs tells me not to worry and I usually don't, but the warning lights on the dash don't help me. I get that the cold weather doesn't help and by the time I get from A to B, the tire pressure is usually up to where it belongs, but it's spooky!

So, how do you UN"dislike" a post? Fat-fingers had me just "dislike" your post, Lynnie! Just after I "liked" it!!! ARGH!
 
Happy Friday!

Carla- one cannot un-dislike, unfortunately. Sometimes our tires in Florida get that cold tire pressure light.

Carol- Nice to see you here. I bet the festivities will be wonderful.

Hard to imagine- a year for Bailey. My prayers continue

Glee- Neat that y'all have the Lunar celebration in Hawaii. I don't think we do much here or else I wasn't paying attention.

We saw Avatar this week. Wow- intense and 3 hours long. After seeing it, the next day we watched the first one [again but at home]. So much I had forgotten.

Off to post some pages-
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digiscrapmomma said:
Whew this week went from crazy to CRAZY. Returned to work yesterday and discovered that our server was killed by a mouse (yep just one) and the water pipe was special order so they didn't have water Monday or Tuesday (thank you pto for allowing me to dodge that bullet lol)
Then this morning as I drove into work I watched the pressure in my tire go from 45lb to 0 in about 10 seconds... Thankfully it was patchable and only cost me $10 for the repair verses $250 for a new tire!

How is everyone elses week been so far??
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I am so glad I don't have to deal with servers and work any more! Sorry your year has not quite started as planned ! The first time I read this, I was thinking server as in waitress for just enough time to be horrified... then I re-read it and it was not as horrifying, but pretty awful.

glee said:
Honolulu is having our Lunar New Year celebration this weekend. Every one is excited to have the lions back in the streets and all the vendors and food booths, too. Welcome year of the Rabbit.
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I confess am picturing marauding lions .... it sort of goes with Steph's murderous mouse.

minicooper452 said:
I've been so freaked out by the thought of that all winter, Steph! We're in the midst of frigid cold and our tire pressure fluctuates constantly. Hubs tells me not to worry and I usually don't, but the warning lights on the dash don't help me. I get that the cold weather doesn't help and by the time I get from A to B, the tire pressure is usually up to where it belongs, but it's spooky!

So, how do you UN"dislike" a post? Fat-fingers had me just "dislike" your post, Lynnie! Just after I "liked" it!!! ARGH!
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Confess, you really disliked my post LOL

msbrad said:
Happy Friday!

We saw Avatar this week. Wow- intense and 3 hours long. After seeing it, the next day we watched the first one [again but at home]. So much I had forgotten.

Off to post some pages-
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I did the same thing - watched the old one the next day. I had forgotten a lot too...

Julia said:
I never knew there was such a thing as a tyre pressure warning light! You lot have fancy cars. :)
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We are right posh!
 
I spent the day at Social Services sorting out grandson Mark's medical insurance. He is disabled, so eligible for state care. It took a good part of the day and I am worn out!
 
Firstoscartgrouch said:
I noted the comment that English must be hard to learn and I will say yes it is. I relearned it after my brain injury and still struggle with English. the same words different meanings for, four, fore, etc, and the Canadian our vs or of the USA, humour, neighbour, etc, all hard for me.
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You have such a lot to deal with Sherri (with an "i" :) ) and you deal with it with such grace and dignity. I know some of your story from your LOs over the years. Regarding the humour/neighbour thing, I roll my eyes over the little red wiggly lines I keep getting....there are a lot of them in this post. I also get the lines when I write jewellery, programme, metre, realise and many more....the little computer man responsible for all these red squiggles must surely be running out of red ink by now...lol

The opening concert of the Country Music Festival was held in the park last night, I didnt go as I am not confident with night driving, but I could hear the music from my house...it must have been so loud at the actual event. I could also see the fireworks display from here too. I did a street walk yesterday....lots of buskers out already and a fairly high number of people around for the first day. The town will be buzzing by next weekend.

I still havent managed to get to see Avatar and will now wait until the Festival is over.
 
ROFL! Y'all are cracking me up! I needed a good dose of humor today. :)

My weekend is going pretty well. We ran some errands this morning and did some shopping. I think we'll probably do some cleaning to round out the day. Tomorrow will be pretty quiet. I have to teach a lesson at church, then hopefully a nap. Trying/not trying to wrap my head around the fact that we send Eren back to school on Tuesday. Sigh.

I do read what everyone's posts though I may not comment on everything. I am always in on the praying and hugging. I just wanted everyone to know that. :)
 
FormbyGirl said:
I am so glad I don't have to deal with servers and work any more! Sorry your year has not quite started as planned ! The first time I read this, I was thinking server as in waitress for just enough time to be horrified... then I re-read it and it was not as horrifying, but pretty awful.
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OMG! I didn't even think to specify computer server! :D
At least this weekend is pretty low key and the boys and I are both off on Monday for Martin Luther King Jr Day so other than my oldest working security at the parade with the San Antonio Police Dept we plan on doing noting except getting the house ready for my youngest party next weekend.
 
I was picturing a human server (maybe like a waiter/waitress?) and trying to grasp the killed by a single mouse when the true intent dawned on me!!

Some people call the kung fu club critters dragons, but they are indeed lions. (The image of dragons rampant in the streets is even more terrifying that lions, or at least equally so!) We do have a couple of clubs w cool dragons, too, but I did not see them this weekend. I'm sure they were in the parade Saturday afternoon, but I went earlier in the day on Saturday to avoid the crowds, and from the posts I've seen, I'm glad I did.

I can't understand the ridiculously high volume either. Even in some cars!! We get some that just driving by our house literally vibrate our glass jalousie windows. Yikes! Their ear drums; how can they even focus to drive while being blasted like that?

I had forgotten a lot of the original Avatar details, but after watching it many times over the years, didn't go back for a recap after the newer viewing. When I went to Wakanda a few months back, I felt like I wished I'd reviewed Black Panther before going to that one as again, so many details/subplots forgotten.
 
I never understood the loud volume or bass either! As a migraine sufferer just being next to them in traffic bothers me - I can't imagine being in the vehicle!
 
Happy Monday, all!

I am with those of you who do NOT like loud music! I have been known to wear earplugs when we go to concerts... my ears are delicate little prairie flowers and I protect them at all costs. And yes Steph, I'm like you where loud sounds lead to horrible migraines.

Two of my sweet nephews did a wonderful thing for me this weekend. They drove 2.5 hours to my dad's house (their grandpa) to get a piece of furniture (imagine a credenza with a hutch on top of it) from storage. Then then loaded it up, drove another 2.5 hours and delivered to me at my office. They helped me move a crappy bookshelf out and the furniture in. So as I'm in my office, I'm now enjoying a gorgeous piece of furniture that my mother had selected. I'm so glad I have it and can use it. And it makes my office feel more homey.

Yesterday, I tried my hand at making a needle felt critter without a pattern... and it actually turned out really well. And I only stabbed myself twice. So yay! I'm enjoying trying that new hobby, but I've already had a good long talk with myself that I'm not allowed to go overboard on buying wool... I have ONE bag... and that's all the space that I'm allowing this hobby. Ha!
 
How wonderful for you, Shana! Not only to have your nephews do all of that for you, but to have that gorgeous piece of heirloom furniture with you now AND have it be useful as well. BONUS!

I just had the most AMAZING weekend of card-making and scrapbooking with my Fab Five gfs down in a little town about 90 minutes south of here. Started by taking Friday off and having lunch with my BFF at our favorite restaurant in her town and then we continued to another's house for the rest of the weekend. Amy just loves to have company and cook, so it was no trouble for her and we all brought snacks and then chipped in for the groceries. She had tables set up in her living room and she has surround-sound tv, so while we were playing, we watched movies all weekend. Everything from Jurassic Park and Bullet Train to Pitch Perfect and Mamma Mia! It was a BLAST!!!

I got home in time to watch our poor Vikings lose in the first round of the playoffs, but still a loyal fan forever! And now I have a full day off today to recuperate, regroup and lounge.
 
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