A BREAKTHROUGH!! WAY TO GO, LISA!lbgraves said:I just said NO!!!
The secretary called and someone who I called every day last week to come pick up their order showed up. I told her to have the cafeteria manager get the box out of the freezer for her. Another person called to find out when someone would be there so she can pick it up. She will have to call me to set up a time when it is convenient for me.
I'm so proud!lbgraves said:I just said NO!!!
The secretary called and someone who I called every day last week to come pick up their order showed up. I told her to have the cafeteria manager get the box out of the freezer for her. Another person called to find out when someone would be there so she can pick it up. She will have to call me to set up a time when it is convenient for me.
Fantastic!pyramid2000 said:I called DCL the other day to make sure we were credited for our Repo cruise. There was a reduction in port charges I believe. Got $224 knocked off. Rebooking onboard can save us another $1250, tips included another $761.50 (plus free us up to tip better if the service is excellent!). Plus we can get about $900 in ship board credit between DCL and DU. All in all it will cost less than 2 - 7 night cruises for us!
A girl can still have her dream...
Woo Hoo!MrsMork said:
Look down as you pass ATL, I'll be the one waving a big green pirate flag from the top of Stone Mountain.
I've been the GS leader for DD's troop for 9 years. there are four girls left in the troop including DD. I cannot imagine not being involved in it. I have been the service unit manager for 40 troops, the cookie service unit manager for 40 troops for 8 years, the day camp business manager for 5 years, and the day camp manager for 1 year. I don't expect help from my parents. I have had up to 18 girls in the troop. At first most of the parents considered GS a type of babysitting. That changed when they saw how much the girls did. when the girls were younger, I had several moms that would always be willing to help and several that I was glad never offered. the girls that were in my troop previously still converse with me at school events--that's more than most of them do with their moms & dads. It has been one of the most fulfilling volunteer jobs I have ever done. BTW--DD has sold over 500 boxes of cookies for all 9 years. We have a cookie shop in a very rough part of town. DH is a registered scout and the two of us go sell cookies their with DD & DDBF. there are no troops in the area and the people really are glad to see us. some have come back year after year just to see how the girls have grown.MrsMork said:We loved our GS leader years. Of course, it was a family affair with DrHug being my co-leader, along with another mom so there were 3 of us. We learned very early on not to count on ALL the parents to participate, but we did develop a core group of parents that helped us with every event. Having a man involved really encouraged other dads to join in also. Anyway, the note said how much she loved us and appreciated all we did for her and her sister and that we were family to them. DrHug said"we didn't do anything more for them than the other girls", and I told him that getting a smile and a "we are SO glad to see you" each week obviously meant alot to them.
We still have the note and I still cry when I read it. Those two girls whose lives we touched make all the frustration with unhelpful parents worth it. You just never know who is watching you, needing you, and what a difference you can make. So, all of that to say....You can and will enjoy being a leader of whatever group your kids get involved in if you set your expectations for the kids very high and for the parents very low.
DrHug said:
pyramid2000 said:DH and I were in the addition today trying to figure out lighting. I used to want to design and build my own house, but there is no way we would ever finish! I have learned though that after I give DH an opinion on something, if his first reaction is negative, to just give him time to think about it and he eventually sees my point!
MMcCarthy said:
pyramid2000 said:With DH? It's not that he will stop bringing in things for himself. He really doesn't have much anyway. It is that he finally realised the girls don't NEED so much. He used to get them a lot of "just because" things, but now he wants to limit gifts to 2 each on major holidays.
She said they don't know what caused the cat to have that condition. She said that at this point they probably won't ever know.pyramid2000 said:Beautiful bride!
Did she ever find anything out??
My husband would agree with you again!!! He said he hates when I put him in those situations.Jhalkias said:Let's see . . .
If I buy them now, then DW will say I only bought them because I listen to my internet friends more than I listen to her . . .
If I don't buy them, she will say, why don't you listen when everyone tells you this is what you should do - you don't listen to anyone.
This is defined as a "can't win" situation.
(that should be in parenteses)
For those of you without spouses on the Boards - you are much smarter than me!
John1
That is a bummer. Sorry to hear that he won't be wearing the costume. My DH has the exact same costume in that size.bubbasmom99 said:
Well there you have it...we are all set....but....now I have to move to Montana....hum....I already told my DH that I will never move!!!!MrsMork said:There was 640 acres for sale in Montana and we thought about getting a group of really nice people together and starting our own town.
Good!!! I am glad to hear it! Hooray!lbgraves said:I just said NO!!!
The secretary called and someone who I called every day last week to come pick up their order showed up. I told her to have the cafeteria manager get the box out of the freezer for her. Another person called to find out when someone would be there so she can pick it up. She will have to call me to set up a time when it is convenient for me.
Lucky lucky lucky Grandma!!!!MommyMinnie said:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!becka said:I am the WW queen! OK, not really but I worked really hard last week and at weigh in today I was down 4.4 pounds!!!
Of course this week is going to be rough so it is probably a good thing I lost so much this past week!
