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[sameyeyam]

Dang I missed the afternoon hyena party.

 

[funnygarcia]

hyena party? what??



My internet connection went POOF this evening.
Gave up trying to disable and renew the ISP on the laptop. Asked J to tackle the mess of cords to reset the router and modem. Directed him what to do, he kinda yanks the modem forward (I'm thinking.. uhh I don't think normally we have that much yardage) and unplugs everything.
Plugs it back in.. and ........


Not a single blinking light on the modem.. NOOOOOOOOOO.
Calmly asked if maybe he put the battery pack in wrong or maybe unplugged it.. the evil teenager surfaces to unleash the wrath of "YOU told me to do it that way!" Again I say, let's look and see what is wrong. (Thinking it thru, not yelling.. very mellow in fact)

Evil teenager is still spouting.

I told him I didn't care for his attitude and go to bed.

He stomps off, suddenly pops out of the bathroom with electric toothbrush and some odd white thing in his hand. Yells "I hate this stupid cheap house"

sigh, now what?

Apparently he "lightly slammed" (how does one lightly slam??) the toothbrush onto the old fashioned ceramic toothbrush holder. Which is now in his hand.

Silly mom, I start laughing and telling him "having a bad day much?"

He grumbles and tosses himself on his bed.. then pouts that I'm laughing at hm and repeating everything he says (I was telling E what had happened - he was dialyzing).

E comments about "well it is almost a full moon"

Then the truth comes out, he's mad because I didn't try to fix the computer earlier. He missed playing some game.

hmm, I think somene needs to go on a "game diet".


And yes it was his fault the modem had no power, he had unplugged it from the power strip when he gave it a yank.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Hey guys! I came on thinking I could chat but I just went to lay down in bed and it felt nice so I 'm headed in there. So I guess I'm posting to say I want to chat but I'm starting to feel sick and I want to go to bed.

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now?

 

[funnygarcia]

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now?

Well don't give it to my teenager- I'm looking forward to sending him to school in the morning.

 

[funnygarcia]

I think I'm having allergy symptoms, this is the longest sniffley and sneezing cold I've had in a long while.

hmm, it seems to go away when the windows are closed at night..

darn pollen

 

[funnygarcia]

oh yes, DN The Marine has decided that getting a ride with his Aunt and Uncle.. and assorted cousins... will be just fine. He offered to pay for the minivan rental, with a bonus if we leave before 8 am.

His attempted visiting list:
the party for my dad
his mom
his girlfriend
and whatever friends he can scare up in the evening.


He's going to be exhuasted, overnight flight and then on the run all day.
180 miles from here to Duluth, 30 miles to my parents, his mom lives in town somewhere, his dad lives way up the north shore now. Duluth may be a smallish city, but it's spread out running along Lake Superior and pushed out into the hills above.
His dad and one of his brothers know he is coming.. but they were sworn to secrecy not to tell anyone else. My mom (grandma) is going to be thrilled! She took care of him many weekends when he was a little boy. Nice to see him all grown now.

 

[funnygarcia]

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hey guys! I came on thinking I could chat but I just went to lay down in bed and it felt nice so I 'm headed in there. So I guess I'm posting to say I want to chat but I'm starting to feel sick and I want to go to bed.

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now?

I hope you feel better Shawna BTW, your pigs comment was freakin hilarious!!!

 

[sameyeyam]

hyena party? what??



My internet connection went POOF this evening.
Gave up trying to disable and renew the ISP on the laptop. Asked J to tackle the mess of cords to reset the router and modem. Directed him what to do, he kinda yanks the modem forward (I'm thinking.. uhh I don't think normally we have that much yardage) and unplugs everything.
Plugs it back in.. and ........


Not a single blinking light on the modem.. NOOOOOOOOOO.
Calmly asked if maybe he put the battery pack in wrong or maybe unplugged it.. the evil teenager surfaces to unleash the wrath of "YOU told me to do it that way!" Again I say, let's look and see what is wrong. (Thinking it thru, not yelling.. very mellow in fact)

Evil teenager is still spouting.

I told him I didn't care for his attitude and go to bed.

He stomps off, suddenly pops out of the bathroom with electric toothbrush and some odd white thing in his hand. Yells "I hate this stupid cheap house"

sigh, now what?

Apparently he "lightly slammed" (how does one lightly slam??) the toothbrush onto the old fashioned ceramic toothbrush holder. Which is now in his hand.

Silly mom, I start laughing and telling him "having a bad day much?"

He grumbles and tosses himself on his bed.. then pouts that I'm laughing at hm and repeating everything he says (I was telling E what had happened - he was dialyzing).

E comments about "well it is almost a full moon"

Then the truth comes out, he's mad because I didn't try to fix the computer earlier. He missed playing some game.

hmm, I think somene needs to go on a "game diet".


And yes it was his fault the modem had no power, he had unplugged it from the power strip when he gave it a yank.

It's always so reassuring that I'm not the only one dealing with the teenager "tude"! DD asked what I would like for mother's day. I told her "the greatest gift you could give me would be to dump your attitude and quit the eye rolling"....at which she rolled her eyes and stomped off all the while giving me the Look!

I think I'm having allergy symptoms, this is the longest sniffley and sneezing cold I've had in a long while.

hmm, it seems to go away when the windows are closed at night..

darn pollen

And yet you can't seem to heed my advice and purchase a Neilmed Sinus Rinse.

 

[sameyeyam]

Have I mentioned that DD has wanted a tattoo for about 2 years now. Of course I have said NO!

She is taking an Assertiveness course at college. So I believe she was trying to work on me. The other day she came to me and CALMLY discussed wanting a belly button piercing. I listened as she sounded very grown up and told her I would talk to her Dad and think about it. I was relieved at least it wasn't the tattoo thing again!

So I decide to offer her a deal...she can have the belly button piercing with a few strings attached:

1. We get to approve of the shop where she will have it done. We want to go there beforehand and make sure that disposable items are being used and/or that proper sterilization techniques are done. We will also be there when the procedure is done.

2. If we agree to let her have this piercing then she agrees to not consider having a tattoo before age 21. Of course I know she can get one when she is 18 without parental permission. But I am also the person paying for college and if she wants her college paid for...well then, no tattoo. I know she will get one anyway the day she turns 18, but at least it will be in a spot that is not seen by the public!

So far she hasn't taken me up on my compromise.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Everyone,

Have you guys seen this? http://www.disneystore.com/disney-moments/c/62995/ I think it's really cool! You can upload a video, select 10 segments and make it into a flip book. I think that's kinda cute.


I did not make it down to DTD last night I really wanted to go but then my mom asked me to accompany her to the mall again yesterday. We went to L'Occitane where she bought a lot of products. She is leaving on Sunday for a business trip and for her friend's wedding. One of her overseas friends asked her to buy some items from L'Occitane (it's more expensive overseas).

I ended up getting a chapstick for $5 and some hand cream for $10. The chapstick was on sale.

Another friend of my mom's asked if she could find some Godiva chocolate candies for her son. It's these tiny round pieces of chocolates that come in a small tin. My mom bought one extra so we could try it and honestly, it wasn't that great. It was also $4 a tin.

I saw some cute cargo pants at Anthropologie......I took one look at the price tag and almost fainted. It was around $88!! I also saw a cute shoulder tote at Metropark. It's a Diesel brand bag but it cost almost $200 so I passed.

I think if I really want it I'll just wait until it's on clearance.


I'm going to try to make it down to DTD tonight. I wanted to try to find a mother's day present and look around World of Disney. I think the park closes early (8pm). If I make it down in time then I'll hit some stores on Main St.

Hope you all have a great day.


Oh, and last night I received 1 missed phone call. I call the # back and it was my dad. He called me from China to tell me that there was a Laker game and that they were winning.

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

It's always so reassuring that I'm not the only one dealing with the teenager "tude"! DD asked what I would like for mother's day. I told her "the greatest gift you could give me would be to dump your attitude and quit the eye rolling"....at which she rolled her eyes and stomped off all the while giving me the Look!



And yet you can't seem to heed my advice and purchase a Neilmed Sinus Rinse.

I've been using it for a while now and I can breath again! Why didn't I take your advice years ago? Lol. I even got my SIL using it now too.

Have I mentioned that DD has wanted a tattoo for about 2 years now. Of course I have said NO!

She is taking an Assertiveness course at college. So I believe she was trying to work on me. The other day she came to me and CALMLY discussed wanting a belly button piercing. I listened as she sounded very grown up and told her I would talk to her Dad and think about it. I was relieved at least it wasn't the tattoo thing again!

So I decide to offer her a deal...she can have the belly button piercing with a few strings attached:

1. We get to approve of the shop where she will have it done. We want to go there beforehand and make sure that disposable items are being used and/or that proper sterilization techniques are done. We will also be there when the procedure is done.

2. If we agree to let her have this piercing then she agrees to not consider having a tattoo before age 21. Of course I know she can get one when she is 18 without parental permission. But I am also the person paying for college and if she wants her college paid for...well then, no tattoo. I know she will get one anyway the day she turns 18, but at least it will be in a spot that is not seen by the public!

So far she hasn't taken me up on my compromise.

I've had my belly button peirced since I was 17. I got my tragus done a few years ago.

And I plan to get my rook done next.

I know that someday I want to get a tattoo but I'm still not sure what I want...

 

[funnygarcia]

Piercing? <<shudder>> no thanks

Tattoo? I love mine!

I get comments on it everywhere I go .. only in the summer here of course (it's on the side of my calf)

It took a lot of soul searching for me to decide and then we talked to people to ask where/who was the best in the area. E made the mistake of not finding a really good artist the first time, it's okay but it was done in an odd way. Doesn't look as nice as the ones he had done later.

My first tattoo was small, not much thought put in it.. would love to have something put over it someday. But it still would have to be small to keep it below the neckline of my clothes.


If the boys ask for tattoos I would have them wait it out. Really be sure WHAT they want and place it somewhere out of the public eye. Of course they would need to pony up the cash on their own.

Legs, feet, upper arms are good places .. the skin doesn't get as stretched in those areas. Stretchy areas of skin plus pregnancy, gaining/losing weight, older sagging and you've got ewwwwww factor.

One option that isn't permanent yet still has coolness factor... henna tattoos. Done professionally they will last several months.

But do make sure it is an artist who uses good quality materials. I've read of bad allergen response from cheaply made henna.


The drawback ... they cost almost as much as an inked tattoo.

 

[kaoden39]

I am not big on piercings and when my then 15 year old daughter asked for gauged earrings I told her that when she was making her own money and had her own place then I didn't care. Well, now a year later and wiser she is so glad that I didn't let her.

Now I have 2 tattoo's. One on either shoulder. I went to the same tattoo artist for both and they were actually done 21 years apart. When he saw the one he had done years before he felt the need to redo it. My tattoo's are both very vibrant and bright. And they are also hidden unless I am dressed to show them off. I love them both.

 

[funnygarcia]

I bought a rice cooker for my Mother's Day gift to me , out of my very own pocket.

Experimenting and using recipes posted online.. made a giant pot of jasmine raice (that my family happily gobbled up, gee no leftovers?), a spanish rice kinda cassereole thingie (that hubby has been happily eating for two days-- the boys wrinkled noses and ate cereal instead), and today a baked style Mac and Cheese.

All of it made start to finish right in the rice cooker. Even the onions, ground turkey for the casserole-- done in the cooker and drained off the fat.

I like it better than my slow cooker. Faster, easier to clean (nonstick), doesn't have that overly wet cooked to death texture (steam escapes thru a port) and incredibly versatile.

I got this one

8 cup size (up to 16 cups cooked rice) at Target

 

[kaoden39]

I love steaming food. I have this steamer. I love the fact that it has three compartments.

http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Simmons-Electronic-Food-Steamer/dp/B000R5P4FO

 

[funnygarcia]

My next thing to try .. cooking (steaming) hardboiled eggs \

And once I go grocery shopping again--- with our crazy busy schedule this weeeknd that may be awhile, GAH!---- I want to try some steel cut oatmeal. YUM!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

I love steaming food. I have this steamer. I love the fact that it has three compartments.

http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Simmons-Electronic-Food-Steamer/dp/B000R5P4FO

Oh that looks cool! Dh would love that. We steam quite a bit of veggies but nothing like that. Might have to add it to our wish list!

 

[kaoden39]

Oh that looks cool! Dh would love that. We steam quite a bit of veggies but nothing like that. Might have to add it to our wish list!

I love it. I can cook our entire meal in it. It has these little spice cups under and you can put your seasonings there and it seasons your food.

 

[tinkermell]

Hi Hyenas!!

Just checking in to say I am still around.

Have a nice day!