Chatterbox Thread-Cmon in and Jabber! Everyone is Welcome!

[tinkermell]

Gee, I must have been a downer! Sorry!

Just in case, nobody over here knows, my sister did pass away a couple of weeks ago. But she is in a better place and her suffering is over.

I ended up going on the ladies trip after all. It was a nice get away, and was good for my spirit.

I hope all is well with all the Hyenas!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Gee, I must have been a downer! Sorry!

Just in case, nobody over here knows, my sister did pass away a couple of weeks ago. But she is in a better place and her suffering is over.

I ended up going on the ladies trip after all. It was a nice get away, and was good for my spirit.

I hope all is well with all the Hyenas!

Mel- you are not a downer! Please don't think that way! Losing a loved one is never easy and we are all here for you and love you!

I'm glad you went on the ladies trip and it was great seeing you.

 

[tinkermell]

Mel- you are not a downer! Please don't think that way! Losing a loved one is never easy and we are all here for you and love you!

I'm glad you went on the ladies trip and it was great seeing you.

Thanks sweetie!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

I'm around..been reading but not posting too much.

 

[kelmac284]

Hi guys! Thought I would stop in and say Hello. I see I am not the only one who hasn't been on here much lately LOL.

I've been pretty much sticking to FB and wasn't really posting much on the Dis for awhile and now that the ladies trip is over and they have started a new thread I am back posting on there but I just wanted to say I am sorry that I haven't stopped in to say hello.

Things have been really crazy with me. I can't remember when I last posted but the beginning of February my oldest hurt her foot and then we had this big nightmare with her doctor and I had to end up switching doctors and it was just a big fiasco. Then the girls had a week break from school and I got bronchitis and then ended up hurting my back and during that entire time my dh has been getting laid off, off and on all of february and now he has been off pretty much all of March. He is on his 3rd straight week so it has been pretty stressful to say the least.

We had to cancel our summer trip to DL and I am "hoping" to be able to go on the next ladies trip and as of now mom and I are still planning on taking our road trip up to OR/WA in July but with finances the way they are everything is always tentative!

Anyway I hope everyone is well and I just wanted to say sorry I haven't been on lately but wanted to wish everyone well and tell everyone to take care and I will stop in again.

See you soon!!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Good Morning! Happy Tuesday!

 

[disneegrl4eva]

wow nobody has been on here since Tuesday? what's happening to this thread? Is it dying out?I havent been on here in awhile so I thought I'd pop in and see what's the happs and what did I find?????? Nothin', not a thing, nooooooooobody!! well if anyone comes on here today then hi and if not well....I hope everybody is doing well and you all have a good day

PS. Melody Im sorry your sister passed away I know it's hard for you...My daughter has been coming to Tulare quite a bit because she has a really good friend that lives there...maybe one of these times I can come down with her and we can meet up? It would be good to see you...anyway you are in my prayers *hugs*

 

[brocklesnar69]

I love the cold, rainy, windy weather we've been having here in California. I would take it anyday over the heat. I love walking out in my front yard and having these massive gusts of wind almost blow me over. I love watching the trees whip back and forth.

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Drive by Hi!

Hope everyone is doing good.

Miss you all!

 

[dizzyami]

Granted - it doesn't appear that there is anyone to stalk


Hope you all are doing well

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Granted - it doesn't appear that there is anyone to stalk


Hope you all are doing well

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Granted - it doesn't appear that there is anyone to stalk


Hope you all are doing well

Dizzy!! I've been wondering how you have been. You fell off the face of the planet!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Dizzy!! I've been wondering how you have been. You fell off the face of the planet!

Everyone did! Or maybe they are all on Facebook.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Everyone did! Or maybe they are all on Facebook.

Our thread:

Alison and Bernice talk to me on FB and also Christina. Not sure what happened.

 

[dizzyami]

Dizzy!! I've been wondering how you have been. You fell off the face of the planet!

Yay!!! I know...sorry....life has been hectic!!! Did a lot of job hunting....found one....but it is 48 hours a week right now!

Everyone did! Or maybe they are all on Facebook.

No kidding - I couldn't believe how long it had been since there was action!

Our thread:

Alison and Bernice talk to me on FB and also Christina. Not sure what happened.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Good to see you Dizzy! I missed your little blue poquitos lol. Congrats on finding a new job. I thought you ran your own place before?

 

[dizzyami]

Good to see you Dizzy! I missed your little blue poquitos lol. Congrats on finding a new job. I thought you ran your own place before?

No....and unfortunately it got really weird. DH runs his own store....and they shipped me off 25 miles away (about 3 years ago) to fix up another store. Since DH ran a store, they would never give me the other store (even though I was really "running it") The final kicker was the last visit by the big bosses....it seemed like I was making my manager (and the store) look so good, that they started to discredit the work my DH was doing. This was totally wrong - and since he makes good money - I decided to get out.

So....that is really why I dropped off the planet - I just haven't had the time to pop on and say hi. At least through facebook I got to still see a bit of you guys....but I missed you!!!!

 

[funnygarcia]

oops! sorry, been on Facebook mostly via my touch. Haven't been in the mood for chatting or sleuthing online much lately. Using the touch for here is kinda hard .. teeeeny teeeeny tiny little letters.

Hubby and I have been collecting stuff for months now for SIL's expected little guy. We had a bit of family drama when she called in tears saying she couldn't come. The original plan was she would drive here (1 1/2 hours) to pick up all the stuff to take home. MIL was going to go with because SIL (she's 30 weeks now) didn't want to drive alone.

Well then BIL decided he wanted to come too.. except he had to work on Saturday, not off until after 7 pm. (And they would leave the next day, mid morning because MIL gets nervous about staying late and the cats are alone)

MIL calls and asks if it's okay if they don't come until late and BIL (who never apologized for his last visit behavior) will be coming too.. I'm like <sigh> sure whatever, but BIL better behave himself! (MIL laughed it off, ummm I was serious!!!)

Minutes later..... SIL calls and I have to wait for the sobs to quiet down to figure out what the heck??
Turns out, she called BIL and told him "okay fine you can come, but I want to drive straight through - no stopping. And I want to stay later the next day, because what's the point of going if we only have a few hours to visit?"

Sounds reasonable right???

Well apparently SIL is not entitled to an opinion and can't make the decision about not stopping. Rant, rave, argue...

MIL finds out they had a fight, she gets mad. Decides she is NOT going. SIL tried to talk to her, she hangs up on her.

>>>>> okay, so I tell all this to DS17 and he replies " what are they like 13??" Why not have grandma and Auntie drive up together and uncle can come later?

>>> DUH!!! <<<

So we call everyone back and offer this solution.
MIL doesn't return calls.
SIL puts on a brave face and drove here by herself!!

WE had an AWESOME visit!
(and I didn't have to deal with MR Butt head BIL)



It was fun to watch her go through everything, at the end she said " I can never repay you!"
Silly, we don't expect anything back! We loaded up the entire cargo area of her mini van - folding down the third row of seats. All of it was clearance, coupons, thrift store 50% off day, Amazon deals with stacked codes/ GC's earned from Swag Bucks. She won't need to buy any diapers for the first 6 months or more.
Wish I had known how to do the coupon deals when the boys were little!

Other than that.. I've been just going along with the usual day to day stuff. Coupon deals, dialysis, doctor appts for hubby, dealing with my fibro stuff, massage once a week (really really helps!), watching my nephew occasionally (he started in home ABA therapy, so not as much babysitting now), dealing with the almost 18 year old (argh!) and generally feeling not too bad.

We're in a good place right now, KWIM? Going with the flow of life, learning to let go, relax. Hubby and I have had just a wonderful time hanging out together, reconnecting - getting ready for the next phase of our life (adult children and eventually empty nest). We don't have much, but I don't feel poor and I'm just happy.

 

[sameyeyam]

Family drama! Does it ever end? Glad things turned out well though. I know what you mean about reaching that point of kids getting ready to leave the nest feeling. I think DH is in denial about it & I think it's going to hit him harder then me. It won't surprise me if DD moves out this summer.

It seems like for so many years we were stuck in the running kids everywhere, amassing "stuff", trying to live the American Dream (whatever that is!). Now I just sort of look at it and think "do we really NEED all of this"? For the past year or so I've been trying to live a simpler life (whatever that is!).

Anyway, had a good trip to WDW. Was just DS & I for 10 days and 9 nights. My boss paid for the trip . We stayed at the All Star Sports (sure glad I didn't stay there when DD & her bff's were going with us). It seems to be filled with high school age jocks. I'm sure they would have never left the pool area! We went to Animal Kingdom, Epcot, MK, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Disney Quest and seen Cirque du Solel. Cirque was good (we found half price tickets), but I think I might have been a little disappointed if we had paid full price. It was very good, just not $130 a seat good!

My biggest surprise, I LOVED Disney Quest. We spent 6 hours there and had a blast. It's like a giant arcade on steroids. Video games (new & classic), pinball machines, hoops, skee ball, create zone (make music cd's, draw characters, create toys, etc), 3D reality games & rides. I got sucked into this one game that had a Bejeweled type of game and a word game and probably spent 2 hours on it. Also learned something about myself...I suck at basketball, but do really well at shooting baskets on those hoops games! I got the high score of the day on one of the machines.

 

[funnygarcia]

oooo Disney Quest would be just the thing for dh! He misses the arcades of his rebellious teen years, there really isn't any left in our area. Near DL is a place called Nickel Nickel, Albert told me about it, we went a few times the year we lived there.. a little dirty/ crusty around the edges but it was a vidiots dream come true New games and classic ones, even the really really bad ones (Michael Jackson and an E.T. one) some as low as a nickel per play. Some give you double play for free, two players can play on the same quarter. If we had something like that we would be there on a regular basis.

Well, I now have an "adult child"
He turned 18 yesterday.

We were shopping at Walmart today, somehow Noah wandered away from us and no one knew where he went.
Eloy says "honey, I lost Noah" and I replied "stop losing our children!"

Justin perks up and replies "you still have me".. we both turned to him and laughed "you don't count anymore, you're an adult. You're still our child.. but you know.. as an adult you can get lost if you want to" He replies " gee thanks" meanwhile Noah returns, "what? I told you guys I was going to electronics" and we all replied "hmm, sorry, we don't listen to Noah talk" .. we got the eye roll on that one.

Yeah , we're bad parents.