Having a GRAND time - The Official GF Chat Thread PART 2

[tinklvr64]

Dawn - Yes, I watch the series and cried when it ended!!! But I did love how it ended!!

AHHHHHHH its the popcorn guy!!! LOL

Me too...i felt like a best friend moved away...it was really sad.

Good Morning everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its a fab day here in Boston, do you know why?

Yep we do! WTG Celtics!

 

[vbarry]

Morning gals!

Congrats Kelly!

I am sure you feel like we feel when the Cardinals win the World Series!!!!

So I keep missing the chat. I need someone to pm me a time.

Dawn~ I replied to the IL girls meet.

 

[maddiesdaddy]

I am sure you feel like we feel when the Cardinals win the World Series!!!!

Exactly!!! That's always a super fun week..then it's hard to wait until next year.

congrats to the celtics.

 

[Alicnwondrln]

just got a ding

 

[Lives4Disney]

Good morning!!

Wow, Kelly!! I bet you are soooo happppppy!!!

Dawn...bummer about the movie...I never watched the show but you all are making me curious about the movie. At least you had a night out with girl friends.

Vanessa....Oh..I was watching CNN last night and saw the Iowa flooding and now that levee breaking. OMG...I was thinking of you. Glad things are going OK and you got your deluxe room!!! THAT ROCKS!!!

Rose and Crown ....bad experience there. But we still have gone back. It took a couple trips though. I like it...I love the beer and their stilton cheese salad...(blue cheese) I like their bangers and mash, but Col always finds their fish and chips GREASY and limp vs ....crispy. I think they are cranking too many out and the oil doesn't get hot enough. So now he specifies CRISPY and it's been better. The girls have a hard time finding anythign there they like though. It's a nice atmoshpere if you can get an outdoor table...it's worth the wait.

Well...my gold. I came home with it. I don't know WHAT you guys are turning in to get that kind of money! I had a ziploc (smaller than baggie size) full of broken chains, PERFECT chains, old charms, earrings, large gold cross, even a couple VERY weighty gold bands - NOT MY wedding band, haha - but my grandma was married a few times and these are her ex's bands) and more...and ALSO an antique diamond ring with only about 1/2 ct diamonds but it is sooo pretty but the band broke...anyway, they wanted to give me $100 for all. I was like HUH? You couldn't even touch the heaviest gold band for less than probably $250/300 in a store! Plus several of the gold chains were PERFECT, never worn 16 to 20 inch chains that you'd have to pay at least $40 + for to replace in a astore...(i am talkinga bout 15 yr ago prices, too, as that was the last time I shopped for a gold chain!) It was all 14 kt no 24Kt so I dno't know if that makes a diff betwen my junk and yours???? This store was like a used car shop....she was like "We want to work WITH you"...I said isn't it all done by weight?? She said, "Well we don't work that way....what is a number that would make you happy?" DH said I should have told her $10,000.....but I just said I think I will just wait. Thanks and left. She told me the price of gold just dropped yada yada.....There was a lady next to me with a bunch of stuff including diamonds...they wanted to give her $1800 and she said she could get $5000 anywhere else...they settled for a few pieces for $500....I was thinking DON"T DO IT.....

It was disappointing....oh well.

Talk to ya all later!
Ohh Michelle Obama is on the View!!!

Chan

 

[Alicnwondrln]

that stinks Chan!

 

[tinklvr64]

Morning gals!

Congrats Kelly!

I am sure you feel like we feel when the Cardinals win the World Series!!!!

So I keep missing the chat. I need someone to pm me a time.

Dawn~ I replied to the IL girls meet.

V~didn't you mean the White Sox ... I will PM you a time...usually around 8-9pm
Woodfield it is ...just need to settle on a date...let me know what does not work for you last 2 week of July

just got a ding

Whats the ding??? Tell!@

 

[tinklvr64]

that stinks Chan!

Ya thats rotten...try somewhere else...oh and by the way what did gold drop?? like 2 $ an ounce?? come on!

 

[Lives4Disney]

V~didn't you mean the White Sox ... I will PM you a time...usually around 8-9pm
Woodfield it is ...just need to settle on a date...let me know what does not work for you last 2 week of July





Whats the ding??? Tell!@

Dawn, I can go next week pretty much too! I know Lu has a slumber party Mon/Tues...does Wed - Friday work for anybody?? I am excited!!

No good Dings for us here in IL. I got one but it's nothing special and not to MCO...to TPA though...$104 ea/way

PS...just got the word that it won't work out for our friends to have Z stay with them......i have a pit in my stomach. I was on the fence and 1/2 wanted him to come with so it's our FAMILY again...but I know he won't be happy....and it's a long trip. My head is spinning.......it could be ugly. I am not even happy to have to break the news to Z.

Chan

 

[tinklvr64]

Dawn, I can go next week pretty much too! I know Lu has a slumber party Mon/Tues...does Wed - Friday work for anybody?? I am excited!!

No good Dings for us here in IL. I got one but it's nothing special and not to MCO...to TPA though...$104 ea/way

PS...just got the word that it won't work out for our friends to have Z stay with them......i have a pit in my stomach. I was on the fence and 1/2 wanted him to come with so it's our FAMILY again...but I know he won't be happy....and it's a long trip. My head is spinning.......it could be ugly. I am not even happy to have to break the news to Z.

Chan

Chan I could do Friday the 26th....not Weds or Thurs we have mtgs her at school, sooo if anyone wants to meet im ready! Vanessa and Kristin could you gals?????

 

[Lives4Disney]

ya....i need to know the real cost per ounce....and then weigh it myself so i go into the next scammer place prepared. I got a bad feeilng and was kicking myself like WHY didn't I do my homework first? Lucy said I should have come up with a sob story or something about how I need the cash. I felt like a begger!! It's gonna take me to get some ba**s to go to another place!!

Maybe I will be that online guinea pig....do the send it away thingy. Because now I feel like MY gold is crap.

Chan

 

[Lives4Disney]

Chan I could do Friday the 26th....not Weds or Thurs we have mtgs her at school, sooo if anyone wants to meet im ready! Vanessa and Kristin could you gals?????

hey! just checked my calender....do you mean Friday the 27th??? I can do it!

How about V and K???

Chan

 

[tinklvr64]

hey! just checked my calender....do you mean Friday the 27th??? I can do it!

How about V and K???

Chan

whoops! Yep Friday the 27th.....

 

[tete01830]

Good morning!!


Well...my gold. I came home with it. I don't know WHAT you guys are turning in to get that kind of money! I had a ziploc (smaller than baggie size) full of broken chains, PERFECT chains, old charms, earrings, large gold cross, even a couple VERY weighty gold bands - NOT MY wedding band, haha - but my grandma was married a few times and these are her ex's bands) and more...and ALSO an antique diamond ring with only about 1/2 ct diamonds but it is sooo pretty but the band broke...anyway, they wanted to give me $100 for all. I was like HUH? You couldn't even touch the heaviest gold band for less than probably $250/300 in a store! Plus several of the gold chains were PERFECT, never worn 16 to 20 inch chains that you'd have to pay at least $40 + for to replace in a astore...(i am talkinga bout 15 yr ago prices, too, as that was the last time I shopped for a gold chain!) It was all 14 kt no 24Kt so I dno't know if that makes a diff betwen my junk and yours???? This store was like a used car shop....she was like "We want to work WITH you"...I said isn't it all done by weight?? She said, "Well we don't work that way....what is a number that would make you happy?" DH said I should have told her $10,000.....but I just said I think I will just wait. Thanks and left. She told me the price of gold just dropped yada yada.....There was a lady next to me with a bunch of stuff including diamonds...they wanted to give her $1800 and she said she could get $5000 anywhere else...they settled for a few pieces for $500....I was thinking DON"T DO IT.....


Chan

I cant believe it Chan! That is terrible! I will talk to you about it!

Siobhan

 

[Fishy&2guppies]

I need a little advice on a picky eater. My daughter is 3 1/2 but will turn 4 in two weeks. She only weighs 25 lbs. She is so tiny, and is very very picky. I keep asking the doctor about her weight and they don't seem to be concerned, but her ribs stick out, you can see them through her shirt. She still only wears an 18 month in pants, thank goodness for summer and shorts, otherwise she has no pants to wear because they are to short. I feed her healthy meals and she will not eat anything, so we have taken the doctors advice and just said okay nothing until the next meal, thinking she will eventually give in, but she won't. She eats no vegetables and meat. Only fruit and dairy and crackers. She is so small now that I am ready to give in and just let her eat whenever she wants and whatever. She loves junk food, of course, but I am to the point of letting her have it just so she will put on some weight. I have read so many books on this, and tried cutting food up into shapes and animals, and having her help me make it, but nothing works for us.

 

[arbonnette]

I need a little advice on a picky eater. My daughter is 3 1/2 but will turn 4 in two weeks. She only weighs 25 lbs. She is so tiny, and is very very picky. I keep asking the doctor about her weight and they don't seem to be concerned, but her ribs stick out, you can see them through her shirt. She still only wears an 18 month in pants, thank goodness for summer and shorts, otherwise she has no pants to wear because they are to short. I feed her healthy meals and she will not eat anything, so we have taken the doctors advice and just said okay nothing until the next meal, thinking she will eventually give in, but she won't. She eats no vegetables and meat. Only fruit and dairy and crackers. She is so small now that I am ready to give in and just let her eat whenever she wants and whatever. She loves junk food, of course, but I am to the point of letting her have it just so she will put on some weight. I have read so many books on this, and tried cutting food up into shapes and animals, and having her help me make it, but nothing works for us.

Well, I am not a doctor, but I do have a 5yo who is not a picky eater, but I do let her eat what she wants mostly.
I would think your DD needs to eat tasty "stick to your ribs" type foods like mac and cheese, pancakes, pasta. Does she drink milk? I would think it would be ok for her to drink whole milk since she is underweight.
I think it's ok that she doesn't eat veggies at 3.5. At least she eats fruit; many kids will not even do that. As far as the veggies, my DD eats them, but I also supplement by adding the purees to meals as well. Check out the book Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld if you haven't already.

What does she eat in a typical day? Maybe I could give you some more suggestions!

 

[Fishy&2guppies]

Very rarely does she eat mac and cheese, no pancakes, or pasta. On a typical day, she will eat nothing for breakfast, not for lack of trying, if I am lucky she might eat some yogurt. For lunch, some cheese and crackers is all I can get her to eat, and for dinner she will only eat fruit or bread. She will not drink any milk, she had a milk allergy when she was born, but has since grown out of it. I try to find whole milk yogurt and cheese, and ice cream, but that is getting really difficult to find anymore. I do give her vitamins. She is starting to get picky about fruit now also, she used to eat any kind of fruit but now it is just grapes, blueberries, strawberries, and watermelon. She is getting better about trying things, she will take the tiniest bite, but then that is it, she will not do anymore.

 

[arbonnette]

Very rarely does she eat mac and cheese, no pancakes, or pasta. On a typical day, she will eat nothing for breakfast, not for lack of trying, if I am lucky she might eat some yogurt. For lunch, some cheese and crackers is all I can get her to eat, and for dinner she will only eat fruit or bread. She will not drink any milk, she had a milk allergy when she was born, but has since grown out of it. I try to find whole milk yogurt and cheese, and ice cream, but that is getting really difficult to find anymore. I do give her vitamins. She is starting to get picky about fruit now also, she used to eat any kind of fruit but now it is just grapes, blueberries, strawberries, and watermelon. She is getting better about trying things, she will take the tiniest bite, but then that is it, she will not do anymore.

Hmmm ... Well, I have to say that sounds like a very tough situation. What about a fruit smoothie in the morning made with yogurt and fruit? Does she eat PB? Has she tried pancakes before or waffles? What about chicken nuggets? Obviously you can't force her to eat. But if she won't eat what you offer her, most kids will get hungry enough and then they will eat it. I know this sounds harsh, but it does work. I see she eats bread and cheese ... Will she eat grilled cheese?

 

[Cinderumbrella]

whoops! Yep Friday the 27th.....

No good... DS is spending the 28th with the IL's while DH and I go to the cubs vs sox game at the Cell, so I can't get rid of him 2 days in a row!!

Unfortunately, Thursday really is the best day for me since it is my Mom's day off

 

[Fishy&2guppies]

no grilled cheese, no smoothie she says it looks funny she won't even try it. The only chicken she will eat has to be a chicken nugget from mcdonalds she won't eat it from anywhere else. We have been trying the if you don't eat now, you will get nothing until the next meal approach for 2 months now, she will just sit and eat nothing and eat nothing the next time, and the next time. It just makes me feel awful. That is why when we do eat, I try to put at least something on her plate she likes. I have tried to slip things into her food before, and she watches me like a hawk when I make her something to eat, if she see's anything different she won't eat it.