Marrieds choosing not to have kids

[MistyMoss]

Glad to see you made it here- SO! You didn't tell us if you and your DW want any kiddies!

My brother was saying someting about Tom Araya- hmmmm- when did this happen? I think it is kind of odd to hear a born again christian sing Slayer lyrics It's just not the same!

BTW- one day I e-mailed one of the DJs (heck- is that what they are called still??) on Sirius to yell at them for never playing "He!! Awaits" OMG- I just LOVE when they say....."He!!!!!!! AAAAAwaiiiiits"!!!! That is all I need- just that part of the song

We have another "Queen of Metal Darkness" here- as Hixski (RIP *moment of silence* *kneels* *does a sign of the cross* *falls over trying to get up* ) once dubbed us. I am not sure where she is- She is a sicko Slipknot fan- sicko in a good way of course!

Knowing her- I would not be surprised if she is touring with the guys on their Mayhem bus as we speak, helping them break in their new masks!

Switching gears- Hey Sam! Your thread went over well! I was surprised you were not attacked and beaten for it

I have been lurking for awhile and thought I should pop in and say "HI"!! I feel I know all of you already.

I really like that title of "Queen of Metal Darkness"!! That Hixski person must be very clever!!!

I need to pop over to that Metal thread. My metal goes more to old metal like AC/DC, Metallica and the likes.

 

[maddhatir]

I have been lurking for awhile and thought I should pop in and say "HI"!! I feel I know all of you already.

I really like that title of "Queen of Metal Darkness"!! That Hixski person must be very clever!!!

I need to pop over to that Metal thread. My metal goes more to old metal like AC/DC, Metallica and the likes.

Welcome!!

Yes! All Hail Hix



Actually I was going to stop by and post something I saw on Nanny 911 tonight- yes, I am a dork, I watch reruns of the show- I like Nanny Deb much more than Super Nanny!

Anyway- this ANNOYING as H#!! mom on the show said something that sums up so many parents these days:

"I don't think Matt and I are bad parents, I think we are clueless parents"


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[TKDisneylover]

I have been lurking for awhile and thought I should pop in and say "HI"!! I feel I know all of you already.

 

[TKDisneylover]

Actually I was going to stop by and post something I saw on Nanny 911 tonight- yes, I am a dork, I watch reruns of the show- I like Nanny Deb much more than Super Nanny!

I used to watch both shows, but after a while when the children would start crying it was like nails on a chalkboard to my brain so I had to stop watching. The only place I can tolerate that is at WDW.

Anyway- this ANNOYING as H#!! mom on the show said something that sums up so many parents these days:]

"I don't think Matt and I are bad parents, I think we are clueless parents" .

This statement holds true for many, many parents!

 

[TKDisneylover]

Hey Everyone!

I just have to brag. My kid sister (she's 36) has gotten back into BMX Bike (as in bicycle) Racing after 20 years of not doing it. She and her husband have also chosen to be child-free. She's having a great time doing this during her "free" time. I'm really proud of her!

They live here in WI. These were National races in Minnesota, she's the one in the red racing outfit.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_OtxKb8IPBc

 

[PhotobearSam]

Well, butter my butt and call me biscuit!!! I have actually found a DECENT TEENAGER!!!!


We hired a young girl to work the laundry room at our motel. It was her first day today and I already gave her a raise....She is so neat, self-sufficient and polite.

She folded the sheets so well I thought they were pressed. She even impressed the older cleaning ladies.


I just wanted to come on here and say that there is some hope for the future.

 

[TKDisneylover]

Well, butter my butt and call me biscuit!!! I have actually found a DECENT TEENAGER!!!!

We hired a young girl to work the laundry room at our motel. It was her first day today and I already gave her a raise....She is so neat, self-sufficient and polite.

She folded the sheets so well I thought they were pressed. She even impressed the older cleaning ladies.

I just wanted to come on here and say that there is some hope for the future.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I know you've been trying to find some decent help for a while! I got a kick out of the first line of your post (butter my butt...) and read it to a couple social workers that were standing in my office (they work with juvenile delinquents), they got a kick out of it! I explained our previous complaints about kids who do not want to work. They can relate in the sense that their clients owe restitution and are supposed to get jobs to pay it off, but they just can't seem to find a job blah, blah, blah!

I hope this person continues to work out for you.

 

[zima-cheryl]

Well, butter my butt and call me biscuit!!!

OK - you're a biscuit!!!

 

[MistyMoss]

Well, butter my butt and call me biscuit!!! I have actually found a DECENT TEENAGER!!!!

You must live in "southern" Canada!!! Glad you finally found someone decent!!

 

[PhotobearSam]

You must live in "southern" Canada!!! Glad you finally found someone decent!!

I am actually quting a pic of a cat I found on icanhascheeseburger.com

Southern Canada...YUP

 

[TKDisneylover]

HAPPY HUMP DAY TO ALL THE CF PEEPS OUT THERE!

It's been very quiet on this thread for the last few days so I thought I would bump it up.

DH & I have been in the process of building a new deck (well he's actually doing most of the work ), but I'm so excited about it! It's 10' x 20' which is the same size as our livingroom and will give us lots of room to stretch out and enjoy mother nature. Now I'm not bragging here, but we do have a beautiful backyard and we have been lucky to have deer, wild turkey and a variety of other little critters visit our yard regularly. We also have many bird feeders and have been fortunate to have orioles & rose breasted grossbeaks migrate through and decide to nest for the season. I just love being outside in the early morning hours and listen to the sounds of nature. It must be those long winters that help me appreciate it so much! Okay I guess that all sounded a bit sappy, but heck, that's just me!

So what has everyone else been up to lately? Hope all has been well!

 

[maddhatir]

HAPPY HUMP DAY TO ALL THE CF PEEPS OUT THERE!

It's been very quiet on this thread for the last few days so I thought I would bump it up.

DH & I have been in the process of building a new deck (well he's actually doing most of the work ), but I'm so excited about it! It's 10' x 20' which is the same size as our livingroom and will give us lots of room to stretch out and enjoy mother nature. Now I'm not bragging here, but we do have a beautiful backyard and we have been lucky to have deer, wild turkey and a variety of other little critters visit our yard regularly. We also have many bird feeders and have been fortunate to have orioles & rose breasted grossbeaks migrate through and decide to nest for the season. I just love being outside in the early morning hours and listen to the sounds of nature. It must be those long winters that help me appreciate it so much! Okay I guess that all sounded a bit sappy, but heck, that's just me!

So what has everyone else been up to lately? Hope all has been well!

Yay for you! We just screened in our new porch (18x20) It is awesome to be able to sit outside and enjoy life!

I don't think you are sappy at all! I love so relax outside with Mom Nature! I love watching the nutty squirrels- we also have wild turkeys. Last week there was a bird that I THINK may have been a Hawk- it was a reddish tan color?? I tried to get a pic of it, but it flew away.

Funny- b/c I was down the shore this weekend and SIL and her 2 little ones were there. SIL was sitting alone on the balcony and I poked my head out and asked her if she minded some company. She said not at all- I said, I thought you might want to enjoy some peace and quiet for a while- she said she does not get much of that with the kids and she is used to not having it!

I would never be able to have little tornadoes (aka: kids! ) around me all the time- I need peace and quiet and no drama. I almost went batty with the kids AND a puppy the whole weekend! I couldn't breath at times! I don't know how people do it!

This weekend is my b-day and it is the one day DH can't so no to what I want to do I am choosing to go into the city (Philly) and take a historical walking tour.

We have been going into the city for about 25 years now, we have passed Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell 100s of times, and have taken them for granted b/c they are always there! I want to actually see them up close and personal. I want stories.

DH said fine- I think he has wanted to do it for some time now too.

 

[MistyMoss]

Yay for you! We just screened in our new porch (18x20) It is awesome to be able to sit outside and enjoy life!

I don't think you are sappy at all! I love so relax outside with Mom Nature! I love watching the nutty squirrels- we also have wild turkeys. Last week there was a bird that I THINK may have been a Hawk- it was a reddish tan color?? I tried to get a pic of it, but it flew away.

Funny- b/c I was down the shore this weekend and SIL and her 2 little ones were there. SIL was sitting alone on the balcony and I poked my head out and asked her if she minded some company. She said not at all- I said, I thought you might want to enjoy some peace and quiet for a while- she said she does not get much of that with the kids and she is used to not having it!

I would never be able to have little tornadoes (aka: kids! ) around me all the time- I need peace and quiet and no drama. I almost went batty with the kids AND a puppy the whole weekend! I couldn't breath at times! I don't know how people do it!

This weekend is my b-day and it is the one day DH can't so no to what I want to do I am choosing to go into the city (Philly) and take a historical walking tour.
We have been going into the city for about 25 years now, we have passed Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell 100s of times, and have taken them for granted b/c they are always there! I want to actually see them up close and personal. I want stories.

DH said fine- I think he has wanted to do it for some time now too.

Duncan (our golden retriever) was bugging my one day to go outside. I knew he had spotted something but I thought it was a squirrel or a bunny. I almost let him out when I spotted what he had seen. It was a huge hawk sitting on our fence. All I could think of was Duncan with big claw marks all over him.............I didn't let him out till that hawk flew away.

And not to forget the most important part............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADD!!!! Queen of Metal Darkness!!!!

Should we make this a new holiday!!??

 

[TKDisneylover]

Yay for you! We just screened in our new porch (18x20) It is awesome to be able to sit outside and enjoy life!

Now that would be nice to have it screened in too! I know we are going to go through lots of bug spray in the thick of summer like it is now to keep the vampires, I mean mosquitos under control!

I don't think you are sappy at all! I love so relax outside with Mom Nature! I love watching the nutty squirrels- we also have wild turkeys. Last week there was a bird that I THINK may have been a Hawk- it was a reddish tan color?? I tried to get a pic of it, but it flew away.

Hawks are very cool to watch, we have had a few decide to sit in our birdbath. They are so big they take up the entire thing, it's kind of commical to watch them try to bathe. The last hawk that went through decided to stop by for breakfast, he enjoyed bluejay. I hate when that happens, I know it natures way, but please don't do it in my backyard!

Funny- b/c I was down the shore this weekend and SIL and her 2 little ones were there. SIL was sitting alone on the balcony and I poked my head out and asked her if she minded some company. She said not at all- I said, I thought you might want to enjoy some peace and quiet for a while- she said she does not get much of that with the kids and she is used to not having it!

I would never be able to have little tornadoes (aka: kids! ) around me all the time- I need peace and quiet and no drama. I almost went batty with the kids AND a puppy the whole weekend! I couldn't breath at times! I don't know how people do it!

I agree, I don't know how they do it! That reminds me of a topic we were discussing at work yesterday about foster care (a typical topic because I work at Human Services), one of our social workers is also a foster mom. They were talking about the benefit of receiving $2,700.00 a month per kid. She and her DH chose not to have children, but chose to take in foster kids. Someone had said "I wouldn't mind taking care of kids if I got paid $2700 a month for them!" My response was, you can have the $2700 and I'll continue to enjoy my peaceful life! They all chuckled and said, "yeah that would be nice." They all have kids who have now reached the teenage years.

This weekend is my b-day and it is the one day DH can't so no to what I want to do I am choosing to go into the city (Philly) and take a historical walking tour.

I hope you have a great birthday weekend!

We have been going into the city for about 25 years now, we have passed Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell 100s of times, and have taken them for granted b/c they are always there! I want to actually see them up close and personal. I want stories.

Ever since I saw the movie National Treasure I have wanted to visit Philly. I think it would be great to see all those historical sites! I'm sure you will come back with some interesting info about the past, or maybe even a possible feeling of deja vu? Please share!

 

[TKDisneylover]

Duncan (our golden retriever) was bugging my one day to go outside. I knew he had spotted something but I thought it was a squirrel or a bunny. I almost let him out when I spotted what he had seen. It was a huge hawk sitting on our fence. All I could think of was Duncan with big claw marks all over him.............I didn't let him out till that hawk flew away.

I have heard that people with small dogs and puppies have had their animals attacked by hawks. Apparently the hawk can literally pick them up and fly away with them! How scary would that be!!??

 

[maddhatir]

And not to forget the most important part............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADD!!!! Queen of Metal Darkness!!!!

Should we make this a new holiday!!??

The last hawk that went through decided to stop by for breakfast, he enjoyed bluejay. I hate when that happens, I know it natures way, but please don't do it in my backyard!



I hope you have a great birthday weekend!

Ever since I saw the movie National Treasure I have wanted to visit Philly. I think it would be great to see all those historical sites! I'm sure you will come back with some interesting info about the past, or maybe even a possible feeling of deja vu? Please share!

Thank you for the b-day wishes! Please, Please, no hoilday, I don't deserve it.....really

What made me look outside (when I saw what could have been a hawk) was, the blue jays were SCREAMING! non stop!

The last time I heard that many birds screaming, I was walking in the backyard and almost stepped on a snake! I think they knew the snake was down there.

A few years back when we lived in our condo- it faced the woods- I heard the birds making a ruckus (What ruckus? Could you describe the ruckus I am sorry- I am quoting The Breakfast Club, I could not resist! anytime DH or I say that word, we have to follow up with that quote...along with Clair is a fat girls name....and can't forget- Smoke up Johnny! )

OK sidetracked, I'm back- birds making a ruckus.....and there was a fox walking around back there!

Tammy, I am taking my camera in hopes of getting an orb or something cool- I know there are a few cemeteries in the area we will be walking in, they might be on the tour- but I will go back afterwards and spend some time looking around.

 

[TKDisneylover]

What made me look outside (when I saw what could have been a hawk) was, the blue jays were SCREAMING! non stop!

The last time I heard that many birds screaming, I was walking in the backyard and almost stepped on a snake! I think they knew the snake was down there.

See, those bluejays know when something is coming to eat them! A snake!? Yikes!

(What ruckus? Could you describe the ruckus I am sorry- I am quoting The Breakfast Club, I could not resist! anytime DH or I say that word, we have to follow up with that quote...along with Clair is a fat girls name....and can't forget- Smoke up Johnny! ) [/SIZE]

I love the Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Fast Times at Ridgemont High they all had great lines in them! DH is always saying Smoke up Johnny! but we actually do not smoke cigarettes.

OK sidetracked, I'm back- birds making a ruckus.....and there was a fox walking around back there!

We had seen a coyote about a month ago. And this was after we had seen a fawn (she was so cute and tiny), run up from the woods. DH actually caught her and sent her back into the woods where she belonged with her mother. Then 30 minutes later out walks a coyote, but I don't think he got the fawn because we would have heard a "ruckus" which we did not. When DH picked up the fawn she bleated, like a sheep sounds but really, really loud. So I'm sure that's what alerted the coyote to begin with, but I took off after that thing and scared into the woods the opposite direction of the fawn. That was amazing! DH let me pet the fawn real quick before we let it go, I wish I would have thought to get the camera but all I could think of was that this poor thing was going the wrong direction and needed to get back to it's mother.

Tammy, I am taking my camera in hopes of getting an orb or something cool- I know there are a few cemeteries in the area we will be walking in, they might be on the tour- but I will go back afterwards and spend some time looking around.

Good luck with that, I hope you catch something. Ohhhh, cemetaries, I love 'em!

 

[PhotobearSam]

Happy Birthday MADD!!! YOU ROCK!!!

 

[maddhatir]

When DH picked up the fawn she bleated, like a sheep sounds but really, really loud.

ooo- I hope he did not get the baby!

When I used to feed the deer behind my condo- they would make a loud snort- and stomp their hoofs and scare the CA-RAP! out of me! It was not b/c I was coming w/ food- I guess they just were spooked by something b/c they would all just take off running.

After a while the babies would get used to me coming back to feed them and start running out of the woods towards me. I would stomp my foot to scare them though. I did it for their own good- but to tell you the truth it was a little scary to see them coming towards you! eeeek!

Back to kids- I was listening to Sirius Hard Attack this morning and the DJ commented on how America has become a bunch of wussies (he did not use wussies- ) he was talking about how everyone has to be a winner! Boy- I guess WE are not the only "losers" talking about THAT! That seems to be a hot topic.

He went on to say how when he was young and played in little league- he did not get picked to be on the All-Star team- he said that ONLY made him want to try harder for next time! ahhhhh- yeah! That's the way is supposed to go!

A few weeks back I was at a 2 yr old b-day party and they were playing some game. I was not in the vicinity of said game, however, I did happen to hear my nephew, 3, screaming his lungs out. I gotta go see the commotion- now, my 3 yr old nephew is OBSESSED with Thomas the Train. I look over and see my 2 yr old nephew WITH the train that HE won- the 2yr old won the train NOT the 3 yr old. But- the 3 yr old WANTED the train!

I love the kid to death but I said- "suck it up, you can't be a winner all the time!" I heard 2 yr old's mommy say that 3yr old can have the train.

I had to walk away after that b/c I did not want to be witness to the further decline of this young generation

 

[maddhatir]

Happy Birthday MADD!!! YOU ROCK!!!

Thanks Sam!

How's business??? And how is your new employee working out!?