The LOSER thread..we've moved...new address and directions on the last page

[LaraK]

I see a creavtivity coming out in you

Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone!

Hiya, losers.

I've been trying to get my house company clean (I know, I know... not loser-like behavior) because my FIL will be here tomorrow to stay with us for 10 days.

I hate cleaning. I decided to do the 15-minute timer thing, but then I realized that I broke my timer. We won't discuss how that happened. I throw things.

Company clean sucks

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Can't he carry the bag or is that not participatory enough

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[hrh_disney_queen]

Hiya, losers.

I've been trying to get my house company clean (I know, I know... not loser-like behavior) because my FIL will be here tomorrow to stay with us for 10 days.

I hate cleaning. I decided to do the 15-minute timer thing, but then I realized that I broke my timer. We won't discuss how that happened. I throw things.

Dear Abby says that houseguest visits are like fish..any thing longer than 3 days and it starts to stink..

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Yeah, that was a hoot. I'm really taking all her good advice to heart. NOT!

I finished the books in DD's class this morning & just ate a little breakfast. I need to throw a load of laundry in & kick a path thru the family room. I'm debating drawing the rest of the ocean life on the bathroom walls or working out in the yard. Decisions, decisions.
I have to order DS's birthday cake & get some balloons to have here when he gets home from school. We're going to Red Lobster for his b-day dinner tonite. Yum! He'll probably get the ultimate feast. The boy loves the lobster tails!

I need to clean both kids rooms too. I've got less than 2 weeks to get everything done before the family descends on us for a whole week. Then I'll have to clean everything again after they leave. Oh joy.

I also need to remember to take the crate of M&M's out of the back of my car so they don't melt. My luck I'll be stuck w/a big blob of melted chocolate & have to pay $52 for it. Gotta love fundraisers! I also have cookie dough & sports team cups if anybody's interested. I shoulda just opted out. What was I thinking?!?!?!?!

I always opt out. The packet gets tossed in the trash the minute it passes through the door. I write a check for the schools share of the proceeds. One year I BOUGHT all the M&M's..big mistake, because we ate them all...and you know what, I still get a funny look when I tell someone I don't sell stuff for fundraising...

The thing that really ticks me off is when they get the kids all worked up about winning impossible prizes. Then they come home and say (each-I have 2) "All you have to sell is 1500 items to win this video camera..." One year, loser mom that I am, all they wanted were these little finger flashlights..you got two for selling 7 items (about $50)..I tossed the package as usual, and bought the flashlights at Walmart for $2 each. On the day I saw all the kids in carpool loaded down with their junk, I produced said flashlights to DSs. EVERYONE came out a winner in that one, expcept of course, the vendor with the crappy merchandise...

Happy Birthday to DS!! My DS's love Red Lobster, too..

 

[Mkrop]

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DS5 said no pudding, I dont know why I might sell it later. She said I could do a trail mix and put it in a bowl and then she would scoop it in cups.

This is much better, playing on the computer looking for this stuff then say folding my laundry.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

http://www.recipezaar.com/35593

http://www.recipezaar.com/30329

http://www.recipezaar.com/133084


DS5 said no pudding, I dont know why I might sell it later. She said I could do a trail mix and put it in a bowl and then she would scoop it in cups.

This is much better, playing on the computer looking for this stuff then say folding my laundry.

I don't know if you want to make a presentation out of it, but our librarian did a story about a witch making a brew, and while she was telling the story, she mixed cereal, mini marshmallows, pretzels, whatever in a bowl in front of the kids...I don't know what the story was, you could make one up, but that would be too "WINNER", wouldn't it?

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

I always opt out. The packet gets tossed in the trash the minute it passes through the door. I write a check for the schools share of the proceeds. One year I BOUGHT all the M&M's..big mistake, because we ate them all...and you know what, I still get a funny look when I tell someone I don't sell stuff for fundraising...

The thing that really ticks me off is when they get the kids all worked up about winning impossible prizes. Then they come home and say (each-I have 2) "All you have to sell is 1500 items to win this video camera..." One year, loser mom that I am, all they wanted were these little finger flashlights..you got two for selling 7 items (about $50)..I tossed the package as usual, and bought the flashlights at Walmart for $2 each. On the day I saw all the kids in carpool loaded down with their junk, I produced said flashlights to DSs. EVERYONE came out a winner in that one, expcept of course, the vendor with the crappy merchandise...

Happy Birthday to DS!! My DS's love Red Lobster, too..

Ugh, fundraising is terrible here!!

I live on an island, and we only have a few hundred year round residents. Everybody has a niece, nephew, grandson, etc in the school, so selling any amount of that stuff is impossible!

 

[RVGal]

Ugh, fundraising is terrible here!!

I live on an island, and we only have a few hundred year round residents. Everybody has a niece, nephew, grandson, etc in the school, so selling any amount of that stuff is impossible!

Same here. Small town, so everyone has someone in their family that is in one of the schools. They do TWO fundraisers a year... one in the fall and one in the spring.

Do NOT get my 6 year old all worked up that he is going to get a pizza & ice cream party at someplace an hour away with a Hummer limo ride to get there. It ain't happening. STOP!

We buy one thing so he gets something handed to him and that is it. Want real money? I'll donate.

 

[Mkrop]

I don't know if you want to make a presentation out of it, but our librarian did a story about a witch making a brew, and while she was telling the story, she mixed cereal, mini marshmallows, pretzels, whatever in a bowl in front of the kids...I don't know what the story was, you could make one up, but that would be too "WINNER", wouldn't it?

It would but my participation ends when I pull up out front and hand them the stuff

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

It would but my participation ends when I pull up out front and hand them the stuff

True dat! You've done enough by providing them with a snack. Sitting in a room full of 5 year olds is asking waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Good Grief my DD is a bigger LOSER than me. I told her to pick up all her toys and just put them in a tote (not asking too much am I?). That was 2 days ago and it's about 1/4 full and the rest of her toys are ALL OVER her floor. Her idea of cleaning is to stare at her tv & feel around for something and put it in the tote. That is unless she thinks cleaning is (& I quote) BOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG Wonder where she got that from

I'm deciding it's lunch time break now cause I've been in her room for about an hour & have only gotten her closet situated. What have I gotten myself into?

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

I need to be doing the same thing to my kids rooms....and my room...and the bathroom...and the kitchen...and the laundry room.

Ugh, if this keeps up, I swear I'll be packing dirty clothes to take to Disney with me.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I always opt out. The packet gets tossed in the trash the minute it passes through the door. I write a check for the schools share of the proceeds. One year I BOUGHT all the M&M's..big mistake, because we ate them all...and you know what, I still get a funny look when I tell someone I don't sell stuff for fundraising...

The thing that really ticks me off is when they get the kids all worked up about winning impossible prizes. Then they come home and say (each-I have 2) "All you have to sell is 1500 items to win this video camera..." One year, loser mom that I am, all they wanted were these little finger flashlights..you got two for selling 7 items (about $50)..I tossed the package as usual, and bought the flashlights at Walmart for $2 each. On the day I saw all the kids in carpool loaded down with their junk, I produced said flashlights to DSs. EVERYONE came out a winner in that one, expcept of course, the vendor with the crappy merchandise...

Happy Birthday to DS!! My DS's love Red Lobster, too..

We do 1 big fundraiser per year - usually the book of "wrap-a-crap" or so I have named it and then any numerous other money making schemes.. As well as the monthly/weekly book orders, school athletic gear, and anything else the PTO can come up with This year we did the cookie dough/pizza kits instead which was a pleasant surprise. At least I can stock up on those and freeze the cookie dough for when one of the kids have to bring in something for class and the pizza's for when I don't feel like "cooking".

Thank god DD5 could care less about the thing because then I just fill out everything on DS6 form and submit 1 order. This way he qualifies for some prize and he is generally happy. He buys into that "I can win a _______" But thats what happens when your K class wins the pizza party (both kids class won this DS last year, DD this year) and you win the limo ride to McDonalds with a friend in 1st grade (this year.)

I swear both kids were born with a "lucky" gene because they seem to be CONSTANTLY winning things and getting free stuff. .

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Well I'm off to clean DD's room some more & be a WINNER

Somebody stop me

 

[Cinderellerbell]

I just spent the last hour holed up in the bathroom w/the lights off tracing sharks & whatnot on the wall. I'm sweatin' like a crazy person now. I had to take a break & get out of there. Whew!

I boycotted all school fundraisers because the school doesn't get any of the money. It all goes to PTA & their budget. They may give a couple thousand at the end of the year if they have anything left over. I've been on the inside, I know what goes on. And if either one of my kids aren't in the same class as one of the "PTA kids" then they're not winning diddly squat. Not that I'm gonna set up a booth at the mall & hawk that crap to everybody I see. I usually end up just buying it. No problem if it's edible but I don't need a million rolls of wrapping paper & tchotchkes cluttering up my house. I spend half my life trying to get rid of that junk. I can send the box of M&M's & cookie dough order forms to work w/hubby & he can just leave it out in the breakroom for people to buy if they want.

I'm trying to get my house "company ready" too. I guess it'll start smelling like 3-day-old fish because they'll all be here a week. Well, back to the dungeon with me. I want to get this done before the kids get home. It's bad enough that I have cat help.

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

Well I'm off to clean DD's room some more & be a WINNER

Somebody stop me

Aw, just wait with me for 20 more minutes.

That's when DH will be home. When I see him coming down the road, I'm going to run upstairs to DS's room and act like I've been doing something.

 

[Cinderellerbell]

Happy Birthday to DS!! My DS's love Red Lobster, too..

I just noticed this. Thanks! I'll tell him you threw him a party!

 

[LaraK]

It's little Cinderella man's birthday? Happy B-day!

I only have a Kindergartener...so I haven't done much of the fundraising yet.

I did have to sell Girl Scout cookies.

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

Ok, so DH is out "working" in the garage, so I snuck back into the office to see whats up.

And by "working" I mean he's doing the same thing as me. Pretending to do something when we're really doing absolutely nothing.

I knew I loved him for a reason.

 

[Cinderellerbell]

Ooooh, I LOVE Girl Scout cookies! It's the most wonderful time of the year!