The Losers~Dishes can wait, life can't. Come sit a spell! Winners should walk away.

[Jack-Jack]

Y'all are kind to remember and be concerned about my bad mood. No biggy, really. I did make a decision to stop being angry and so far it's worked. Then it looked like my old dog was gonna die this morning. Turns out that was nothing. So things are all rosey. Until the tornadoes come this evening.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

why did I Tilex my shower? Now all I can smell is that darn Tilex
Sad thing, I'm going back in there to do more.

 

[mdrob214]

why did I Tilex my shower? Now all I can smell is that darn Tilex
Sad thing, I'm going back in there to do more.

Because if anyone walks in your house now they know you have been cleaning!

I am seriously thinking about taking a nap. It's so grey and dreary here today and the sound of rain on the skylight in my bathroom always lulls me to sleep. I probably should take a shower (now that it's 11:30 ) and put on real clothes to wake myself up.

Dorky--is the waterpark you speak of the fancy one they put in Fremont? We may have to meet this summer sometime. My kids and DH are all big waterpark people. I am a lay-on-the-lounge-chair-with-a-book and occasionally-getting-in-the-water-to-cool-off or float-in-a-lazy-river type of person

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Because if anyone walks in your house now they know you have been cleaning!

No kidding. It's like a slap in the face.



JJ and Warden, you guys are on your own for a few days. Fire Eater just turned his internet access off (he graduates tomorrow ). He will be back on in a few days when he gets to his mom's house.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

No kidding. It's like a slap in the face.



JJ and Warden, you guys are on your own for a few days. Fire Eater just turned his internet access off (he graduates tomorrow ). He will be back on in a few days when he gets to his mom's house.

Congratulations to the Graduate!!

 

[MNFootballMommy]

Hey Losers! Just checking in. Did I miss anything good? I mean, with THIS group. I already noticed that some peeps were bumping their own threads just to be more controversial, but what else is new?

DD fell asleep just after midnight and was up by 8 am today. With the grey and snowy scared1: !!) weather, I would love to 'force' a nap on her, but I know that means that she would just be up late again tonight. C'mon already! I am tired, why isn't SHE??

So, yeah, snow for the next three days. I am in the dumps over it and just want to eat my way through it. WW says not to do it, but really, I WANT to EAT away the depressing weather! I am using the tabletop grill to make steaks (or kabobs) for dinner tonight, just so that I can have 'warm weather' food! Must resist the cookies/chips/crackers/cheese/chocolate...well, just the whole kitchen area in general today, I think!

To those who need it and to those who don't--I'm just nice that way. Get over it.

 

[PrincessPAC]

I already noticed that some peeps were bumping their own threads just to be more controversial, but what else is new?

I noticed that!

I wonder what we're having for dinner tonight? In my town, our selection is basically either McD's or BK (or one of about 15 pizza places - none of them very good either - they must not use "organic").

So, what are you all having? (Please don't tell me you're cooking - it'll make me feel bad. I have a million errands to run to get ready to leave on Saturday, so it's either cook or do laundry.)

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I noticed that!

I wonder what we're having for dinner tonight? In my town, our selection is basically either McD's or BK (or one of about 15 pizza places - none of them very good either - they must not use "organic").

So, what are you all having? (Please don't tell me you're cooking - it'll make me feel bad. I have a million errands to run to get ready to leave on Saturday, so it's either cook or do laundry.)

I'm cooking... I'm making shrimp scampi at DS10's request since he is a picky eater. I use frozen shrimp (which is really bad because we have a great shrimp industry here-it is off season now..) a stick of butter, some garlic, a little white wine and bake it until it is hot. Serve with Fettucine noodles and some peas..That's it, I may buy some bread while I am out getting the frozen shrimp. Not a winner meal at all, except that it looks fancy and my kid eats it..


We worked a little on our wildlife poster today. I hope the teacher is cool with cut out pictures from the internet, she usually says if she wants it hand drawn. Boy, getting him to focus in on just a few things today has been difficult, I was thinking of popping a med for him, but I usually only use that for school. We still have a week for that and the diorama. more on that later...

Gotta print another sea sponge (NO, NOT SPONGEBOB TAMPON!!) pic for him, then I am off to the grocery store.

Tomorrow is our last day of spring break..boy I am gonna miss sleeping til 9:30...

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

I have had a very hectic 24 hours.

The crabbers and whole crab industry is up in arms. The DNR (department of natural resources) is making proposals to cut the crab harvest by 40%. Which will create a huge amount of chaos in my business. They are talking about putting the boats on a 7 bushel a day limit. SEVEN!! And they are talking about closing the season early. And they're talking about not letting them catch crabs over 6 1/2 inches (the big ones).

If they do that, first of all, the crabbers will quit. They won't be able to make enough money to pay for the fuel for their boats, their bait, and their helpers, let alone be able to make enough money to pay for their mortgages, cars, groceries, etc.

Secondly, even if the crabbers don't quit, where the heck am I going to get crabs for my picking house? There won't be any, and the ones that are around will be too expensive to pick (supply and demand). Which means I would have to close down my factory!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm really nervous about it all right now. DH decided that if these regulations do make it, we'll have a hard time surviving in this business, so he's actually prepared to move to Louisiana.

So now I'm faced with the fact that I might lose my business, have to sell my house, buy a house many states away, set up a new business down there, and move! I'm about to have a nervous breakdown.

So, this morning I had to take the Mexicans to the Social Security office so they could apply for SS#'s. You have to wait two weeks before you take them in to make sure their crossing info/visa info is in the computer system.

Anyhow, there we are, me with my army of Mexicans, getting dirty looks from everyone in the office for holding up the lines, and one of those girls tells me she wants to buy a car.

I don't concern myself with this, because I really don't care what she does with her money. She then tells me that all the workers are going to chip in so that they can have wheels so they can go dancing.

And then she proceeds to bust out dance moves right there in the office!!!! Needless to say, I was a little embarrassed by her shananigans.

I take them to WalMart, they do their shopping, and we leave. But then we had to go back, because one of the girls bought a pair of shoes, but never looked in the box, and ended up with two right foot shoes.

We hit some other stores, and we're finally on the way home, and we see a guy standing on the side of the road hitchhiking.

Now, I don't normally pick up hitchhikers, but I do know this guy, so I stopped.

He was so frigging drunk (and told me so). He was freaking out the workers, making noises at them. One of the girls said she was going home and heading straight for the shower. Somebody kept asking me to translate what he was saying, and I kept saying, "You don't want to know." Oh, but yes they did. So I told them what he said. He wanted to know what was in her mouth. They stopped asking after that.

Then he tells me that he's a pimp (he's not), and asked if I knew what that was. I told him that yes, I did. Aaaaaaah, he says, you know, dontcha? in a suggestive voice.

The drunk hitchhiker then proceeds to tell me that he doesn't really like my van. It's loud, what's that noise, somethings wrong, he says. There's nothing wrong with my van, yet I have a drunk hitchhiker, who has NO vehicle putting down my wheels after I so graciously gave him a ride.

Thankfully, I drop him off, and we finally get back to the factory where I drop everyone off.

Then I had to clean the van because there was trash everywhere. I'd make the workers do it themselves, but it hasn't been cleaned since last year, and it probably was left over from last years workers. It HAD to be cleaned, not because I'm a winner (hey, if the workers want to sit in a pile of trash, I really don't care), but because the van is being used this evening to go to the capital in protest of the new proposed crab regulations, and I dunno who's going to be riding in it, and I don't wanna be embarrassed when a friend of mine sits on an apple core (and yes, seriously, I found eaten apples in there).

I also found a blanket, a shirt, a hat, and a towel in there, which makes me wonder if someone is using the van as a motel room (if you catch my drift).

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

hey Losers,
How is everyone? JJ are you doing better today?
Glad Fire Eater is all done with school. The Warden I sent to play golf with his nephew. We just got home from the DRS. I asked about the if the med they put me on would be making my hair darker and curly. They said yes. I am on a trail drug and I guess they told me that. The Warden said he knew that it is in his notes from one of our meetings.(the little brown noser). So I am not a freak.
So anything good going on?

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Shore-

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

Shore I am sorry your day has not been good. I send hugs to you. I hope it all works out.

 

[LaraK]

Shore, I saw that...it's probably because the massive tax increase wasn't enough to support the massive spending increases, so they cut the conservation package, so the boy Gov. want's to look good (like that's possible, the idiot).

I'm out of here...DH suggested outback.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I'm cooking... I'm making shrimp scampi at DS10's request since he is a picky eater. I use frozen shrimp (which is really bad because we have a great shrimp industry here-it is off season now..) a stick of butter, some garlic, a little white wine and bake it until it is hot. Serve with Fettucine noodles and some peas..That's it, I may buy some bread while I am out getting the frozen shrimp. Not a winner meal at all, except that it looks fancy and my kid eats it..

MMmmmmm love shrimp! I am grilling tonight! T-bone steak, some boneless chicken (want to really cook that so I can cut up grilled chicken for salads for lunch). Thinking baked potato, broccoli & carrots, and fresh bakery bread to go with it.

I have had a very hectic 24 hours.

The crabbers and whole crab industry is up in arms. The DNR (department of natural resources) is making proposals to cut the crab harvest by 40%. Which will create a huge amount of chaos in my business. They are talking about putting the boats on a 7 bushel a day limit. SEVEN!! And they are talking about closing the season early. And they're talking about not letting them catch crabs over 6 1/2 inches (the big ones).

YIKES!!! What a day!!! I'll be crossing my fingers things pan out for you guys!

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

Shore, I saw that...it's probably because the massive tax increase wasn't enough to support the massive spending increases, so they cut the conservation package, so the boy Gov. want's to look good (like that's possible, the idiot).

I'm out of here...DH suggested outback.

Let's go Outback tonight!!

I'm just throwing a pizza in the oven and serving it on paper towels. Easy, no clean up, I don't feel like messing with anything.

DH is on the road, and I'm trying to call him to make sure we have crabs so we can work tomorrow, so I can call everyone and let them know what's going on, but he won't answer his phone. Either of them.

And yes, he has TWO cell phones, he talks that much. And he won't answer the phone. And the worst part is, I know he's talking on the phone right this second because when I call, I get that annoying little beep at the end of every ring.

 

[MNFootballMommy]

Well the weather has gone from yucky to really, really yucky and DD has gone from tired and cranky to asleep. Great. That just means she won't sleep tonight AGAIN.

Shore~sorry about the crabs, the Mexicans and the hitchhiker. Sounds like your day was at least interesting. Good luck marching on the Capitol tonight.

Sounds like I will be staying in and watching the Office with DH and a newly rejuvenated DD...

 

[mdrob214]

Shore--that SUCKS! Hope you get good new soon.

I had to bathe the dogs. They are apparently too dumb when outside and stay out in the rain instead of under the large covered patio and when I let them in I couldn't stand the smaell. So then I had to bathe me, too, because by the time I was don I smelled like wet dog, too. Now I am washing the dog beds and towls.

I planned on cooking something--maybe chicken. But now maybe we will take DD out. Her trip for tomorrow got cancelled because there is a winter weather advisory for where they're going. She's in a major foul mood. I made her go to swim practice since I couldn't stand her foul-ness. Probably should stay home and eat something healthy since DH has to fast for tests tomorrow morning.

 

[Thats_for_Shore]

Ok, things are getting even better....

I've just gotten an email from my employee contractor, and there are people out there trying to get the H2B visa program (the one that my foreign workers use) eliminated because they say it's human trafficking!! Oh, and that the employers use them as slaves and keep them in work camps!!

The worst part is, these crazy people (Southern Poverty Law Center and others) are actually going before the House SubCommittee on Immigration next Wednesday!

Well, I guess it doesn't matter if I don't have my workers, since we won't have any crabs to pick anyway.

Gosh, I guess I've been doing it all wrong. I mean, I didn't charge my workers rent last week since we didn't work much, and I wanted to make sure they had enough money. I took them on a two hour journey to buy a $14 birthday cake for another worker last Tuesday. I've been fighting with the phone company all week to get their phones working the way they should. I let them dance in the middle of the Social Security office today. I returned a pair of two right footed shoes for them at WalMart this afternoon. I pay them every week, and sometimes they make more money than I do. I went out two weeks ago and bought them new towels and dishes and pillows and sheets. I made sure they had directv before they got here.

You mean to tell me, I don't have to be doing all this stuff?? I can just keep them "in servitude" and treat them like slaves?? I'd love to know where people come up with this stuff.

 

[MNFootballMommy]

Shore--that SUCKS! Hope you get good new soon.

I had to bathe the dogs. They are apparently too dumb when outside and stay out in the rain instead of under the large covered patio and when I let them in I couldn't stand the smaell. So then I had to bathe me, too, because by the time I was don I smelled like wet dog, too. Now I am washing the dog beds and towls.

I planned on cooking something--maybe chicken. But now maybe we will take DD out. Her trip for tomorrow got cancelled because there is a winter weather advisory for where they're going. She's in a major foul mood. I made her go to swim practice since I couldn't stand her foul-ness. Probably should stay home and eat something healthy since DH has to fast for tests tomorrow morning.

How weird! My DH has to fast for tests tomorrow as well. I swear he just had them done, but the doc is making him go anyway. Maybe she has bumped him from every six months to every three...he is really bad about his diabetes and I wouldn't be surprised if she did this without telling him.

 

[PrincessPAC]

Shore - I don't know what to say!

I really hope things get better for you. Sometimes, when ideas first get tossed around, they sound a lot worse than they end up being. Maybe you can kind of hold onto that little piece of hope? You sound like such a caring person (and employer). I sure hope things work out for you!

Here's hoping you a little bit of luck: