Untitled DL chat thread. Everyone is welcome! Part 12

[dizzyami]

Come back Alison - it is cold outside

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Come back Alison - it is cold outside

Why does the conversation always come back to the gay days meet?

Exactly how do you want Alison to keep you warm dizzy?????

 

[dizzyami]

Why does the conversation always come back to the gay days meet?

Exactly how do you want Alison to keep you warm dizzy?????

OMG Shawna, you are a nut!!! Alison in her last post, said the sun was coming up, so she had no excuse to not clean out her trailer, but it was 40 degrees outside and cold. I don't need her to keep me warm, I was just trying to convince her not to clean!!!

...besides, she bailed on me for gay days, I didn't get to see her

 

[dizzyami]

You were right Shawna, I got AP's so now I am making extra trips!!! (...but John does have 4 weeks of vacation each year he has to take, and we would usually do Vegas for our anniversary - so this really should be cheaper, right???)

 

[dizzyami]

Come back Shawna - it is cold outside!!!

 

[dizzyami]

Alright guys - I am off to get ready for work (cold and lonely I might add ) Have a great day!!!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Good morning, hyenas!
It's dark and gloomy, gitcheegoomie... OH, wait. How does that poem go?

Wow Alex, you're turning into a regular Party Animal! So let me get this straight. You fall asleep at 9pm when talking to the Hyenas, but you stay awake all night with the "Other Girls"! Guess we are just getting too boring! J/K... But maybe you're onto something. Should you start DISing from outside so the cold will keep you awake??

Don't think I wasn't having a hard time with them! These big yawns would come and I'd pull my hot chocolate mug up, pretending to take a drink.

The funny thing is we're all three talkers, but they work together still, and were doing most of the talking! I heard a lot about the office (none of it good, BTW.) One's DH quit his job right before I did, and had intended to find another job, but they talked and decided he liked being home with the kids and they could make it now on one salary, so... He's a SAHD! The other one's DH is in a demanding career and so is she, and they have 3 kids, so it's hard to keep up with everything for work and family, and they don't get enough sleep just trying to stay afloat. She would love to quit and stay home, but they're not at a point yet where they can afford it.

Work life now is just very stressful, and management is very much into pointing The Finger of Blame, always looking for a scapegoat they can hang problems onto. One friend went into a grilling before upper management, held her own until someone asked about a standard way of doing something and she said there wasn't a standard, so she did it her way. The Big Cheese asked her boss' boss why there was no standard and he said there most certainly was one, and he would send her a link to the information via email. Well, did the email come? No. So she asked around about a standard and guess what? THERE ISN'T ONE! He just saved his own bacon and made her look like a fool in the meeting. That's the corporate culture for ya. Good thing I'm outta there!

I don't feel so bad now that I wore out my first ring! I guess if you stay married long enough that's what happens. It's a good sign! DD and I were just talking yesterday -- DH and I started dating 24 years ago this month!

Oh, man, this is one of the worst things in my life! I had the most beautiful wedding ring, I just loved it! It was an oval amethyst, with tiny diamonds surrounding it, plus amethysts in these sort of windowpanes down the side of the band. It wasn't a terribly expensive ring (around $400 - $500), but I just loved it so much, and I'm very sentimental anyway.

The last time we went to Maui (2002) DH bought me a ring I fell in love with there, it had strips of opal in a sort of twisty-band pattern. It was a little on the pricey side for us for a non-wedding ring ($400), and I wore both rings constantly!

About a month or two after getting the opal ring, I was in a Bath and Body Works and tried on some hand lotion. I took my rings off and laid them on the countertop, then had to go the bathroom, so dashed across the street. I washed my hands, then realized I didn't have my rings, so I ran back to the store, and in the less than 5 minutes I was gone, someone had taken my rings!

I hope whoever took them burns in Hades, and that whoever is wearing them gets a constant rash!!!

So I was ringless for years, and DH hated seeing me without a ring. A year ago he insisted on buying me a new wedding ring, and had one designed. It's a comfort-fit band, with 3 round diamonds, the center one larger than the other two. It's a very classic setting, but I didn't like any that were on the market, so he had one made with the simple features I liked. Have I mentioned that I love him?

So is anybody out there like me, in an inter-pb marriage? If so how do you handle it, and how are you raising your kids??

DH comes from a long line of Creamy Peanut Butter ancestors. I on the other hand come from a very strong Crunchy Peanut Butter family.

When we were first married I tried to convert DH by only buying crunchy pb. But he protested and started adding creamy to the grocery cart. He eats way more pb than I do.

DD seems to have been born with the creamy gene, she hates crunchy. But DS seems to be ambidextrous and will eat either creamy or crunchy. So far it seems to be working ok, but it can be a hassle at times.

We have to buy both. I'm a crunch PB person, but DH was a creamy. When DS7 was little he had trouble eating solids because of the texture, so when he was introduced to peanut butter, he couldn't stand crunchy. DS3, at least so far, seems to prefer creamy as well. But I have converted DH now, MUWAHAHAHAHAH!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Dang it, my mocha's finished, so I must get going for the day. We're off to do the grocery shopping, and maybe a bit of other shopping!

Have a great day, everyone!!!

 

[sameyeyam]

I vaguely remember DH attempting to buy crunchy PB, as I having "texture issues" am solely a creamy PB. But that was nearly 9 years ago, and I don't really remember having an issue since . We do all wholeheartedly agree though that any PB wrapped in chocolate and placed lovingly in a brown sleeve and then wrapped in orange is our friend

You might be onto something there? Reese's PB & Jelly Sammiches! Oh Yeah!!

But the longer you procrastinate the warmer it will get

No that's the thing about the winter here. We pretty much know that the weather here will be rainy, 40 in the morning and warm up to 45 by afternoon! What you see when you wake up is pretty much what you get!!

Well I've pretty much done everything I can in the house, I need to put a sweatshirt on and head out to the trailer. How's that for procrastinating?!

 

[sameyeyam]

Please, someone show up! Otherwise it's out into the cold I go! Of course nothing's stopping me from plugging the trailer in and cranking up the heat out there.

I found some great new shoes yesterday when I was shopping. They are rubber romeo's. So comfy, yet waterproof. Best of all they were on the clearance rack for $9!!! And I no longer have to wear my big black rubber boots with shorts, my short little romeo's will look much better! DD & I also got matching flannel shirts. I got a pink one and she got a purple one, but I put them away for Xmas.

Now, when I hit post, please, please, please let there be someone here!

1, 2, 3, ready........

 

[sameyeyam]

DANG!!!! WHERE IS EVERYONE IN MY TIME OF NEED?

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Ummmm here!

 

[sameyeyam]

Trailer is clean!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brought the food and stuff in, cleaned bathroom, refrigerator, changed sheets, put sleeping bags away, wiped down all counters, vacuumed, swept. Ready for our next camping trip!!

Now my house is a mess from all the stuff I hauled in! I got the food put back in the pantry, but now I have a load full of rugs & sheets to wash. Plus I decided to scrub the refrigerator door shelves good, so they are sitting in my kitchen as we speak.

But I'm hungry for lunch right now, so I think I will go eat!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

PIXSTER IS BACK IN DA HYENA HOUSE!!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Good gravy! We had another power outage this morning. Now our internet and cable just started to work a while ago. It was still out this morning. I felt so deprived of not having internet!!


My bf and I just got home. We went to his mom's restaraunt and she had left early (wasn't feeling well). We saw his evil step dad who is mean as heck! He's always been mean to us though and he gave us dirty looks. He's a terrible man and you wouldn't believe half the things he did to my bf when he was a teen (worst was when his step dad sprayed bug spray on my bf's salad).

We talked to his uncle and also his cousin's sister just moved here from Tokyo. She said she was an electrical engineer for Shell in the Filippines and then moved to Tokyo for 2 years to teach English. She said you have to pay $3,000 (US) to get a driver's license!! She also said you have to pay around $7 US to go on the freeways there and also pay another $7 half way through the freeway or something. She said the cost of living there is too expensive. She couldn't afford a car living there. We asked her why she left and she said that she couldn't stand living there any more.

Went to payless and I bought shoes for the formal dinner on the cruise. My bf found a pair also. I did an exchange and the sales girl had the worst attitude. She said she doesn't know how to do returns or exchanges and gave me a "tough S*" look.

We stopped at CVS Pharmacy and bought a bunch of travel sized soaps and shampoos for the cruise. I found a cool plastic goldfish cracker case. It's so cute! It's shaped like their goldfish with the smiley face. I bought some meclizine for sea sickness.


Went to Cost Plus World Market. I love that store. They have such cool stuff. I got a calander there that is a countdown to Christmas. It's $1 and each day you lift the flap and inside is a small piece of chocolate. I remember my nanna (friend of the family) used to give us one as kids. It brought back memories. My bf bought 2 small packs of liquor shaped chocolate bottles. Inside has about a teaspoon of liquor in it. I tried an orange flavored one and it was really good! My bf ate some and he pretended to be drunk and I said: "Uh oh, it's (his name) gone wild!!" He put on his shoes for me that he bought from Payless and pretended to do a tap dance. I laughed so hard because he looked so funny!

 

[sameyeyam]

Sounds like you had a fun filled day Pix - minus BF's stepdad & power outage for the day.

I got all of my work done today. I even cleaned out my sewing basket which I don't think I've done since high school. I also mended a couple of floor pillows that the dog had chewed on a few years ago when he was a pup. You can tell I'm really bored when I'm sewing, because I HATE sewing!

I tried teaching DS how to crochet a few minutes ago. I remember when DD wanted to learn, it was frustrating for both of us! I just can't teach lefties how to crochet!! Anyway, he wants to try again, so I guess I'll work with him again for a few minutes.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Sam, I love that your DS wants to learn to crochet! I also love it when girls really love sports or any of the typical 'boy' things that were not encouraged when I was growing up.

We got DS7 a baby doll when I was pregnant with DS3, and he looooved that baby! When DS3 was old enough to want a baby doll, DS7 wasn't ready to give his up, so we bought one for DS3. And other than the fact that he carries it around by the neck or foot, bumping the poor little dear's head on the stairs and strangling him as he puts his little jammies on, I think he'll make a fine daddy some day!

 

[sameyeyam]

Hey Alex, Congrats on Post 9,500!!!!

 

[sameyeyam]

DS used to play with DD's dolls when he was little. Unfortunately his favorite thing to do was put them in the back of his Tonka dump truck and hurl them down the driveway.

He really wants to crochet himself a scarf. But he is very impatient and wants to do it NOW!! I keep trying to teach him how to crochet a chain, he does ok for a couple of minutes then gets frustrated. Maybe by the time winter is over he will have it figured out.

My mom taught me how to crochet when I was little. We used to take margarine container, punch holes around the top and crochet a purse onto the top. I told DS we could do the same thing for him, but make a pirate treasure holder. He wanted to make one tonight. I told him he had to learn to crochet a chain first, he started crying and threw it down. That's about the 3rd time he's done that, but he keeps coming back.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

DS used to play with DD's dolls when he was little. Unfortunately his favorite thing to do was put them in the back of his Tonka dump truck and hurl them down the driveway.

He really wants to crochet himself a scarf. But he is very impatient and wants to do it NOW!! I keep trying to teach him how to crochet a chain, he does ok for a couple of minutes then gets frustrated. Maybe by the time winter is over he will have it figured out.

My mom taught me how to crochet when I was little. We used to take margarine container, punch holes around the top and crochet a purse onto the top. I told DS we could do the same thing for him, but make a pirate treasure holder. He wanted to make one tonight. I told him he had to learn to crochet a chain first, he started crying and threw it down. That's about the 3rd time he's done that, but he keeps coming back.

that's so cute Alison.