Friday Chat

kris · Guru

RE: Friday Chat

Jennie · Guru

supergrover wrote:

Dear makers of special agent oso. Make new episodes. If I have to watch the show and tell episode one more time, I might kick the television. thanks.

DH and I call him "Special Agent Oh No"

I can't stand the show.

Sometimes when we're having a bad day we say, "Its all a part of the plan...More or less."
And it makes us laugh.

We're simple folks.

Jennie · Guru

This weekend- hrm. When Grant (I'm tired of calling him DH- mainly b/c I've started calling him that IRL and people think I'm crazy) gets home this evening I'm taking a nap. I'm dying over here. He stopped at Wal-Greene's on the way home from Adelaide's appt this morning and got me some Day-Quil type stuff. Actually, I bought it. I had to go in myself and get it. He's a sweet husband. LOL

Tomorrow my "preferred mom" and her husband are coming out. So, so excited. Then Sunday is church. So excited.

Mostly I just want to lay in bed and whine about how I don't feel good.

Fever, sinus pressure, ear infection. Go me.

What is the point in non-drowsy if it still makes you drowsy?

Jennie · Guru

The damn cat jumped up on top of the entertainment center. He goes up there and steals stuff. Don't ask.

But as he was coming back down he knocked over the frame holding the wedding invitation from my dad and stepmom's wedding. It was beautifully framed with faux flowers and now the glass is in two.

furious

How am I going to fix it?

Chrissie · Guru

Sonya wrote:

daisy wrote:

i feel the same way lately. i hate that.
i'm totally feeling like a sucky mom. i dont know how to do a better job.

I am really trying to work on it but I feel so emotionally and mentally spent that it is hard.

Charlie is at such a hard age where he knows what he should be doing but relishes in not doing it. Josie is two. 100% two. SHOOT ME. She can be an absolute dream and then turn into a complete monster.

I need to find another way of dealing with them. Does anyone remember the name of the book that Tex posted a while ago. Yelling and screaming and threatening them is not working (I know you're shocked). lol

I don't know if you're still around Sonya, but this is the book

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime

It is a really good book. I was feeling the same exact way as you were. This book has helped tons.

This is also a pretty good book

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

I would totally recommed both books!!!

-- Edited by damon on Thursday 18th of February 2010 10:44:17 AM

Supafly · Guru

daisy wrote:

R told me that i was a lot like mother bear the other day (from little bear) and it was the nicest compliment i've ever received. now whenever i'm yelling, she is like "that is NOT like mother bear" and i'm like "WELL YOU ARE NOT LIKE LITTLE BEAR RIGHT NOW" - and then yesterday i said "WELL MOTHER BEAR HAS ONE KID WHO LISTENS AND PLAYS OUTSIDE ALL DAY, NO JOB, AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH JUST SOUP OVER THERE"

OMG. I am catching up right now and this just made me seriously lmao.

Jenn-CONGRATS on your debt!!!! You have been so committed to this, and I can imagine that it feels GREAT to be kicking some serious ass on the debt front.

Sonya-I'm sorry you are feeling sucky right now. I am TOTALLY there with you-I have been the WORST wife lately. (and my house is a disaster area) So snippy with Bill, not letting him anywhere near me, blah blah blah. BUT, in my defense, he isn't here much...like at all...and last night when it was *supposed* to be our in house date night, he spent an hour of it on the phone. WHATEVER.

Supafly · Guru

daisy wrote:

Sonya wrote:

lmao, Kelly.

And really, would you want to look as creepy as Mother Bear? ack.

i wore that blue dress to that wedding - i loved how i looked - havent felt that great in a while - and R goes "that's a lot like something mother bear would wear" - wtf??!

OMG, I am lmao even more now!!!!!!!

Chrissie · Guru

I'm probably here talking to myself, but oh well.

I'm at work(what's new) but don't feel like working

M2's teacher called me about 1/2 hour ago, to update me on him.

when he woke up this morning he said his stomach hurt, but he didn't have a fever and seemed ok so I sent him.

She said he now has a fever of 100.4, which I'm not required to pick him up until it's 101.

I hope he's not sick for the weekend! He looks so forward to the weekends, it would be sad!

Chrissie · Guru

so this guy at work is hard of hearing and wears hearing ads. Yesterday we kept hearing this really annoying buzzing sound and couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
Turns out it's his hearing aid. OMG is it annoying, I keep telling him to go away if he's by me! He must really be hard of hearing because he says he can't hear it!

Supafly · Guru

Sara, IDK what is going on but I hope everything is ok.

Chrissie, I am sorry M2 is sick!!!!

Chrissie · Guru

He just walked down the hall and I could hear him coming....lol

Supafly · Guru

Our weekend should be joyous. I say that sarcastically, but I guess i won't be bad.

Anyway, tonight is pizza night, of course, and Bill has to say over there to get everything ready for grape harvest. What he has to get ready, IHNI.

Saturday, he said we need to go back over to the farm to make sure everything is set up. Then Matt and Jaime are having their annual bocce ball tournament in the afternoon. Not to be a biatch, but IHNI why they plan this for this time of year-they KNOW it is harvest time. Bill has been over there every weekend doing crap and now we have to wait unil Sunday to actually do the major work because of their scheduling, when we could have done it Saturday and had Sunday to rest. Plus their kids are sick...again...so I have to worry about my kids picking it up when we are up there.

Not that I am bitter or anything, lmao.

Sunday we will be at the farm all.day.long. getting the grapes harvested and crushed/pressed. His dad met a guy who has a de-stemmer and said we can use it-THANK GOD. I told Bill I would NOT be helping again this year if there was no de-stemmer.

There is problem with black rot, so hopefully they haven't lost too many of the grapes in the last week. It has been a very wet year here-not good for the grapes.

My parents are coming back tomorrow, and want us to come over Sunday for dinner. The silver lining on that is that after working all day doing harvest, we won't want to cook anyway.

Sonya · Guru

Mystery solved! They were calling the cutie pie tiler Jason stackhouse not sookie. My impure thoughts are safe!

Supafly · Guru

Chrissie, that makes me lmao. Makes me think of the Seinfeld where Elaine went out with the guy from work played by Rob Schneider and he wore a hearing aid.

Supafly · Guru

Oh, and in case it isn't clear why I am so annoyed-Matt and Bill went in on the grape/vineyard thing together. They are supposed to be splitting the work on this whole thing, but between M&J buying a new house this year and them living further away, they don't come down much to help out, and then Bill and his dad end up doing the work.

Meanwhile, Matt wants to plant more to take up an entire acre (right now they only have a 1/4 acre planted). Well, of COURSE he would like that-he is the one doing the work!!!!

BLAH.

Chrissie · Guru

Supa that stinks that Bill ends up doing all the work.

happylib · Guru

I have no clue what we are doing this weekend. Probably not much since I think Robert will be working part of the time, if not all, this weekend. This is the time of year I become a work widow and it doesn't end until after Christmas. evileye

Right now E has a friend over to play for the afternoon. I volunteered because my friend is really sick and E and her daughter usually play really well together. I thought the girls would be happy little larks. Unfortunately my daughter is apparently really tired. She is crying over her dinosaurs and other little things. At the moment all is well again. I hope it stays that way.

Supafly · Guru

Chrissie wrote:

Supa that stinks that Bill ends up doing all the work.

Thanks, lol. I know I am being a big baby about it. But it was the same story last year because they had just had Claire, and now that they bought a new house up where they are living (their initial plan had been to move closer-they are an hour away right now), I know not much is going to change. And whenever I say anything about it, Bill says, "Well, I never paid Matt back for the vines in the first place." Honestly, with all he *has* bought for the grapes/wine (like say, $220 for spray to use to help with the black rot-a 22oz bottle) plus all the hours he puts in over there, he has more than made up for the initial costs. Not to mention that Bill is hardly here as it is. If he isn't travelling, he is gone for almost 12 hours a day because of his commute. We are just feeling like we are in survival mode around here! I want to be doing FUN family things together!!!!

happylib · Guru

Supafly wrote:

Chrissie wrote:

Supa that stinks that Bill ends up doing all the work.

Thanks, lol. I know I am being a big baby about it. But it was the same story last year because they had just had Claire, and now that they bought a new house up where they are living (their initial plan had been to move closer-they are an hour away right now), I know not much is going to change. And whenever I say anything about it, Bill says, "Well, I never paid Matt back for the vines in the first place." Honestly, with all he *has* bought for the grapes/wine (like say, $220 for spray to use to help with the black rot-a 22oz bottle) plus all the hours he puts in over there, he has more than made up for the initial costs. Not to mention that Bill is hardly here as it is. If he isn't travelling, he is gone for almost 12 hours a day because of his commute. We are just feeling like we are in survival mode around here! I want to be doing FUN family things together!!!!

Supa that really sucks! I can totally understand what you are saying. I hope things go better than planned this weekend and they don't plant more grapes next year. It's hard when your dh is not around and you actually want him around. Time seems to drag on forever. :hug:

3s_a_crowd · Guru

good afternoon. no real plans this weekend. dh comes home tommorrow and church sunday.