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 2015-01-30 9:29 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Pro  6520    Bellingham, WA |  Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?)Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by tcarlson78 Originally posted by popsracer The sword show as in forge, hammer, anvil? Oh what time? What network. I have recently gotten the urge to add a new hobby and its hot, dirty and includes pounding iron into submission. (yeah I am a Viking) Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by rrrunner Well, she fell asleep on my lap. I had to eat over her head, dangerously left-hand, and found a show called Castle Hunters. How cool to have a "house" with arrow loops and murder holes. Hehe Originally posted 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. DH and the boys are in to some show now where an Irish guy is builing old fasioned swords My son loves the sword show. He watches the clock each week so he doesn't miss it. This show maybe? http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/big-giant-swords/
That would be it |
| 2015-01-30 9:30 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by tcarlson78 Originally posted by popsracer The sword show as in forge, hammer, anvil? Oh what time? What network. I have recently gotten the urge to add a new hobby and its hot, dirty and includes pounding iron into submission. (yeah I am a Viking) Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by rrrunner Well, she fell asleep on my lap. I had to eat over her head, dangerously left-hand, and found a show called Castle Hunters. How cool to have a "house" with arrow loops and murder holes. Hehe Originally posted 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. DH and the boys are in to some show now where an Irish guy is builing old fasioned swords My son loves the sword show. He watches the clock each week so he doesn't miss it. This show maybe? http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/big-giant-swords/
That's the one. As for letting the guys watch it..... The language can be a bit foul but the premise is fun and I actually love the guy's sense of humor (must be the Irish in me) |
| 2015-01-30 9:32 AM in reply to: IndoIronYanti |
Member 2689  Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! |
| 2015-01-30 9:34 AM in reply to: popsracer |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by popsracer Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. Sorry, but you did this to me, so I must share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0VGJYAMMGg
Thanks Chris. It took me a week to get that out of my head last time I heard it. I guess everything is going to be awesome today. After we saw the movie I kept singing the song and driving my boys nutz. Then a few weeks later we were stuffing food bags at church (FMSC pretty cool setup) and they played it in their soundtrack. We got a pretty good laugh out of that. |
| 2015-01-30 9:36 AM in reply to: 0 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. Sorry, but you did this to me, so I must share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0VGJYAMMGg
What is that, some kind of communist propaganda??? Blame TJ!!! What, we have a commie working in the Federal government?! I'm called J. Edgar Hoover!! Ve haf vays... er I mean, we're from the government, we're here to help Edited by rrrunner 2015-01-30 9:37 AM |
| 2015-01-30 9:39 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. Sorry, but you did this to me, so I must share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0VGJYAMMGg
Great for a Friday morning...perfect for a 4:55 posting on a Friday afternoon It gets me all sentimental about hauling kids around IMAZ. "Everything Is Awesome"!
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| 2015-01-30 9:43 AM in reply to: laffinrock |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Sorry, I've forgotten your age (you seem so youthful, you see I'm actually insanely frugal. When we were in Germany at a restaurant, they had those miniature plastic tiny-tubs of single-shot cream for your coffee, and I asked if we had to pay extra for those. Well, I did get the whole restaurant laughing ... |
) ... did your folks grow up in some kind of deprivation? Mine did and Mutti is a serious hoarder (my sister and I call it 'warbaby.') She saves those cardboard centres of toilet paper rolls en masse ... and everything else. She will take the entire stock of free ketchup and sugar packets home from a fast-food joint. She will wipe off plasticware and wax-coated paper plates ... you get the idea.| 2015-01-30 9:48 AM in reply to: laffinrock |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Yes. I watched a show on Animal Planet. People do this. Maybe crazy people, but still people.
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| 2015-01-30 9:50 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Yes. I watched a show on Animal Planet. People do this. Maybe crazy people, but still people.
I knit and crochet, we have plenty of critter hair, but oh he!! no. |
| 2015-01-30 9:59 AM in reply to: popsracer |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. |
| 2015-01-30 10:00 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Yes. I watched a show on Animal Planet. People do this. Maybe crazy people, but still people.
Oh. My. Gosh. |
| 2015-01-30 10:15 AM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by melbo55 Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. If I were you, since it doesn't hurt, I would either leave it be or get the cheapie temp stuff from the grocery store. I hate temps. They never last. |
| 2015-01-30 10:24 AM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by melbo55 Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. If I were you, since it doesn't hurt, I would either leave it be or get the cheapie temp stuff from the grocery store. I hate temps. They never last. hehehe....isn't that the point? |
| 2015-01-30 10:28 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by melbo55 Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. If I were you, since it doesn't hurt, I would either leave it be or get the cheapie temp stuff from the grocery store. I hate temps. They never last. hehehe....isn't that the point? Ha! Right, but more than a few hours would be helpful |
| 2015-01-30 10:28 AM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Racing Manatees! A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events Keep at it! |
| 2015-01-30 10:30 AM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by melbo55 Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. Ah poo. Did it break break or just pop off? Sucks either way. I know that you'll be glad when this incident is behind you. (didn't put your tooth on the DL, hope that's ok) |
| 2015-01-30 10:30 AM in reply to: melbo55 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by melbo55 Hey manatees, wow, a lot went on since I last checked in! I won't even attempt to acknowledge all the news for fear of missing out on someone's comments but know I am celebrating your high points/accomlishments with you and sympathizing with the bad. The good: Dad's been doing really good this week. We hung out a little bit last night and it was so good to see him feeling decent and relatively strong and relatively pain-free. He made slacker brother come over and pick up the pieces of the solar light that broke. *snicker* and he (Dad) told me he called him since he (brother) doesn't do much to help out with him. The less-than-good: got the verdict on my tooth yesterday - it will need to be extracted. The endodontist slapped another temp filling on it since she had to destroy the excellent one the dentist applied on Wed (I was sad to see it go, it was really nice). This morning I was having a really good morning and had a really good evening last night only for it to come falling down. I flossed my teeth this morning and half the new temp filling came out, as did quite a few not-nice words. I was livid. The dang thing didn't even last 24 hours. I'm so glad I (and the insurance co) paid so much money for the specialist yesterday. (sarcasm) I will call them today and let them know what happened, but I kind of hate to because it will surely mean more missed work and I've already missed about a day total this week with snow and dental visits. (eye roll and sigh) The saga continues. Hey, the bright side is it doesn't hurt since the nerve is dead. I know a thing or two about a missing tooth or two ... It doesn't bother me going around looking like a pirate but I'd actually like to have one wedding and one set of photos with a full set of gleamers. (The real reason, besides cake, presents, and parties, that we keep having weddings All the best for the ongoing work. |
)| 2015-01-30 10:33 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) GO GOLFIE!!! DLers. WTF. Way too many o' yas. Doctor's ordering a liberal dose of healing {MELON PRESS}! |
| 2015-01-30 10:34 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees! A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events Keep at it! Ah carp, this is what happens when you don't get a chance to reply to inspires... I can be removed from the DL (was I on there last week? I didn't notice). It still feels like someone is flicking a flyswatter at my soft palate when I sneeze, but other than that all better |
| 2015-01-30 10:40 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees! A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events Keep at it! Go Nancy and Kate!!!!!! My calf is feeling better after a day off so I'll do a test run on the DM this afternoon. DLers Healhealheal {{hugs}} |
| 2015-01-30 10:55 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees! A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events Keep at it! Go Nancy and Kate! Wish I was racing this weekend too, because I really wanted to wear my pink tutu!! Hurty Manatees, stop being hurty!! |
| 2015-01-30 11:06 AM in reply to: IndoIronYanti |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Happy but super exhausted after a long week in Jakarta. It's always overwhelming here, and among several key factors is that it's when I review/manage/implement Mutti's ongoing health and care. I also just spend a lot of time with her because I get to There's always a long list of why Jakarta is overwhelming (and predictably with unpredictable additions each time) but mainly because it's a lot of everything big in life plus work packed into a (relatively) short period of time. It also takes at least an hour to get anywhere in the city no matter how close it is. Today I also sat with friends who recently lost loved ones (thank you for all who expressed sympathy in the wake of the Air Asia crash). I wound up getting out of the car and walking the last km or so because I was never going to get there! The car arrived in time for me to leave The wonderful side of takin' care o' all kinds o' bidness in a dense way ( And yes, endurance sports are moving along like a freight train downhill with a few of us in the conductor room going HOOOOOOOOLY SHIZZNIT FACHMIE THESE BE WHOPPER TIMES! Also, Mutti's general state and her care, finally, are outstanding. It's been a very long road to get to a stable point with stable people here. Of course, since I'm leaving early tomorrow morning (and have a shizton to do before then ... nevermind pack? what's pack?) Murphy reared his head and Mutti is not feeling well and is having diarrhea accidents. With her it can snowball in a hurry, so I'll probably postpone my return. |
| 2015-01-30 11:34 AM in reply to: IndoIronYanti |
Member 2689 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Sorry, I've forgotten your age (you seem so youthful, you see I'm actually insanely frugal. When we were in Germany at a restaurant, they had those miniature plastic tiny-tubs of single-shot cream for your coffee, and I asked if we had to pay extra for those. Well, I did get the whole restaurant laughing ... Yeah, Dad was born in 1935 so the Great Depression as well as WWII certainly affected his early childhood. He's gotten worse as he gets older. He also has no self-control when it comes to buying stuff. Really, who needs 3 clocks that make bird calls on the hour? They're set 5 min. apart so he gets 3 sets of chimes. Or 7 whisk brooms? Or a 60 gal. trash can won in a raffle that just takes up space because it isn't used? Luckily the house is clean and the living space is kept relatively clutter-free; the whole place is just packed to the gills with stuff. The estate sale is going to be a big 'un!! He also has 40 boxes of genealogy stuff that he wants to go to a single person in the family. I'm trying to encourage him to make arrangements to pass it along before he dies and maybe be willing to part it out. I mean, it's not like we're the Kennedys or anything. It makes me so sad to see him put baby pictures of his brother "into the archives" instead of sending it to a niece or his nephew's widow. Sorry for the venting--the whole thing is just so faching frustrating. On a positive note, he's very excited about having me help him declutter and even calling me to set up times for me to come over. For Christmas, I gave him 6 hours of my time (the last thing he needs is more stuff!!!!!) and I think it's a bit of a relief for him to have somebody just come over and briskly get him started. When he got distracted and started puttering the last time, I just kept working on the boxes and let him keep every single packing peanut. At least it's a start. Ah, the joys of aging parents!! |
| 2015-01-30 11:43 AM in reply to: laffinrock |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by laffinrock Originally posted by IndoIronYanti Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by 4agoodlife This couch sitting is driving me bonkers. I made myself look back at my pneumonia logging to keep myself in check. Can not do that again. Sit. Stay. Read a book to Mak. Watch the Lego Movie. Learn to knit. There's something to do with all the shed animal hair lying around! My dad saves all the dog hair from their dog in hopes of finding somebody to knit something out of it. He does have a bit of a point. He found somebody to make some gorgeous art out of feathers he saved from the parrot. Still, I hate to think of how many bags he has of the stuff. We just spent an hour and a half getting rid of empty cardboard boxes. Broken down, they FILLED the back of my SUV. When he said, "I guess I could almost be called a hoarder," I just bit my tongue. Really, how many 3-hole punches does one need?! Sorry, I've forgotten your age (you seem so youthful, you see I'm actually insanely frugal. When we were in Germany at a restaurant, they had those miniature plastic tiny-tubs of single-shot cream for your coffee, and I asked if we had to pay extra for those. Well, I did get the whole restaurant laughing ... Yeah, Dad was born in 1935 so the Great Depression as well as WWII certainly affected his early childhood. He's gotten worse as he gets older. He also has no self-control when it comes to buying stuff. Really, who needs 3 clocks that make bird calls on the hour? They're set 5 min. apart so he gets 3 sets of chimes. Or 7 whisk brooms? Or a 60 gal. trash can won in a raffle that just takes up space because it isn't used? Luckily the house is clean and the living space is kept relatively clutter-free; the whole place is just packed to the gills with stuff. The estate sale is going to be a big 'un!! He also has 40 boxes of genealogy stuff that he wants to go to a single person in the family. I'm trying to encourage him to make arrangements to pass it along before he dies and maybe be willing to part it out. I mean, it's not like we're the Kennedys or anything. It makes me so sad to see him put baby pictures of his brother "into the archives" instead of sending it to a niece or his nephew's widow. Sorry for the venting--the whole thing is just so faching frustrating. On a positive note, he's very excited about having me help him declutter and even calling me to set up times for me to come over. For Christmas, I gave him 6 hours of my time (the last thing he needs is more stuff!!!!!) and I think it's a bit of a relief for him to have somebody just come over and briskly get him started. When he got distracted and started puttering the last time, I just kept working on the boxes and let him keep every single packing peanut. At least it's a start. Ah, the joys of aging parents!! He likes bird songs. One broom in each room. Trophy. It makes total sense. |
| 2015-01-30 12:04 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmkizer Racing Manatees! A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events Keep at it! Go Nancy and Kate! Wish I was racing this weekend too, because I really wanted to wear my pink tutu!! Hurty Manatees, stop being hurty!! Liar |
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