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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 4, 2015 17:54:21 GMT
Me, this morning: DD, please pick out some clothes and put them on. DD: (sound of dead air, nothing happening) Me, five minutes later: Did you get dressed yet? DD: (sound of dead air, nothing happening) Me, five MORE minutes later: It's time to get dressed, RIGHT NOW. If you don't choose some clothes, I will do it for you. DD (yelling!): I WILL DO IT WHEN YOU STOP TELLING ME! Me: Ugh, I get it, she's five. We were in the same room so I know she heard me. But honestly, is it such a difficult concept to grasp that if you don't want me to NAG, PLEASE just do it the FIRST time I ask, and then I won't feel compelled to tell you more than once! Grrr! My DD was exactly the same at that age. Eventually I took 5 hangers and labelled them Monday thru Friday. Then on Sunday evenings, she would pick out her outfits for the week (even down to socks and undies) and we'd hang them back in her closet. Then, every morning she would get dressed knowing that she had chosen the outfit and I wouldn't be freaking out. It worked well for a long time. This is what we'll have to do when she starts going to kindergarten in the fall. Well, actually next week when she starts going to the summer care program we lined up for her a few days a week. It's a fairly recent thing and not just with the clothes that she pulls this "stop telling me" stuff, it's anything she kind of decides in her head that she doesn't want to do. It needs to be nipped in the bud pretty quickly.
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Post by metaldancer on Jun 4, 2015 18:58:18 GMT
Dear DS - I love you more than my life. Truly I do. So, when you park your behemoth of a truck behind my car, don't take a 'tude with me please when I ask you to move it at 7:30. I know you don't have to work the morning shift and can sleep in. I can also move the truck for you. That's not the point. Park by the fence or behind Jason and you can snooze to your hearts content. :-)
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Post by Freefallfast on Jun 4, 2015 19:42:26 GMT
Do not send me an automated email saying my prescription refill is denied then 1 minute later send me another email saying it's approved. It's for anxiety. And you are causing me anxiety.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jun 4, 2015 20:35:30 GMT
Dear, well, everyone who does this: Yes, he works at McDonalds. Due to other decisions he has made, his options were limited as to who would actually hire him. We are happy he has a job, period. It's a stepping stone job, not a career. Please stop making snide comments about him getting a "real" job, or another job, or saying anything that degrades those working at McDonalds. It is turning out to be a great life experience for him, far more lessons being learned than when he was in the military, even.
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tincin
Drama Llama
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Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
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Post by tincin on Jun 5, 2015 12:15:44 GMT
Dear Postman, The notice you left in my mailbox yesterday really irritated me. I realize that raising my mailbox 5" and stabilizing the base might make your route a little bit easier, but please realize it's not going to be high on my priority list. It's always something. It's like my house decided to start falling apart after my husband died. It's minor, but all the minor things add up and become overwhelming at times. I guess I'll have to make some adjustments to my mailbox this weekend because I really don't want the postman to stop delivering my mail. Did your mailbox suddenly get 5" lower? I am assuming it has been at the current height for a while, so why bug you now about it? As for the minor repairs on the house, I got some really good advice from a friend once. He told me to keep a running list of repairs and things to be done at the house. Then try to do one a day, whether it is a 5 min. replace a burned out bulb or a 2 hour, stabilize the mailbox, chore. It is amazing how good it feels to check that item of the list. Many times I will get started and do a couple, not all the time but occasionally.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jun 5, 2015 12:30:48 GMT
I bought you an expensive damn dress.
You picked it out.. you look beautiful in it.
I know that you couldn't go to the vent through no fault of your own.
Please just suck it up and wear it to the recital. It's appropriate. You will grow out of it before you have another occasion to wear it. Stop complaining. Wear the damn dress!!1
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Oct 6, 2024 17:26:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 12:41:33 GMT
Ugh, why can't you respond to a simple text? I swear, my ex will ignore my texts for hours but will whip out his phone and answer a text from anyone else in front of me while I'm trying to let him know of upcoming stuff or school stuff. DS2's hamster died last night. He's at ex's this week. He told me he wanted to know right away when she dies but not before or during school (because he doesn't want to be sad during school). So this morning, after I knew the kids have gotten on the bus, I sent a text to my ex telling him about the hamster and to please tell DS for me or have him come over after school. I know he's off today so he's not busy at work. He has yet to reply. He does this when I send him pictures (upon his request) too. No acknowledgement, no thank yous.
Every little thing just reminds me that I made the right decision in ending things with him for good. And his fuck up on his insurance is now going to cost US.
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Post by SabrinaM on Jun 5, 2015 15:15:58 GMT
I'm an exhausted, old pregnant lady. I have ONE unscheduled day this month, and I won't apologize for getting rest my body evidently needs. Yes, I'm okay. Yes, I'll be fine- but if *you'd* like to carry this one for our family, I'll gladly hand over my uterus and let you try. Is this about your husband? Yikes!
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Post by Regina Phalange on Jun 5, 2015 15:46:19 GMT
Dear Co-worker..... Please go to the doctor to get yourself checked out. Your coughing and hacking all over the office is really bad. Not to mention you don't even cover your mouth!!!! Or at least turn your head when you are mid-sentence and over come when you try to breathe so you have a coughing fit. Better yet why don't you quit taking smoke breaks every 15 minutes I am sure that would help immensely!!!!!!!!!! Dear Co-worker #2..........Please stop stinking up the bathroom 4-5 times per day and then spraying 1/2 a can of spray so the whole office is drowned in the scent of your bowels and orange citrus. OMG it is seriously gag worthy. I really need a vacation ASAP!!!! May I suggest this for your office bathroom:
www.poopourri.com/
We use it and it works WONDERS. No more citrus poo!
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Post by cyndijane on Jun 5, 2015 16:27:38 GMT
I'm an exhausted, old pregnant lady. I have ONE unscheduled day this month, and I won't apologize for getting rest my body evidently needs. Yes, I'm okay. Yes, I'll be fine- but if *you'd* like to carry this one for our family, I'll gladly hand over my uterus and let you try. Is this about your husband? Yikes! Yes, he was truly asking out of concern. But he's clueless sometimes. He asked multiple times- are you okay, are you sure you're okay? And I am fine- but this time around is a lot harder on me. (If at some point they say- oh look. Two heartbeats! I wouldn't be shocked.) I don't say it every day, because really, who wants to hear it? But I'm worn down. And it's completely out of character for me to nap. I'm a "go from the time my feet hit the ground until I crash each night" kinda girl. Wouldn't dream of actually complaining to him about his genuine concern, because I do appreciate him more than I could say, but I would happily let him have a go at carrying this one if I could.
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grammanisi
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 26, 2014 1:37:37 GMT
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Post by grammanisi on Jun 5, 2015 16:42:14 GMT
I just want to feel good for more than a day at a time. I have Lupus and was in a flare most of last year. Plus, I had the flu twice, bronchitis and shingles. The after a loooong, cold winter I have been dealing with shoulder issues since January. I am having surgery next week to repair it, so that will put me out for much of the summer. I guess that I am just frustrated and feeling sorry for myself today.
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sharlag
Drama Llama
I like my artsy with a little bit of fartsy.
Posts: 6,580
Location: Kansas
Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
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Post by sharlag on Jun 5, 2015 17:04:57 GMT
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 5, 2015 17:07:49 GMT
Me, too. I hope the surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery.
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Post by PEArfect on Jun 5, 2015 18:02:42 GMT
Dear Postman, The notice you left in my mailbox yesterday really irritated me. I realize that raising my mailbox 5" and stabilizing the base might make your route a little bit easier, but please realize it's not going to be high on my priority list. It's always something. It's like my house decided to start falling apart after my husband died. It's minor, but all the minor things add up and become overwhelming at times. I guess I'll have to make some adjustments to my mailbox this weekend because I really don't want the postman to stop delivering my mail. Did your mailbox suddenly get 5" lower? I am assuming it has been at the current height for a while, so why bug you now about it? As for the minor repairs on the house, I got some really good advice from a friend once. He told me to keep a running list of repairs and things to be done at the house. Then try to do one a day, whether it is a 5 min. replace a burned out bulb or a 2 hour, stabilize the mailbox, chore. It is amazing how good it feels to check that item of the list. Many times I will get started and do a couple, not all the time but occasionally. It has started to lean, so it's causing it to be lower. I stabilized it yesterday by putting metal rods in front and beside it. Basically a temporary fix. I was noticing that my next door neighbor's mailbox is leaning too. Both of ours are closer to the road then the rest of our neighbors. I'm going to buy a new mailbox and relocate it further back from the road. I might even landscape around it a bit while I'm at it. Landscaping around our mailbox was always on our 'to-do' list, but we never got around to it.
I do have a running list of projects on Evernote, and it feels good to mark them off. I've been going room by room other than the odd projects like the mailbox that come up. Unbelievable how many light bulbs I have changed. I don't remember my LH and I replacing them so often.
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