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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 27, 2015 13:16:57 GMT
5:45 am at a swim meet - enough said.
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stittsygirl
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Post by stittsygirl on Jun 27, 2015 13:31:59 GMT
Interesting that other people are losing plants to the rain too. I'm losing grass, grass in depressions that have spent more time under water the last few months than dry. They are filled again this morning. I'm always grateful for moisture, but didn't expect to lose grass because of it.
On the other hand, my crepe myrtles are bending over under the weight of their flowers right now. I'm going to have to prune more back or start losing branches.
I HATE yard work, btw.
My chronic carpal tunnel in my wrists is making everything that more painful, but otherwise I'm grateful for my health.
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imsirius
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Call it as I see it.
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Jul 12, 2014 19:59:28 GMT
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Post by imsirius on Jun 27, 2015 15:29:19 GMT
I have to go to my FILs today. It's always a chore. He micromanages EVERYTHING right down to the hour. He expects us to do what he wants, when he wants no matter what. The kids love their Grandpa but he smothers them, hovers over them and expects them to want to do the things HE likes to do (civil war re-enactments, helping with garage sales, just random stupid things) He always wants us to hike all over hell's half acres and he knows I'm having foot surgery in the fall and can't go far. He doesn't care and whines and whinges because I can't do what he wants me to do. Today, he "expects" us to show up at noon, stay all afternoon and into the evening because he wants a fire. We have plans already so we won't be there until 4pm or so. At least DH backs me up on this. That's one blessing I guess. Another blessing is that it's supposed to rain 50-60 mm today so no fire will be had. I hate it because I can't stand more than 3 or 4 hours with FIL before I get insane. His own sons can't either, so that tells you something. ME TOO!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 16:05:14 GMT
I just had to replace our furnace and A/C which was a huge chunk of change I hadn't planned on spending. At least they were able to get it installed the next day before our big heat wave hit!
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Post by Fidget on Jun 28, 2015 1:04:40 GMT
Well I don't know how I missed this thread yesterday when I was really pissed off, but seeing that I'm still a bit miffed at DH I'll post about it now.
DH typically works a 56 hour week so I handle all of the household chores, they are in a slow period and he is working 40 hours same as me. So Friday morning I tell him I'm going grocery shopping after work and he replies, Ok, I'll throw Italian sausage on the grill, I see we have some in the freezer.
He decides after work that he needs to go to our son's house to retrieve a ladder that DS borrowed, he does not tell me and he stays to visit and does not call. He got off work at 3:30 and got home at 8:00 pm - I am still not speaking to him, and I had a sandwich for dinner last night because there was no way in hell I was cooking.
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Sue
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Jun 26, 2014 18:42:33 GMT
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Post by Sue on Jun 28, 2015 1:19:16 GMT
When I moved to Oregon 11 years ago, I was promised rain, overcast skies, seasonal affective disorder, and just general clammy misery. Instead, it's over 100 degrees today and all weekend....next weekend is forecasted at 106! This is the reason I hated Southern California, and this feels like bait and switch. You only get this on the coast, BUT we have been having funky weather. And it is messing with my mojo. We are getting highs of 113. ? Crazy f'ing crazy. No kidding! I finally broke down and bought a fairly large portable air conditioner this last Thursday. It's helping but I've got 15 people coming for a week over the holiday and we're supposed to be outdoors barbecueing etc. and I don't think we're going to be able to stand the 100+ degree heat. My Pacific NW body hates this. I need my rain back!
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NoWomanNoCry
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Jun 25, 2014 21:53:42 GMT
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jun 28, 2015 1:42:55 GMT
It's almost July and im in a flipping hoodie. Thank you 50 degree weather.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 28, 2015 1:56:47 GMT
I clicked on a funny animal link on my computer and got stuck in the eternal "you must call this number in order to get this spyware off of your computer" message. Damn cat video. In my happily ever after ending, the guy at the Genius Bar fixed it and put some new software on my computer to prevent me from doing that again. He was so nice.
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Post by kristi on Jun 28, 2015 2:27:55 GMT
I ordered 3 custom roman shades for the living room & they are way too dark. Super frustrated to reorder & spend more money to get the right color.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 2:34:32 GMT
Why does my mother continue to treat me like I'm 16? She pet-sat for us but went out of town the same day we came home. She sent me a text telling me to make sure I lock the house back up. Really? When have I ever left the house unlocked? Never. But because dad does it sometimes, I get told to lock up. I locked an interior door that they don't usually lock out of annoyance. Hey, she said to lock up!
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Jun 28, 2015 2:40:14 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 3:07:34 GMT
I just had to replace our furnace and A/C which was a huge chunk of change I hadn't planned on spending. At least they were able to get it installed the next day before our big heat wave hit! We went through that last year. Hugs! It was quite a blessing on our electric bill, though. Hopefully yours will be, too!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 3:11:28 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it. Wow. How incredibly rude! I wonder if she prefers her guests to pee in the kitchen sink?? LOL ('cause, ya know, there are strict rules here about what can or cannot happen in kitchen sinks!!)
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mallie
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Post by mallie on Jun 28, 2015 3:14:04 GMT
I am very tired of dealing with people who take the MOST innocuous/innocent comment in a negative way and as a personal slight and then pout and sulk for hours, if not days, over it. I am DONE playing nice and trying to play peacemaker with these people. It's your choice to twist comments into personal attacks. I'm no longer going to apologize or try to make you feel better. Go ahead and sulk for the rest of your life. Really. Go ahead.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 28, 2015 3:54:03 GMT
Why does my mother continue to treat me like I'm 16? She pet-sat for us but went out of town the same day we came home. She sent me a text telling me to make sure I lock the house back up. Really? When have I ever left the house unlocked? Never. But because dad does it sometimes, I get told to lock up. I locked an interior door that they don't usually lock out of annoyance. Hey, she said to lock up! She probably did it just to make herself feel better. She knows you will do it. I worry about that when I go on vacation and know full well whoever is taking care of the house is going to double check for me. Gotta love a mom.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 28, 2015 3:55:40 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it. Wow. How incredibly rude! I wonder if she prefers her guests to pee in the kitchen sink?? LOL ('cause, ya know, there are strict rules here about what can or cannot happen in kitchen sinks!!) Whaaaaat? This does not even compute with me. Perhaps just dropping your trousers on her lawn. Doggy style.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 28, 2015 3:55:54 GMT
I am very tired of dealing with people who take the MOST innocuous/innocent comment in a negative way and as a personal slight and then pout and sulk for hours, if not days, over it. I am DONE playing nice and trying to play peacemaker with these people. It's your choice to twist comments into personal attacks. I'm no longer going to apologize or try to make you feel better. Go ahead and sulk for the rest of your life. Really. Go ahead. You have my sympathy! I used to work with a person like that. I worked with her for 8 years. It was absolutely exhausting dealing with the constant drama of her "hurt" feelings. I remember one time mentioning that I didn't like yellow gold and she didn't speak to me for the rest day except to make snide comments about how I must think her wedding rings were ugly because they were yellow gold. Ridiculous. The best decision I ever made was to quit feeding into her drama. I quit apologizing and ignored her when she got like that. I did not allow her to control my mood or day anymore. Good luck to you and may your future be drama free!
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 28, 2015 5:32:24 GMT
Wow. How incredibly rude! I wonder if she prefers her guests to pee in the kitchen sink?? LOL ('cause, ya know, there are strict rules here about what can or cannot happen in kitchen sinks!!) Whaaaaat? This does not even compute with me. Perhaps just dropping your trousers on her lawn. Doggy style. I live that you used doggy style in a vent thread
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Jun 28, 2015 5:55:59 GMT
Oh dear SO I told you for years that what you ate would catch up with you one day. Sighs shakes head. That day has come.
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Post by jameynz on Jun 28, 2015 6:32:30 GMT
My vent....I had a mani today, and I didn't even make it to the car park before 2 nails smudged. By the time I got home, 4 nails smudged.....why oh why do I bother
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2015 7:10:03 GMT
It's 3:05 a.m. I'm on a weekend trip with my daughter and granddaughter. There is a herd of unsupervised children in the room above us who have been running back and forth, jumping on beds and slamming doors since 7:00 p.m.
Update-I went down to the desk at 6:30-calls to the desk rang busy-to arrange a late check out. Girl at desk says, "yeah, we've been getting complaints about noisy guests all night."
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 28, 2015 12:05:31 GMT
It's 3:05 a.m. I'm on a weekend trip with my daughter and granddaughter. There is a herd of unsupervised children in the room above us who have been running back and forth, jumping on beds and slamming doors since 7:00 p.m. Update-I went down to the desk at 6:30-calls to the desk rang busy-to arrange a late check out. Girl at desk says, "yeah, we've been getting complaints about noisy guests all night." ugh, why can't they tell them to quiet down?
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Post by gailoh on Jun 28, 2015 12:36:55 GMT
My vent ...we are having to much rain in June...
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lesley
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My best friend Turriff, desperately missed.
Posts: 7,172
Location: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
Jul 6, 2014 21:50:44 GMT
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Post by lesley on Jun 28, 2015 13:02:48 GMT
My vent: DH and I are more or less separated. He works 400 miles away and comes home for a couple of days every 4-5 weeks. Once my mum's old house is ready for me and the kids to move into, then that's what we will do. We have discussed splitting finances, etc and everything is as amicable as it could be. So why am I so upset when he told me he was going on holiday to Rio next weekend? He's not going with anyone (i.e. another woman). It's just somewhere he's always wanted to see, and he decided just to go for it. Meanwhile I'm lifting carpets, scraping wallpaper, painting fences. None of which is easy as my RA has flared up and I can barely move. Oh, and despite spending all of the last few days with DS, he was too chicken to tell him, so it will be up to me to deal with the fallout. I wish I could be the one to escape for a few days. And I'm spending this afternoon filling out forms to reapply for DD's disability benefits. This is one of the most stressful tasks known to man.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jun 28, 2015 13:23:29 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it. Isn't that just nuts? LOL We were invited to 2 high school graduations parties ( a year apart) given by DH's niece for her two sons. The boys (who were in wheelchairs) each graduated in June, but they delayed the parties until the end of July each time (it get 90+ degrees and is horrid humid here in July/August). For some insane reason, they decided to have the graduation parties outside, under a tent each time during the hottest time of the day. Mercy it was hot and miserable. ( I felt so bad for the boys being in wheelchairs in that horrible heat - they looked so hot!) To add insult to injury, when we arrived we were informed that under no circumstances was anyone except her immediate family allowed in the house. Okay. So no going in the house to cool off and no using the bathroom. Instead, they told each guest how to get to the nearest gas station to use the restroom. (I should also mention that they live in a 5000 sq ft house that has 4-1/2 bathrooms, on 4 or 5 acres of land which is located 10-15 minutes from the edge of town.) Needless to say, we didn't stay long and didn't drink a whole lot of liquid while we were there! LOL This same niece's daughter graduates next year and I'm guessing we will once again be subjected to the same fine hospitality: Outside - July - Heat & Humidity - No way to cool off. Ugh. Good thing we love these kids. It makes it all worth the minor inconvenience.
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imsirius
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Call it as I see it.
Posts: 7,661
Location: Floating in the black veil.
Jul 12, 2014 19:59:28 GMT
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Post by imsirius on Jun 28, 2015 14:11:26 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it. Isn't that just nuts? LOL We were invited to 2 high school graduations parties ( a year apart) given by DH's niece for her two sons. The boys (who were in wheelchairs) each graduated in June, but they delayed the parties until the end of July each time (it get 90+ degrees and is horrid humid here in July/August). For some insane reason, they decided to have the graduation parties outside, under a tent each time during the hottest time of the day. Mercy it was hot and miserable. ( I felt so bad for the boys being in wheelchairs in that horrible heat - they looked so hot!) To add insult to injury, when we arrived we were informed that under no circumstances was anyone except her immediate family allowed in the house. Okay. So no going in the house to cool off and no using the bathroom. Instead, they told each guest how to get to the nearest gas station to use the restroom. (I should also mention that they live in a 5000 sq ft house that has 4-1/2 bathrooms, on 4 or 5 acres of land which is located 10-15 minutes from the edge of town.) Needless to say, we didn't stay long and didn't drink a whole lot of liquid while we were there! LOL This same niece's daughter graduates next year and I'm guessing we will once again be subjected to the same fine hospitality: Outside - July - Heat & Humidity - No way to cool off. Ugh. Good thing we love these kids. It makes it all worth the minor inconvenience. I though I was the only one who had this problem!! When DS was a baby, my FIL wanted to have his christening at his house. It was early Sept and it was hot. His girlfriend of the moment wouldn't let anyone in the house to use the toilet either!! We had 65 guests (mostly FIL's family) at the house and it was hot, people were drinking and eating and she blocks the door to the house like a bouncer, not letting any one in. Dh put his foot down there and told her off. FIL had NO idea she was blocking people from using the bathroom and he was livid. Needless to say, she didn't last very long.
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Post by karen on Jun 28, 2015 15:57:17 GMT
I have another one. I need to replace my roof and it is going to be expensive. Hopefully the AC can be repaired and won't have to be replaced. When I told DH about the AC, he said he was going to continue with his plans he had originally because there wasn't anything he could do about it anyway. So I get to deal with it. Luckily the thunderstorm last night brought in some cooler weather.
And another one. i need to unfriend a FB friend. I can't stand this person and now I can't share anything without a negative comment from this person. But I don't want this person to notice because I would probably hear about it when I saw her.
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Jun 28, 2015 16:18:46 GMT
If you are tasked with bringing bottled water and salad for a party, do not show up an hour late AFTER most everyone has eaten most of the other food. (Dh's step-mom had the mother of all parties to watch fireworks on the golf course, and this was what her niece was supposed to bring. The only other drink choices were soda and beer. Great choices when there are little ones around.) DH, along with my nephew were lamenting about being "strangers" in FIL's house, because she decided to invite every Tom, Dick and Harry on the street. And there were cars parked on top of cars up and down the street for the fireworks show. That was a nightmare. First world problems, of course.
And I'm about ready to do some housecleaning on FB. I have one friend that I've known since 1st grade, and I really hate to do it. But the recent string of articles that her "church" has putting out, and she is reposting is nothing but hate in disguise, and I will NOT put up with it. I am over it. The latest is someone who "used" to be gay, but recovered and "found the light!" OOOOO! I'm hopping! GRRRRR.
***Breathe, Mer, Breathe***
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Post by hollymolly on Jun 28, 2015 18:51:34 GMT
I've been sleeping poorly and needed some extra sleep this weekend. Last night I was exhausted, went to bed early, but the cat kept fighting very loudly with a stray cat on the other side of the window. He was literally screaming, and he would break into another scream every time I dozed off.
This morning he woke me up at sunrise, scratching on my door for breakfast. I held him off until 6:15, then I dragged my weary butt out of bed, fed him, then started coffee and went to get the paper. No paper. I went ahead with coffee and breakfast, because sometimes the paper boy is a little late on Sundays. Keep listening for the paper, still nothing. I'm very ritualistic about my Sunday paper, but I tried to go about my day without it. By 10:30 I was starting to feel out of sorts and anxious. It's a pretty strong ritual, I'm afraid.
Instead of going out to buy one, I called the customer service number and they promised I would have my paper within the hour. I waited 40 minutes, then I went to get lunch and groceries. I thought about grabbing a paper at the grocery store, but didn't, because I expected the paper I had already paid for would be waiting at my house. It wasn't. By this time it was after 1. I called again. She promised again that it would be there within an hour. 20 minutes later, I heard the paper hit my door. Then I heard a knock. I opened the door, and could see someone walking down my driveway. I yelled "Thank You" in what DS assured me was a sincere voice and not at all bitchy. I got zero acknowledgement. The guy just ignored me and got in his truck. Never even turned to look at me. Jerk.
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Jun 28, 2015 19:53:05 GMT
If you invite someone to a graduation party at your home, the least you can do is to let them use your restroom. It's part of being a gracious host. The floors will mop, the towels will wash, it will be clean again. Really, it's just rude to expect people to come to your home and not allow them into it. Isn't that just nuts? LOL We were invited to 2 high school graduations parties ( a year apart) given by DH's niece for her two sons. The boys (who were in wheelchairs) each graduated in June, but they delayed the parties until the end of July each time (it get 90+ degrees and is horrid humid here in July/August). For some insane reason, they decided to have the graduation parties outside, under a tent each time during the hottest time of the day. Mercy it was hot and miserable. ( I felt so bad for the boys being in wheelchairs in that horrible heat - they looked so hot!) To add insult to injury, when we arrived we were informed that under no circumstances was anyone except her immediate family allowed in the house. Okay. So no going in the house to cool off and no using the bathroom. Instead, they told each guest how to get to the nearest gas station to use the restroom. (I should also mention that they live in a 5000 sq ft house that has 4-1/2 bathrooms, on 4 or 5 acres of land which is located 10-15 minutes from the edge of town.) Needless to say, we didn't stay long and didn't drink a whole lot of liquid while we were there! LOL This same niece's daughter graduates next year and I'm guessing we will once again be subjected to the same fine hospitality: Outside - July - Heat & Humidity - No way to cool off. Ugh. Good thing we love these kids. It makes it all worth the minor inconvenience. They always hold the parties outside because someone might track dirt into their house. Really? Thinking next time I will just mail a card.
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