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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 14, 2019 20:09:17 GMT
It is nearly impossible for family members to throw out empty containers. How do I know? I also struggle with the empty container phenomenon. Apparently, only the female head of household can successfully rid the home of this clutter. When I ask children why they didn't throw an empty container away, they claim to not know it was empty. Clearly, we have special powers. š Thanks for understanding! I feared I was the only one with this issue. I know I sounded like a madwoman, muttering to myself in the shower, "Why do this?! Why leave empty shampoo for me? Do I want your empty shampoo? No, no I do not!" š Didnāt you know? Theyāre doing you a āfavorā leaving those empties so you know what needs to be bought the next time you go to the store! (At least that was the excuse that was given to me!) My response was, āOr maybe you could just throw it away and add the stuff to the running shopping list on the fridge...ā sheesh.
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Post by 2marbles on Apr 14, 2019 20:14:56 GMT
I'm at number six! But no lunch needed cuz DD took me to a big keto lunch!
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Post by annabella on Apr 14, 2019 20:46:38 GMT
I love stay home Sundays. I tend to have busy Saturdays with friends that I really crave relaxing on Sundays. Today's goals are cook my meals for the week which took 2 hours while listening to a podcast. Now I'm doing laundry and reading a book. Then I have some pictures to edit and want to do some cleaning.
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zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Apr 14, 2019 21:00:54 GMT
I swear to God I will go to jail one day for beating the crap out of her. Good grief! I will help you! What a nasty person!
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zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Apr 14, 2019 21:06:32 GMT
mom My Papaw was dependent on my grannie for everything in his last year or two. He was dying of congestive heart failure. She took a picture of him one on the toilet one day with his depends down around his ankles. She then asked for one of her son's to post it to our My Family site and he did! I was an admin on the site and removed the pic and they put it back up. I was livid. Why in the hell would you want to disgrace your father and husband that way? I will tell you why she did it...because she wanted to play the martyr card. Yes...my grannie was a narcissist and your dad's wife just might be as well.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Apr 14, 2019 21:08:07 GMT
Homework. Blah. I have a Bus.Law test, English quiz on apostrophes and have a JavaScript project all due by midnight tonight. Shoot me now. In between all that fun I have laundry to do.....anyone want to trade lives with me today? oddly, except for the homework, i would love to. I miss being in class. And Iāll take your apostrophe test!
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Post by melrose on Apr 14, 2019 21:33:56 GMT
I am out of clean underwear. It is now Laundry Day! Or go shopping for new underwear!
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Post by peanutterbutter on Apr 14, 2019 22:00:56 GMT
Well, I avoid her at all costs.Ā My dad has breast cancer & had a mastectomy in December. He's on some wicked medicine and is so exhausted lately and falls asleep every chance he gets. Apparently he fell asleep on the couch last night without a shirt on, and she 'decorated' his bare chest to look like a face winking (using his now gone nipple to Ā be the closed eye and drew huge eyelashes using his mastectomy scar) and his normal nipple to be the open eye, and on his belly, she drew huge, bright red lips.Ā She then posted this to her facebook. I called my dad when I got sent a photo of it (Im blocked on her page) and he found out she did it when he woke up. He is trying to laugh it off, but you can tell he is embarrassed. She is always making fun of my dad - but especially since he got breast cancer, she makes jokes about it all the time. She calls him 'OTT' - as in One Titty Tom. I hate her.Ā I swear to God I will go to jail one day for beating the crap out of her.[/quote] mom I will hold your earrings and chip in for bail. How horrible!!
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azredhead
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Post by azredhead on Apr 14, 2019 22:05:28 GMT
Goal for the day - donāt eat chocolate š Mine would be opposite - to eat chocolate! It makes the medicine go down faster!! yea that's it! I got out of bed today - pain is still stupid but my main goal is to make tacos for dinner. Should be easy right? With all the fixings?
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 14, 2019 22:23:30 GMT
My husband and kids are out of town for the weekend, so I have no goals.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Apr 14, 2019 22:28:01 GMT
LOL...do we have the same father with the same wife? Seriously...I am so thankful that I only have to see her once a year for couple of days. Even those couple of days are so effing difficult! All she does is nag. She is a miserable nasty woman. I cannot stand a nagging wife! Or husband for that matter! Well, I avoid her at all costs. My dad has breast cancer & had a mastectomy in December. He's on some wicked medicine and is so exhausted lately and falls asleep every chance he gets. Apparently he fell asleep on the couch last night without a shirt on, and she 'decorated' his bare chest to look like a face winking (using his now gone nipple to be the closed eye and drew huge eyelashes using his mastectomy scar) and his normal nipple to be the open eye, and on his belly, she drew huge, bright red lips. She then posted this to her facebook. I called my dad when I got sent a photo of it (Im blocked on her page) and he found out she did it when he woke up. He is trying to laugh it off, but you can tell he is embarrassed. She is always making fun of my dad - but especially since he got breast cancer, she makes jokes about it all the time. She calls him 'OTT' - as in One Titty Tom. I hate her. I swear to God I will go to jail one day for beating the crap out of her. I give you an alibi, trust me. She sounds like a true piece of....."work".
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Post by mom on Apr 14, 2019 22:44:30 GMT
mom My Papaw was dependent on my grannie for everything in his last year or two. He was dying of congestive heart failure. She took a picture of him one on the toilet one day with his depends down around his ankles. She then asked for one of her son's to post it to our My Family site and he did! I was an admin on the site and removed the pic and they put it back up. I was livid. Why in the hell would you want to disgrace your father and husband that way? I will tell you why she did it...because she wanted to play the martyr card. Yes...my grannie was a narcissist and your dad's wife just might be as well. Oh she is. She is horrible.
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trollie
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Post by trollie on Apr 14, 2019 22:45:38 GMT
I cleaned 2 bathrooms including washing the rugs; did a couple of loads of regular laundry including the bedding; and dusted, vacuumed and mopped all the living and common areas of the house. (Smallish house thankfully)
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 14, 2019 22:54:21 GMT
Well, I partially met my goals. I felt like I was constantly cleaning in the kitchen but it still doesnāt look as good as I want it to. Kids keep getting something to eat and making new messes. Ugh. I got a little done in the bonus room, vacuumed the living room and went driving with DS. Also gave youngest ds a bath so we donāt have to do it later. At basketball now. Iām planning to give myself a mani/pedi during game of thrones.
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Post by julie5 on Apr 14, 2019 22:54:50 GMT
Sunday is stock day for my husbands store. We went to a retirement party yesterday and didnāt get home until late so I was really dragging tail but I got my part done. And then fell asleep for a nap.
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Post by pyccku on Apr 14, 2019 23:02:00 GMT
I played hockey with my daughter and a bunch of other women and got some exercise in. I made 2 loaves of zucchini-chocolate chip bread. I finished making a product for my TPT store and uploaded it. I learned how to export a segment of a video and upload a preview. I did the first lesson in the Adobe AfterEffects classroom in a book that I bought on Thursday. I practiced my cello and my viola da gamba - I was waiting to get the methods book for the viol, it finally came yesterday. I went to the international market and got pickles, sauerkraut and a few other things. I helped my son work his way through some computer science assignments.
So a very productive day so far!
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paget
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Post by paget on Apr 14, 2019 23:14:49 GMT
I have a lot to do today. I just got back from a three day trip visiting college dd. I have church, grocery shopping, cooking dinner and preparing some food for the week, yoga class, unpacking and laundry. And thatās the bare minimum. Yikes. Maybe Iāll stay in bed! I did shopping- grocery store & Costco, church, and preparing some food. Ii also did about 3/4 of my unpacking. Itās only 4pm here so I still have time for the rest!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 15, 2019 0:30:56 GMT
I put stuff in four large containers to go to storage. Tho more bags of garbage. I am critical of the progress. Others are most impressed. Remember there are two sides to every story. I want more to show for my efforts. There is even an echo in the room!
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 15, 2019 2:33:03 GMT
Awful doesn't begin to describe your dad's wife, mom.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 15, 2019 3:34:57 GMT
I wiped down the kitchen and all the bathroom fixtures and counters, all the light switches, doorknobs, the refrigerator handle and anything else I could think of that either sickie might have touched with Clorox wipes and hosed down the sinks with Lysol a couple times. Iāve also washed my own hands about a million times. So far, so good. We already told her weāre keeping her home from school tomorrow so she went right to bed without a fight. Poor kid, I hope sheās feeling better tomorrow.
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Post by PLurker on Apr 15, 2019 3:52:23 GMT
I finished up at a weekend crop with some dear friends.
My only job after finished was to drive home from the hotel.
So today, just to make it interesting, we got 8+ inches of snow.
Luckily I drive a Subaru, live within 10 miles or so of where we stayed and the roads weren't too bad after all considering.
So I successfully drove home.
Nice weekend though!
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Post by StephDRebel on Apr 15, 2019 4:04:36 GMT
I got to try put some new backdrops, helped some gals make promo videos and drove home for 6 hours. Im whooped but I got a lot done this weekend.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 15, 2019 4:11:20 GMT
Today we had a work party at my parents house. Me, my sisters, nephew, bil, xbil and ds all went to the folks house and cleaned. They have 3 acres and the guys trimmed a couple trees, my ds pulled up three overgrown bushes, we stacked wood, made a couple burn piles and my sisters and I washed the windows and screens. The guys also pulled apart two lawn mowers for recycling. Before the work party we all got together with our dad for breakfast (divorced parents) So it was a great productive day!
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 15, 2019 4:28:06 GMT
Can we have a good for me thread daily or weekly please? It helps to read about otherās successes, too. Thanks!
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Post by slicksister on Apr 15, 2019 4:29:54 GMT
I cleaned up around the wood stove. Got rid of the crates etc we keep the wood and kindling in and rolled up the area rugs we use to protect the floor. Swept the leaves etc off the porch and de-cobwebbed it. Took a couple of boxes to Goodwill and another load to our storage unit in town. Planted some hens and chicks and cut back the ferns in my yard. Watched some tv and did a little sewing. Feel very accomplished.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 15, 2019 4:30:32 GMT
Awful doesn't begin to describe your dad's wife, mom . Liked to agree. That woman is who you hear stories of awful. Am I right?
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Post by needtime2scrap on Apr 15, 2019 13:40:56 GMT
Well I made it to 4pm on my cleanse. I just needed to eat something so I made sure it was a candidia approved meal. I'm just super tired of trying to figure out the heck is wrong with my stomach!
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Post by mom on Apr 15, 2019 14:39:42 GMT
Awful doesn't begin to describe your dad's wife,Ā mom .Ā Liked to agree. That woman is who you hear stories of awful. Am I right? She is horrible - my dad married her way too quickly and he didnāt know what he was getting into.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Apr 15, 2019 17:07:03 GMT
Can we have a good for me thread daily or weekly please? It helps to read about otherās successes, too. Thanks! I can certainly try to post a Goals for today each Sunday. Maybe make it Goals For This Week - and throughout the week we can check in. I cannot promise, but the thread certainly kept me motivated because I wanted to report back what I did accomplish. I also just like seeing everybody get so much done, even if is just chilling out for the day.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 15, 2019 17:11:30 GMT
Can we have a good for me thread daily or weekly please? It helps to read about otherās successes, too. Thanks! I can certainly try to post a Goals for today each Sunday.Ā Maybe make it Goals For This Week - and throughout the week we can check in.Ā I cannot promise, but the thread certainly kept me motivated because I wanted to report back what I did accomplish.Ā Ā I also just like seeing everybody get so much done, even if is just chilling out for the day.Ā Ā Yes itās a huge motivator. Even if they are small things they are still things.
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