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Post by auntkelly on Sept 6, 2022 12:40:25 GMT
I’m so sorry. I will say prayers.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 4, 2022 12:15:20 GMT
Oklahoma won the opener against UTEP 45-13. It was a good start for our new coach. It was so hot in Norman yesterday, I’m not sure I’ll ever cool down. I don’t know how the players can play in that heat!
I was cheering for Notre Dame last night since my son is an alum. It was a good win by OSU and a great start to the college football season.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 3, 2022 13:12:34 GMT
I’m not a fan of themed funeral wear and I’m glad it’s not a trend where I live.
I think themed funeral attire is often one family member’s idea that they force on others at a very difficult time. I had a friend who lost her mother. She and her husband and two sons were very close to her mother, and were with her throughout her illness. Her brother and sister in law and their two boys lived far away and rarely visited my friend’s mom, even when they knew she had a terminal illness. (Money was no problem for these people).
When my friend’s mom died she was devastated. The sister in law flew in and became involved in the funeral plans and acted as if she were planning a red carpet event. She insisted all the male relatives wear pink ties since that was Gran’s favorite color. My friends husband and sons wore the pink ties just to go with the flow, but to this day they resent being asked to wear pink ties. They thought it was silly and something that their Gran would have never asked her grandsons to do.
I’m a huge Oklahoma Sooners fan. I’m leaving for the game in a few minutes. It’s a part of my life that I hope they mention at my funeral, but I don’t want anyone to feel like they need to wear an OU shirt at my funeral. Just come and remember me in any way you want.
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 2, 2022 18:04:19 GMT
Happy Anniversary!
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 2, 2022 16:17:37 GMT
Congrats!
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Post by auntkelly on Sept 1, 2022 13:54:57 GMT
My Oklahoma Sooners play UTEP in Norman.
It will be Brent Venables first game as head coach of the Sooners.
Boomer!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 31, 2022 20:03:49 GMT
We go to all of the University of Oklahoma's home games and host a big tailgate w/ several other families. We pick a theme each game and one family is in charge of the meat and everyone else brings sides and deserts. We all bring beer and wine, of course!
This week's them is "The Sooners are Sizzlin' Hot." We're grilling hot dogs and brats. The sides will include baked beans, potato salad and who knows what else. We usually have anywhere from 50-100 people show up for our tailgate.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 31, 2022 15:04:31 GMT
I think the website has changed for the worst since I started browsing there about five years' ago or so. Back then, it seemed like it was mostly people just selling stuff from their closet to make a few extra bucks.
Now it seems like the sellers are professionals who buy things just to sell on Pooshmark. I've even noticed that there are multiple dealers selling the same things in multiple sizes. I was looking online for a Baker Mayfield Panthers jersey and there were at least two vendors selling them online at Poshmark. I'm guessing the jerseys were unlicensed, even though they had the NFL logo on them, because they were so much cheaper than the ones you could buy from other websites which carry officially licensed products.
I really don't know how Poshmark works, these are just my own observations.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 30, 2022 18:00:17 GMT
I tend to be pretty chill about most things, but even I wouldn't accept groceries that someone else has returned to the store.
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WWTPD
Aug 30, 2022 12:56:31 GMT
Post by auntkelly on Aug 30, 2022 12:56:31 GMT
Yeah, I was going to say, talk about the news, or read the newspaper to each other. Talk about things going on at church or in the community. Ask him to tell you about his childhood. I love the idea of talking about Ukraine. Is he actually from there, or was he born in Canada? He was born in Croatia. Doesn't like Russia. Very anti-communist. He KNOWS that history. And if you can find the right subject, my dad, to be fair, is one of those, 'ask what time it is & get a long, drawn out speech on how to build a watch.' The tricky thing is finding that subject with him, especially lately. He's depressed. He used to love to garden and he can't anymore. I would definitely ask him open ended questions about things like why his parents left Croatia and what it was like for him growing up as the son of immigrant parents. I have a 96 year old aunt in memory care at a facility just a few miles from my house. I go see her every other day or so and take her out for an ice cream cone. She literally can’t remember whether she ate lunch an hour earlier and she can’t find her room in the facility by herself, but when I ask her questions about her childhood and early adulthood she can remember the most minute details, and tells the most interesting stories. I honestly enjoy her company very much and I know she loves talking about her childhood. I think it makes her feel relevant to be able to answer questions I have about family history or about life in general in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 29, 2022 14:09:18 GMT
My boys leave this week to head back to 'the city' for the fall semester. They live in a condo that dh and I bought last summer for that purpose, and are less than 2 hours away, door to door. Dd is the eldest but lives at home because her post-secondary program is at our small city's university/college/polytechnic (they've changed status three times in the last four years ), so my nest is still far from empty. I'm thinking that my sons are worried that I'll miss them desperately when they leave ... so they are doing their best to completely bury their rooms in pop cans and chip bags, leave their entire wardrobes on the floor and/or wash stuff that's never actually left the laundry hamper, nightly empty out the snack cupboard, pile every pair of shoes they own in front of the door, and 'forget' to do outside yard chores until I've nagged them and then lost my shit ... so I'll be relieved when they finally move out and not miss them?! Aren't they thoughtful?! (I just booked myself a yoga class staring in September ... I'll be needing a little zen by then!) When you go visit them, I recommend you do the bolded items at their house! 😁 When my brother and I were teenagers my mom used to say all the time "Someday, you'll have a nice house and I'll come over and mess it up." When my brother and I were grown and had our own homes my brother and I used to tease my mom when she would come over for family gatherings. We'd say "keep an eye on Mom. Remember how she used to threaten to come over and mess up our houses? Don't let her out of your sight!" Mom was a pretty good sport about it. She'd smile and say "you think your toddlers are messy, but just wait until they are teens." She was right!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 29, 2022 13:58:57 GMT
I think stagers are great. We've used them in the last two houses we sold.
However, in my opinion it's not really a stager's job to get rid of excessive clutter. That's the homeowner's job. In my experience w/ stagers, they come in at the end of the decluttering process and further edit what I have already edited. My realtor paid for six hours of staging. With the prices stagers charge, I would not have wanted to pay her to put away my refrigerator magnets or to throw away the ten nearly empty shampoo bottles in my daughter's shower.
OP, can you gently suggest to your sister that since she is going to be moving soon anyway, she should start packing up her decorative stuff and other items she doesn't use everyday? Maybe you could offer to help get her started. Each time we have moved, as I started packing our things in boxes it became easier and easier to start donating things and throwing away things as I became more and more aware of how much stuff we were going to have to move if we didn't get rid of it.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 27, 2022 3:51:22 GMT
I have an airline story too. I used to fly all the time from Oklahoma City to Houston and back. Most of the planes were small, with single seats on one side of the plane and pairs of seats on the other side. On this particular flight I was flying alone, so when I purchased my ticket I had chosen a seat on the side of the plane w/ single seats. When I got on the plane, a man was sitting in my seat. I said “Excuse me, but I think you are in my seat.”
He looked at me and said “I need to spread my things out and work on this flight, so I was hoping I could talk you into changing seats with me. I’m in a window seat on the other side of the aisle.”
I said “I’m sorry, but I want to sit in my assigned seat.”
He sighed and gathered up his things and said “We’ll I just thought we could work something out, but I guess not.”
I couldn’t believe he was acting like I was the bad person for not giving up the seat I had reserved just so that he would be more comfortable.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 26, 2022 21:18:15 GMT
My Oklahoma Sooners open against UTEP at home one week from tomorrow. My husband and I will be there!
I have a lot of confidence in our new coach, Brent Venables.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 23, 2022 17:09:43 GMT
Thanks for suggestions! I’m open to looking anywhere. I’ll be trying th local Nordstrom’s, Dillard, Macys & Von Maur department stores this week. I’d thought about Rent the Runway. Worried about doing that because the 4 dresses I’ve ordered didn’t work out. I’d be totally out of luck if I got a couple dresses from aren’t the Runway and they didn’t work. And that would be just days before the event. My local Von Maur has a nice selection of formal clothes and they do alterations in the store, which is nice. Nordstrom always has nice formal clothes as well, and their alterations department is wonderful as well. Online, Nieman Marcus and Saks have beautiful formal wear and you might be able to catch a beautiful end of season dress on sale. I understand why you don't want to spend a lot of money on a dress you are possibly only going to wear once, but I would try and find a quality dress you feel really good wearing. This sounds like an important event and you want to look your best. I think with regard to formal ware, more than any other type of clothing, quality really does count.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 15:06:20 GMT
No, I don't memorize most of the numbers I call frequently. I know my kids' numbers, my husband's number and my best friend's number because I was so slow to finally start using auto dial and then later Siri.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 15:02:39 GMT
My mom gave me a beautiful leather briefcase and matching address book when I graduated from law school in 1987.
I use that address book all the time even thought the leather is peeling away.
My address book is a mini history of my friends' lives. Some of my friends have moved five or six times since I got the address book. I would "X" out their old address and put in the new address. My friends have moved from apartments they lived in when they were single, to the starter house they moved in when they got married, to the dream house they moved in when they were established in their career and then to their downsized empty nester house.
It's interesting to see how people have moved in and out of my life. Some of my friends and family have passed away since 1987 and some people just drifted out of my life. Happily, many of the entries have remained my friends since 1987!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 14:48:38 GMT
Fall is usually pretty warm around here. I'm looking for some lightweight casual tops in Fall colors and prints that I can wear w/ jeans and pants.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 14:40:54 GMT
Everything looks so bright and clean. I predict it will sell quickly.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 22, 2022 14:18:09 GMT
It must be a generational problem. The daughter sounds pretty helpless. The mom sounds pretty helpless too since she couldn't google and find the map for her daughter.
Hopefully, the daughter will grow up this year and become more independent. It's probably too late for the mom.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 21, 2022 13:44:07 GMT
I'd order both dresses and try them on at home and see how they looked on me. I'd keep both of them if I thought they were flattering and I'd wear them a lot.
I'd return the dress (or dresses) I didn't like or wouldn't wear often.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2022 16:37:26 GMT
I like to have my phone w/ me in case of an emergency. Also, I have the Kindle app on my phone, so if I'm waiting somewhere I can pull my phone out and read.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2022 16:31:31 GMT
Years ago my husband was having trouble w/ heartburn. His doctor scheduled an endoscopy to check the upper GI tract. The doctor didn't mention a colonoscopy, which didn't surprise my husband since he wasn't due for another colonoscopy for three years and he was experiencing no symptoms of colon cancer.
When the facility called to schedule the endoscopy, my husband was surprised to learn the doctor had scheduled a colonoscopy as well. My husband said "What the heck, might as well get them over with at the same time."
The scope came back clean, which was a relief, since the upper GI tract was what he was worried about. However, we were shocked to learn that the colonoscopy revealed my husband had colon cancer. He ended up having about 4 inches of his colon removed. Since it was discovered so early, he didn't have to have any additional treatment.
That heartburn might have saved my husband's life since it was the reason he had the colonoscopy.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2022 16:17:29 GMT
On the one hand, I think it was inconsiderate of the birthday girl to pick out such an expensive place. However, I think your daughter should have spoken up and said "I'm so sorry, but that restaurant is out of my price range. I hope you all have a wonderful time." Your daughter could have then offered to take the birthday girl out for a drink some other time, or given her a bottle of wine for her birthday.
There shouldn't be any shame in saying "I can't afford something." If there is, then it wasn't a true friendship to begin with.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2022 12:10:31 GMT
I’ve gotten to meet several Peas over the years at Kaitlyn’s Crop and other Houston meetups. **GypsyGirl** and I have gotten to be good friends. The first time I met her was when we shared a table at Kaitlyn’s Crop. I was planning a trip to Paris w/ my family and she was in the process of moving there. We had planned to meet for coffee in Paris. However, when I got to Paris and she learned that I’d be missing a side trip to Versailles w/ my family, she insisted we cancel our meet up. She said I must go to Versailles instead. As much as I enjoy being with **GypsyGirl**, I’m glad she insisted we cancel our meet up in Paris!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 19, 2022 2:54:34 GMT
I'm so sorry.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 18, 2022 19:42:07 GMT
Years ago, I had something similar happen to me. A lady about my age parked right next to me in a mostly empty section of the Target parking lot. She struck up a conversation as we walked towards the store. Next thing I knew she was complimenting me on my "beautiful skin" and asked me what my makeup routine was.
I suspected she was trying to sell me beauty products so I looked at her and said "soap and water." I then quickly veered right as we walked inside the store because I could tell she was headed to the left. I thought that would be the end of it. Oh no, she wasn't going to give up. She cornered me in the dog food section and offered to come to my house and give me a free make-over. I couldn't think of any snarky come back so I just politely told her I wasn't interested.
I am convinced she parked next to me on purpose so that she could try and sell her beauty products to me.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 18, 2022 14:25:00 GMT
I've been to most of my nieces and nephews high school and college graduations.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 17, 2022 15:48:33 GMT
It's so hard dropping them off at college, but it's so exciting to think that one of the most exciting chapters of their adult life is beginning.
I hope he has a great year and strikes a good balance between academics and social activities.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 17, 2022 15:40:10 GMT
It all sounds pretty harmless. Annoying, but harmless.
I'd turn off notifications and send a smiley face emoji back to him every once in awhile in response to the non raunchy jokes. I wouldn't respond to every non raunchy joke because he might take that as encouragement to keep sending more and more.
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