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The Offical Apres CFR Ride Report
Posted 24 June 2011 - 06:56 PM
Once the bodies & bikes ere refueled it was time to continue on to New Glasgow and then onto the 'Mini Cabot'...
We made another stop just above Ballantynes Cove for a photo op...
We then stopped at the Irving's Service Center for coffee and pie before heading over the Causeway. I mentioned to Scott that I still wanted to play and was going over to Marble Mountain instead of just rolling up the Trans-Canada. Scott was all to happy to oblige and we blasted off for a spirited ride on the back roads of Cape Breton. We took time to stop at the Marble Mountain lookout for a photo op...
After a while we ran out of pavement but Scott knew the way and got us back onto pavement in short order and got us back onto pavement and safely into Baddeck, he destination for the day.
Fred W and his group had left an hour earlier being Bruin fans and all and decided to go for the full off-road experience. At on point Fred had gotten completely off the beaten track due to the GPS route I had given him. Rotten Bruins fan, let the black flies have him I say.
Fred had gotten way off track and was turning around on a dirt road. John & Jane had the misfortune of having Fred as a guide and had just come to a stop on the side of the dirt road. There was a steep embankment off to the side and when Fred went to put his foot down the side of the road has very soft from all the previous rain and the bike toppled over. John went tumbling down the embankment but Ian was able to save Jane from the same fate. The FJR almost went over the edge with its tires pointed up in the air like a dead horse. One of the witnesses later commented that it was the first time he had ever seen the bottom of a FJR. Everyone rushed over just as John was scrambling back up the side.
Everyone grabbed onto the bike and got it righted immediately. To everyone's astonishment the bike was completely unscathed from such rude treatment. Once everyone realized that no one was hurt and the bike was undamaged there was much laughter and photos taken of the Fred W Dual Sport Team.
With everyone safely in Baddeck it was time for a late dinner and drinks before resting up for the Cabot Trail.
More to come...
Confucius say: "No matter where you go ..... there you are"
Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:42 AM
Team picture:
(from left: Ian (shakin), Captain and Mrs dig, the Magnificent Josie (my pillion), Greg (Geezeraide), Pawl (thingfish).
We'll be heading out through the drizzle shortly for the trek south and west. But, no complaints from me here .
The weather, scenery, and most importantly the company, has been magnificent!!
Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:47 AM
Posted 25 June 2011 - 05:57 PM
Close Encounters of the Moose Kind
We were up early and there was some low clouds over the lake and the air was 'crisp' as we say in the Great White North. No frost but certainly not June weather. Before we left Inverary Resort in Baddeck I went down to the restaurant to take a few photos where we had partied the night before...
It was time to ride. Fred and the Yankee hoard had left earlier so it was the more relaxed Canucks and Charlie along with Don & Seth that had the 09:00 departure. The fun starts as you turn off the Trans-Canada at St Ann's for the first set of turns to warm you up for what is to come after the turn near the Englishtown ferry. None of our group had breakfast yet so Mary Ellen turned into a small cafe for the first stop of the day. Unfortunately Ann Marie pulled onto the gravel and grabbed a little to much front brake and toppled her FZ1. There was a little bit of cosmetic damage including breaking off the right front turn signal...
She was understandably upset so we patched up the turn signal using the handyman's secret weapon, duct tape and took a long breakfast break before continuing.
We turned into the first overlook on the north shore and watched the trawlers hauling in the catch of the day...
We then had a very fun run up and down Smokey Mountain and then turned at Neil's Harbour. We turned off the Cabot Trail and went down into town to ride by the small lighthouse and follow the coastline. As we turned back towards the Cabot we had this view of one of the bays...
Scott and his group had just finished the optional run into Meat Cove and advised our group not to try it due to some technical gravel riding. Scott told me the view at Meat Cove was fantastic and I am really looking forward to his post. Meat Cove was on my 'To Do' list but circumstances dictated otherwise plus it gives me a great reason to come back to Cape Briton.
It was then time for North Mountain and an excellent opportunity to unpack the Nikon. Here is Charlie winding his way up the mountain...
Our Rally Mistress MEM in silhouette...
When we stopped at Pleasant Bay for lunch, Scott pointed out to Jeff that maybe Jeff had used up the rear tire on the rented AE...
We put Jeff's pillon, Rosanne on the back of Kevin's bike and called down to Truro to the Bikers' B&B to trailer up another bike for Jeff. Jeff decided to ride down the 19 to meet up with Mike as the rest of us decided another photo op was required in the switchbacks climbing out of Pleasant Bay. I really like this photo of Scott at play...
Kevin and Rosanne also gave a good accounting of themselves...
I was almost the last one to leave the lookout and was chasing down Kevin and MEM when we reached the Highlands. I was running WAY faster than the suggested speeds and had just got onto MEM's tail when I saw a moose hoof step out onto the road immediately in front of MEM. I threw out the anchor on my FJR and watched as the cow get startled and try to stop. The cow lost its footing and fell onto its side just as MEM squeaked by. MEM might not have had time to be scared but the moose definitely had the crap scard out of it judging by the pile of moose muffins left in the middle of the road. I was still trying to haul my bike down and had time to dodge the moose but it was touch and go for a split second as to which way the cow was going to go after she got back up and all four. Fortunately the cow doubled back but it certainly had my heart rate hitting the rev limiter.
We stopped at the lookout before dropping off the highlands and following the coastline into Chiticamp...
No smart moose would cross our MEM...
Once we fueled up the bikes it it on to the Glenora Distillery for a quick stop at the Gift Shop...
We told Jeff that if he was going to be that hard on that poor AE he would have to walk back to Calgary...
It was getting time to head for Pictou given that Scott and Charlie were starting to get 'frisky' and needed a room...
From the distillery it was a short ride along the coast and then slab to Pictou. We finished the Apres CFR ride with a great dinner in Picou at the Braeside Inn and the next morning everyone said their goodbyes and headed for home.
I want to say a very special thanks to our host and Rally Mistress MEM for all the hard work to pull this event together. Also thanks to those who came out to CFR and the Cabot Trail. I hope everyone has as many fond memories as I along with the old and new friends that made this such a fun event.
Thank You.
Bill - yamafitter
Confucius say: "No matter where you go ..... there you are"
Posted 27 June 2011 - 09:59 AM
Aprez CFR Day #1 - The Ride to Cape Breton
Before the CFR Rally dinner, yamafitter (Bill) asked if I would be willing to lead a group of the Aprez CFR gang over to the start of the Cabot Trail and the hotel we were to stay at in Baddeck. Sure, says I. I can follow a GPS with the best of 'em. So I downloaded Bills GPS route files to a memory stick and got them onto my zumo for the following day. Being an early bird, I offered to lead the first group out starting at ~ 8AM. The folks that decided to follow me were most of the same folks who traveled in to the rally from bbdig's place from Rangeley. It was Joann and I, and Mr and Mrs bbdig as the two ups, and Shakin, Geezer and thingfish were the one ups.
As recommended, we slabbed uneventfully it over to New Scotland on the 2. Just before we changed provinces we spotted another FJR rider rolling down off one of the entrance ramps onto the highway.
As we rolled into the Nova Scotia welcome center he followed us in to see what this big gang of FJRs was up to. He was a nice local gent, not an active forum member from what I could gather, but had heard about the rally in Fredericton. He was very excited to meet some other folks with good taste in bikes.
From there we rode the sunrise trail along the north coast of the island followed by the extension of the Sunrise Trail known as the Mini Cabot. Beautiful views were around almost every corner...
Some interesting boat names here, eh?
Then we were back on the slab to roll over the causeway to the island of Cape Breton.
Once we were on the Cape we rode to the south and east to get onto some scenic roads along the Bras D'or Lake. Not sure if yamafitter was playing with me, as my reputation is that I never lead a ride without at least a few miles of dirt road fun, but somehow we got off into about 30 kliks worth of the unpaved stuff. Great fun as far as I'm concerned, though some of the followers were whining about the dust. Something about me roosting them in the loose gravel. But we got to see some scenery that most folks wouldn't have, which was well worth the price of admission.
At one point, Karen (my Aussie Garmin GPS voice) told me "stay left on Orangevale Road", but when I did stay left at the fork I noticed that I had strayed from the pink line of the route on the GPS. It was then that I stopped and signaled to the rest of the group to make a U turn so we could get back on track. As I was executing mine, I looked up to see bbdig (Jack) and his Mrs. (Jane) tumbling over off the right side of the raised roadbed. All I could see was feet and tires up in the air, exactly where they shouldn't be!
Naturally Our first concern was for the 'digs safety, but they both landed in some soft weeds and bushes in the low ditch alongside the road, and bounced right out like a couple of teenagers.
The bike itself actually hung up on the dirt edge of the road and didn't slide down into the ditch after them. Before any one had a chance to think about it the bike was righted and checked out before anyone had a chance to snap a picture. Josie said that she had her camera in hand and thought about it, but thought it would be too mean spirited to get them in an awkward moment.
Amazingly, we could not find a scratch on it. Apparently Jack had stopped to await his turn at making a U and when he put his right foot down the road wasn't there. As someone commented later on, none of us had ever seen the underside of an FJR from quite that angle before, and it wasn't pretty. But since thgere is not photographic evidence, it is all just hearsay. It never happened.
A few km's down the trail we stopped and grabbed the team picture posted earlier:
From there it was a quick (if not cheap) ferry ride across the narrows and a few miles to Baddeck and the destination for the evening, the Inverary Resort.
...and the destination for the evening, the Inverary Resort.
Posted 27 June 2011 - 10:07 AM
Posted 27 June 2011 - 11:19 AM
In the morning, the dual sport team (also all the early birds) unanimously decided that rather than wait for the late risers we should just head out and find a good breakfast spot somewhere up the trail. So a little after 8AM we headed out with team Captain 'dig leading the way sans GPS. He had ridden the trail before and was just going to wing it. It was a bit chilly and gloomy / overcast, but the roads were dry and the weather forcast was for brightening skies during the day.
About an hour and a half out we found a wonderful little cafe Breakfast spot along the trail in Victoria. After breakfast, we continued on up the trail. Shortly, we came past the rest of the Aprez gang just mounting up after taking a break in a turnout. They soon fell in behind us and we were one long chain of riders for a short stretch. When we came to a fork in the road at Neil's Harbor, Jack was signalling to take the left turn to stay on the trail, while Bill's GPS routes said to go right and into the scenic harbor. I beeped my horn as I made the right turn and Jack stopped, then fell in at the back of the long line.
Shortly after rejoining the Cabot Trail we blew right past the entrance to the Meat Cove option, and then when I looked back I only saw three sets of headlights. Apparently the rest of the riders had made the Meat Cove turn that I missed, and so Captain Jack was in for a little more dual sportin' dirt action!! Hey, that's why he's the captain!!
The skies lightened up, the air and road got warmer, and the turns got sharper and funner!! Time to wear the sides off those PR2's!!
The abbreviated captain-less Dual Sport team stopped at a high lookout for a rest break
Yup, more lupins up here too...
Continuing down the trail, these roads were smooth and open, with no traffic, and lots of high fun factor.
This one is the money shot. Look at that ribbon of road...
We stopped at a family restaurant in Cheticamp that Ian knew of that overlooked a small inlet of the Gulf of St Lawrence. We ate our lunch out on the sun drenched deck, admiring the water view (and the view of my B4!) while a full coach bus load of Quebeci blue haired tourists ate in the stuffy dining room.
And then on up the road to Pictou
With that view? Hells yeah, I'll buy it!!
Some stinky ass cormorants nesting on the pilings along the road to Pictou.
The view from our 2nd story window at the Braeside Inn
The proprietors were rather prim and proper, and wouldn't allow us to drink or have any adult bevs outside of our rooms. So, instead we had ourselves a delicious and entertaining dinner that night in the Inn's dining room.
Saturday morning we arose to gloom and drizzle. We slabbed it back towards home in a light mist all the way to the border. Then, immediately upon clearing customs the skies opened up and we got to ride all the way down the airline road to Brewer in a deluge. The cameras were all kept safely hidden in the top bag, until we got to the famous Eagle's Nest Restaurant.
Yeah Baby!! Now that's a big freekin' lobstah roll!!
Sunday AM Josie and I took a leisurely ride down through Maine into NH and then on home. In retrospect, it was a great trip from beginning to end. The only time we got any real rain was From Calais to Brewer and we were planning on bee lining that part down Rte 9 anyway. The rides both in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were superb. Well, except you Canucks should get the highway department to fill in a few more of those pot holes. But the Maritime scenery more than makes up for a few bumps.
But the best part of the CFR is the people that came. You guys all rock!
In terms of statistics: we rode 2623 miles in an elapsed time of 7 days 4 hours and 18 minutes according to Garmin, but with never a boring stretch, according to me.
Thanks especially to Mary Ellen and Bill and the whole support crew.
Looking forward to returning someday to do some more Maritime Province exploring. Maybe even hit the Gaspe? Hell ya. Why not?
Posted 27 June 2011 - 11:55 AM
Posted 28 June 2011 - 01:23 PM
Where's the
I had my heart set on going to Meat Cove and would have got my own shots but alas circumstances precluded me from making the side trip. Well on the bright side I now have a good reason to go back and ride the Cabot Trail again. I'll get it right yet.
I know at least some of Scott's group made the trip to Meat Cove but since Scott rides faster than the speed of light it was not possible for the photons to overcome the event horizon and make it all the way to the camera sensor.
I'm really hoping someone will post up since the weather was just about perfect and the views would have been awesome.
Confucius say: "No matter where you go ..... there you are"
Posted 28 June 2011 - 02:19 PM
Canadian FJR
Posted 28 June 2011 - 03:54 PM
I got pics but haven't looked at 'em yet. Internet access is pretty spotty at the lake so I may not be able to post up anything for at least a week and a half. Back in the city July 11th.
There were three cameras in my group...............post up folks.
Canadian FJR
Posted 29 June 2011 - 02:33 AM
Posted 29 June 2011 - 02:38 AM
Did you folks do the Cabot Trail anticlockwise?
Yep. Note, water on the right:
Posted 29 June 2011 - 02:41 AM
Yes. And IMNSHO, it's six of one and half a dozen. I've run it both ways - both are spectacular.
Did you folks do the Cabot Trail anticlockwise?
Posted 29 June 2011 - 03:12 AM
CCW is the best way to do the Cabot Trail.
Canadian FJR
Posted 29 June 2011 - 03:43 AM
Don't listem to MEM, she's still high from cigars............
CCW is the best way to do the Cabot Trail.
Canadian FJR
OK, let's run it again and discuss it over seegars
ps - come and get those Cohibas. I've switched to Fred W's Montecristos
Posted 29 June 2011 - 04:33 AM
ps - come and get those Cohibas. I've switched to Fred W's Montecristos
Att'a girl!
Now you're really smokin'!
Posted 29 June 2011 - 04:43 AM
ps - come and get those Cohibas. I've switched to Fred W's Montecristos
Att'a girl!
Now you're really smokin'!
In the words of Rudyard Kipling: "...a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a Smoke"
Posted 29 June 2011 - 05:51 AM
That being said I have NEVER posted a picture to the forum.
I did the Cabot Trail clockwise a few years ago and my most vivid memory is of a downhill set of turns with an awesome view into a deep valley, which gave me an unsettling tingle at the time.We also had the joy of riding the first half in the rain.
It really is a spectacular ride either way. We were told by a former member of the Canadian racing team that clockwise was the way to do it, others say CCW so the solution would be to do it both ways twice and start a poll.
The whole week was great, and THANKS AGAIN to MEM and her helpers for putting it all together.
Posted 29 June 2011 - 06:34 AM
The last time I came down those turns you are talking about, the visibility was about 40 feet and we were slowed way down. I rode in mortal terror of having someone come up behind us and punt us over the side.
Yes Fred, the water on the right was the tipoff. OTOH, crafty, sly people can shoot over their shoulder, just to confuse old people. Bet the water pictures were from the eastern side of the trail.
Oh wait, I've got it! If you do it anticlockwise, the distillery is at the end of the ride.


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Detroit Police sources said the driver of the Suburban license was suspended.
Authorities said the driver was stopped several block away. When police got out of their cruiser, the Suburban bolted and was going between 70 and 80 miles per hour when it hit the intersection at Tireman and Plainview.
The speed limit in that area is only 25 miles per hour.
We were told the Suburban ran a stop sign and hit the SUV of an off-duty Detroit Police officer.
The Suburban then rolled violently into a white van. Two sisters, ages 33 and 29, standing outside that vehicle attending a birthday were injured. They were rushed to Sinai-Grace Hospital.
In all, seven people were injured and one person was killed. The deceased is a young man from Detroit.
All of the injured are in temporary serious condition.
Five vehicles were damaged, including the striking vehicle, two others that were occupied and two that were unoccupied and parked.
Detroit Police insist this was not a chase, and eyewitness accounts from where it all started confirmed that information.
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The person in the vehicle, Ryan Partridge, 25, of West Greenwich, R.I., was dead, according to police. Michael Paolantonio, 28, of Coventry, R.I., and David Governo, 25, of Coventry R.I., were taken the William W. Backus Hospital for treatment.
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Now, I don't know what cracking would entail for me. Going nuts like my mom? Being explosive like my dad? Just crying all the time? Maybe none of the above but it's definitely something I'm seriously trying to consider.
Now, I don't know what cracking would entail for me. Going nuts like my mom? Being explosive like my dad? Just crying all the time? Maybe none of the above but it's definitely something I'm seriously trying to consider.
Any change is stressful though, even good change. I'm not sure the good would counterbalance all the negative. I really just don't know.
But it's going to happen if where I am can't compete with the salary. I'm not walking away from that.
Sorry I only pop in every once in a while. I do love you guys but I feel like I'm barely online these days and I only have enough time to ban spammers, respond to 1-3 posts and sometimes make a post of my own and then someone needs me here and off I go again.
Do not change my commas! I love my commas!
Chrissy, that's great about the job. For me, positive change to a job that removed some of my life stress during deployment made a big difference for the better. Although honestly I still think I cracked while he was gone.
As for DH, I just don't know about getting along. He tends to only get along with other military guys with a similar background (certainly not all military guys, in fact if it isn't someone with the same background he tends to dislike them). Although if he can find some common ground he gets along great. He loves my brother who is a very "metrosexual," starving artist type photographer. Their common ground is interest in food. They're facebook friends and it cracks me up because they really couldn't be more different from one another but I think they really respect one another. He also loves my BIL and he has friends who are into martial arts but beyond that he doesn't get along with many people at all. He is extremely shy, but if he makes up his mind to be nice he can be a total charmer. He rarely likes people, though, to be honest, although he's more willing to tolerate women than men as a general rule.
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and the money is huge. I know that has been a source of stress and so taking the job would help relieve that stress.
And while it is a job change, it's not a complete change at least. Still in the same field and still with the same employer. so that there will be some familiarity there.
OMG he's going to drive me crazy with worrying about his tree. Couldn't sleep much during the day and woke up with a major headache and feels nauseous. Sample is all ready to go to the extension horticulturist tomorrow morning. I don't know why he has to worry so much about things he cannot control....why not worry about it when we know what the problem is and what we can do about it or can't do about it.
He was so freaked about the tree he forgot Cosmo's ear medicine this morning.
I even called his mom and made her talk to him because he would take it a bit better from her on what to do (what I was ALREADY doing) just because she has a lot of experience with plants and gardening.
Cornell is very weird in that each 'department' is run like its own business. Not many people that I know at work even knows what CISER does. Some have never even heard of it. And I work for Arts & Sciences which really does a LOT of things very unique compared with the rest of the university.
I know I've vented/whined about work, but there are some good things too. One being, John knows exactly what's going on in my personal life, and especially in regards to Bobbie, and not only has he been very sympathetic and understanding, and he's said repeatedly that if I needed to go into negative with my vacation/sick time I could for her. We even talked about me going part time temporarily in the fall if things are just too much for me and I need a break.
Anyway, if I say no to the position it will be because Arts & Sciences agreed to meet the $4/hour raise so money won't be an issue at all.
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Congrats on the job offer Chrissy!!! I actually do hope that your current dept will match what you were offered though since your (weirdo from how you describe him) boss is being so considerate of what is going on with you during this stressful time.
My DH would get along with any guy, he is a combination of nerdy, geeky, science-y, macho, sporty, foodie, outdoorsy, mechanical-y, just any thing you can think of. The only thing I worry about him doing is getting too drunk and embarrassing me and he is not that kind of drunk, he is really nice and sweet as pie and it is pretty sickening how sweet he is. He jokes around a lot though even when he isn't drinking and is pretty clueless about how he is affecting other people. For instance, every time we see someone we haven't seen in a while, he will comment about their weight. Usually he'll tell them that they have gained weight and not in that way he'll say "man you got fat!" LOL!!! It is funny but embarrassing all the same. He did this with a friend of mine when she was PG every-freaking-time we saw her. It was ridiculous. But she knows he is like that so would start off by saying "Hey K, how fat do you think I got since the last time you saw me!" Her DH is nutty like mine so she is understanding.
Oh, and I like my commas too. I have also known about that rule for a while, probably years, but I always use commas when listing items before an "and" anyway because I like it that way. I am like a grammar nazi when it comes to writing in a business or academic setting. I mark up papers so much at work my co-worker laughs about how I am writing hieroglyphics.
And Katy, I hope it went well with the person who had bed bugs. I read about it yesterday but didn't have time to post. I had to take a few courses on bed bug prevention and detection for my job. We have had about 20 cases of bed bugs in our buildings (the company I work for manages public housing for seniors). I would not have let them bring anything to my house if I were you. The bugs can jump on your clothes. They told us in training that if we are around residents with bedbugs to take off all our clothes in the garage, put them in a plastic bag, have someone throw you some clean clothes, get dressed, and place the plastic bagged clothes out in the heat (as here in the GA sun in a bag the bugs will be killed. I'm sure it would be the same in TX).
ETA: to check for the bugs look at your mattress. If you see any blood spots, tiny ones, then you probably have the bugs. You can also see them (the bugs). They are usually brown or reddish brown, if they are clear, they are female and just had babies.
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Okay, now you're freaking me out about bedbugs!
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Okay - thanks, Erin. They are now staying for their second night here, so it's too late to worry about it now. I did my best and so did she to avoid any contamination so all I can do is hope that we don't get them.
When she came over, she handed me a Target bag filled with stuff and I took it directly to the outside dryer and threw it in. Turns out it was EVERYTHING she had including toiletries, books, etc. I ended up accidentally melting her deodorant.
Nothing I can do now but wait to see I guess. I hope that if I ever have something difficult like that happen to me that someone will be kind and help me out too. If something bad happens then something bad happens and I will just deal with it then.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Just wanted to share with everyone that I bought an egg from Katy for a birthday gift for my mom. She was gracious enough to make it custom for me and it's gorgeous! Yay! So excited to give it to her!
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Ah I see. I had just recalled some tightness being there. It SUCKS when you have two places to pay for at once! Been there before when I had to move to take my job...course I couldn't get out of the lease for the old place.
Anyway, more money is always a good thing! It nothing else maybe you can get projects at the house done that much faster.
A new job is always hard....and i don't know if I have ever started a new one where i wasn't under stress to begin with...seems like my job changes have always come at times I was under the most stress. But after a short amount of time, you do settle it and the new job and the new people become familiar.
Though maybe they will come up with the money to keep you on.....
I have only stayed in a hotel 2 times, maybe 3 since bedbugs exploded again. I basically tear apart the room before opening my bag or sitting on anything. I check the baseboards, try behind art on the walls, undo the bed and check that carefully and also look for any wallpaper that is loose.
We were supposed to go to FL for this end-of-deployment thing for DH. The pre-deployment gathering was in one of the Disney hotels and I was really excited to get another chance to go back there on the NG's dime. The second one was in a much lower, non-disney place and when I googled the name of the hotel, the name of the hotel plus bedbugs came up in the search engine. I was so creeped out by that I decided I really didn't want to go!
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Okay, excuse my little lapse of immaturity.
Like Cass, I've been spending most of my APA time jumping in, taking care of all of the spam, reading as much as I can in a few moments, posting maybe one or two things, and then having to go to bed or tend to a child or something. I miss you guys!
This comma rule, I don't think, is new, really, and I remember it specifically, because, I really like commas. Maybe before, it was optional, and now it's mandatory, to leave it out?
Jennifer, my dh is a really manly man and can fix things quite well, but he doesn't like sports and does like most of the other things your dh likes. He likes history and horticulture and is very well-read in a multitude of things. In fact, he was actually trying to program an app that would help him (and others like him) be able to communicate about local sports when he has to travel a lot for work and make small talk with other businessmen. He does not even know the most basic rules of football, like how to get a first down, or which of our local teams are football teams or baseball teams. I will occasionally tell him things of interest (although my knowledge is sparse, too), like about our local team being in line to win the World Series, and what needs to happen and what it means.
I'm getting all itchy just reading the bed bugs posts. I have actually stayed in some very buggy places in Asia, and never did bring anything home with me. Hopefully you'll be fine.
Chrissy, I don't have any good advice for you because smart women have been here before me, but congratulations on your job offer!
Monterrey was really cool. I had an unexpected day off work, so I kept my mom on the clock to watch Soren and took the twins down to Monterey to the Aquarium and to Dennis the Menace playground, which is super cool. I even took them out to a nice restaurant with a view of the bay. We left at 6:30 in the morning and I changed them into their pajamas before we left Monterey and they fell asleep in the car on the way back and I got back home at 8:30 PM. We had a lot of fun, and I kept thinking how difficult it would have been with the baby along.
Katy, I'm sure your good deed will be rewarded back to you in some way.
Cash is still in his getting up way early phase, so I'm just hanging out with him right now. Travis has gone to daycare today. Oh, while I remember, I'll share some stories that have happened lately.
At the weekend, DH was going back and forth from outside to inside the house with taking recycling and things out. Eventually, he came in and was in the kitchen. I thought to myself that Travis and Cash seemed really quiet, so I better check on them and I noticed that the front door was open. I looked and saw Travis but Cash wasn't with him. I looked in the bedroom and playroom and he wasn't there, so I ran out the door and as I looked to one side, I saw Cash crawling towards my MIL's house! I ran and grabbed him and brought him back in and chewed DH out for leaving the door open. He says he closed it, but he couldn't have.
I was telling my SIL about it later on and she said that something worse had happened to her a few days before. She said she put her middle child to bed and he was trying everything to stay up, so they eventually just shut the upstairs baby gate and went about their chores while he milled around upstairs. She said she could hear him sort of sing-songily saying "daddy daddy daddy" but he wasn't shouting, so she thought she'd leave him a bit. Then a few minutes later, someone was knocking hysterically on their front door. It was a woman who had been walking up the street and she said, "THERE'S A LITTLE BOY SHOUTING FOR HIS DADDY STANDING IN YOUR UPSTAIRS WINDOW!" He had found a step stool and put in under the window and climbed up and was standing in the window frame and the window had been open since it was a hot night that night. SIL said he was actually climbing down from the window back in to his room when she got up to him, but OMG, you just think of the "what-ifs" with things like that!
And my last story for the day and I'll be off to start my chores-On Friday, we all decided to go in to town together. All together, there is me and my 2 kids, My SIL and her 3 kids and my MIL and FIL. So, we were taking 3 cars in to town. My SIL only took herself and the baby. My MIL was supposed to take all 3 of the older boys, herself and my FIL; I was going to follow along with Cash. So, I saw my SIL drive away. And then my FIL had to move his small car so that my MIL could get the minivan out, so he pulled out and then she pulled away....but she didn't stop to let FIL in the mininvan. I pulled away and thought, "Is FIL not coming along today?" So, I looked in my rear-view mirror and I could see him standing on the curb, sort of scratching his head....I thought to myself, "Was he supposed to be riding along with me?" So, I did a loop and pulled on to their drive. He was like, "She's forgotten me!" LOL. My MIL had loaded the kids in to the car and left him! She didn't realize that he wasn't with her until she parked up in town and my SIL said, "where's Dad?" LOL. He said he'd never let her live it down.
Oh man my scalp crawled during that story about your SIL's son. How scary!
One time after I had sent Josh to his room I went up to get him and he had piled all kinds of clothes and pillows next to his tall dresser and put his step stool on top of all that. He was trying to climb up and reach his clock up there, or something. Yikes!
Katy that was nice of you to make an egg! Do you do custom orders often? I'd be interested in knowing how much you charge. Send me a PM when you get a chance?
Lydia, your post cracked me up. Dirty thoughts crossed my mind when I read Chrissy's quote too. Monterey sounds like a great time!
A friend of mine from highschool was playing with her young boys upstairs when the doorbell rang and as she was walking down to answer, she remembered in a panic that she left the window open with no screen so she ran up and her son had fallen. He suffered a pretty serious head injury but recovered and is okay now at 10 years old. I had nightmares about that.
Hilarious about your mil forgetting your fil! That sounds like something that would happen in my family!
Lydia, I love that you had such a good time with the twins. I thought about you all morning yesterday because I just had a 9 month old start in my daycare and while I was trying to soothe both her and Sawyer when they got tired I was giving you major props in the back of my mind. It was really HARD! But I know once I get to know her better and can read her cues, it will be easier for all of us.
Just when things were going smoothly, Kai fell and busted his mouth on our wooden ramp that comes off the loft. His two bottom teeth were shoved way forward. *Shudder* So.Much.Blood.
I had to call the baby's mom to pick her up early on her first day and take Kai to the ER and then to the dentist. They pulled the teeth and he did so so great. I saw a side of Kai I had never seen before. His bravery amazed me. We always say he'll be our baby forever because at 4 he is still very babyish about things. But I guess when it get's down to it, he's got it in him to get through the tough things. I'm so proud of him.
Savana was also pretty amazing when it happened. I was tending to Kai and she totally kept the new baby girl entertained and then when we were leaving to go to the hospital she carried the diaper bag and grabbed my phone for me. My kids rock.
Chrissy! I'm excited for you and can't wait to hear if they give you a raise or you get a new job!
ETA: Kate, I had dbf screw (bolt?) all the dressers into the wall after my friend's daughter attempted to climb to the top one day. So scary.
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Mandy-um yeah, I wouldn't have gone to that hotel if bed bugs came up in the google search either! Good call!!
Nighttime is definitely worse for me. I gave myself a headache stressing about stuff. I really need to make time to see a dr and get something for anxiety because I can't live like this any more.
Oh Bridget-poor little Kai What a trooper!
The worst thing I can remember happening with Bobbie and Jessica when they were about 2 and 3 is I lost sight of them for a few minutes. When I called for them they didn't respond. I ran around like a madwoman and even got to where I was screaming in panic because there's a pond not too far from our house. It turns out they were between my van and car, which were parked close together, and hunkered down. My yelling scared them so they stayed quiet. I still can remember my terror that day--it was probably only 3 minutes or so but it felt like eternity.
I think he was just trying to reach...I don't think he'd try to actually climb it because there's nothing to grab on to and he's really not a climber. But that was the day I decided no more time outs in his room. He sits on the floor downstairs instead. It was getting so almost every time I'd send him to his room, he'd tear it apart. Knock over books, pull the sheets off his bed, etc. It was a disaster!
A long time ago, when the twins were climbing on everything and anything, even the two cute little kid chairs I'd bought them at a yard sale hoping they'd sit and have tea parties together, I bought latches for all of our windows so none of them will open more than four inches. It isn't great in the summer, but we crack our windows a teeny bit and then run the fans. And then we got rid of all of the furniture. They pretty much can't climb on anything anymore except the couch and the kitchen table. I'm so depressed about the way the house looks, and the way I can't have a drink of water next to me when I sit on the couch at night after the kids go to bed, that I'm actually thinking about going out and buying end tables again today. I talked to dh about it last night.
I think sometimes it helps to have massively adventurous and suicidal babies because they get your babyproofing done early. Then you don't have as many of those OMG moments later on, although of course you can't prevent them entirely. I know the feeling.
And Bridget! Poor Kai!!!!!! The few times I have had emergencies or calamities and ER visits with my children, especially when I was alone with all three of them, I have to say they all came through with shining (and bloody) colors too. It's amazing how badly they can behave when nothing is going on, but when it's really important they can show you how mature and capable and helpful they can be. And if it helps, I knocked out my two front teeth when I was two years old and was without them for at least four years (I heard that stupid "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" song for longer than I wanted to) and I was just fine. I wish I could dig out a picture for you.
I lost my two front teeth when I was 6 by walking too close to a swing and getting kicked right in the mouth. They didn't grow back in until I was 10 and then they grew in almost horizontal because I was always putting something in that space - my tongue, a pencil, etc. I still have crooked front teeth after years of braces. Not to scare you, sorry, but I did loose my teeth and they did grow back in. And yes, I got a LOT of "All I Want for Christmas." Mostly from my father who thought it was funny.
Ashy, that story about your SIL is so scary!
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Poor Kai! I hope he's OK today; that must have been so frightening. I worry about what Travis is going to end up doing to himself because he is sooo clumsy. His latest injury was his ear. He slid on the wood floor in to an open door and his ear hit the corner of it and then it turned black and swole up in a lump as a big as a marble. It still is black and blue. :'(
Poor Kai!!! But good for him for being a brave boy!
Ky has had a few injuries, he was known (and still does on occasion) to walk into walls. I always joked with him that people were going to think I abused him because there aren't too many times someone can say their kid walked into a wall. Once he did it on Christmas at one of DH's cousin's house and got a lump on his forehead the size of a golf ball. His worse injury due to my negligence happened when he was about 3 or 4 and he was taking a bath, I had left one of those pink throw-away razors behind the shower curtain and had forgotten about it and in like 2 seconds he grabbed it from behind the curtain and put it on his face and cut himself under the eye. I was just shocked because it happened so quickly. I stopped using razors to shave my pits after that. You can kind of see the scar under his eye and to this day my DH brings it up when he wants to have some sort of amunition during arguments that we have about the children. But he let Elle "play" in the back of his pick up truck amidst bricks, rocks, tools (including saws and hammers and nails) and huge dead tree branches he had recently cut off our tree. She was wearing a cute kind of tube top like summer shirt and shorts and she fell and scraped up her whole body.
Ky used to tear up his room during timeouts as well. I took everything out of his room and nailed his windows shut so he couldn't get out and could go crazy to his heart's content. I even took his bed out because he would drag the mattress off the bed and try to destroy the frame and such.
Oh and bed bugs always give me the creeps. I had to go to a seminar where they passed some around in a jar for us to see. It was disgusting. I really hate bugs. I would NEVER stay anywhere that had a report of bed bugs. And really it doesn't matter if it is a cheap or expensive hotel, they can be anywhere. There were cases here in Atlanta a major, expensive hotels downtown.
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So I packed my towel and lightweight clothing for a trip to the yoga studio. At the studio's recommendation, I tried not eating anything beforehand, but en route my car veered uncontrollably into a gas station and left an empty bag of Twizzlers in its wake. Not to worry—Hot Yoga promised to rid me of any toxins resulting from my bad dietary decisions.
I entered the 105-degree room and found a spot in the corner for the 90-minute session. I took out my towel and immediately noticed it didn't cover my mat completely. I shrugged, thinking it wouldn't matter. But then the drip-fest began. Buckets of sweat poured down me, and my body and mat became perilously slippery. The annoying guy next to me had enough towel surface area to woo Princess Jasmine, and in comparison, my bathroom's best looked like a doormat. To distract myself from towel envy, I focused on finding my center instead. I tried to soar, like a majestically sweaty eagle, to a place where I could forget my surroundings. Unfortunately, the loud "plops" of perspiration pouring from my neighboring downward doggers brought me back to reality. And that reality contained a metallic ceiling lined with furnaces above me. And the soggy butt of the person in front of me.
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July is a big vacation month, but for a lot of people, vacations are not what they used to be.
Surveys show we take our jobs with us on vacation and you can thank mobile technology for that.
One survey found 59 percent of Americans do work when they're on vacation. They check email, take phone calls, and perform other work-related tasks.
36 percent of people say they do work every day while they're on vacation and it does not seem exactly voluntary. In another survey, 54 percent of workers said their bosses expect them to do work during vacations.
There's conflicting information about how people feel about doing work when they're away from work. One survey found 64 percent of people said they prefer to check work email while they're away because they feel less behind when they return to the office.
But other surveys found that two-thirds of families get upset a loved one works on vacation and one-third of people hide their email-checking from family. 51 percent of people said they'd rather get a root canal than do work during a vacation.
One expert warned employers need to be careful about expecting employees to work too much because it can lead to resentment and the loss of good employees.
One neuro-biologist said a lot of keep doing work because it's a habit. He says it's a tough habit to break -- especially when we bring the phone or laptop with us on vacation. When it's there, we can't help but use it.
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No. 10 Gonzaga (13-1, 0-0) visits Pepperdine (8-5, 0-0) Thursday at 6:00 p.m in Firestone Fieldhouse. The game will be televised by Root Sports.
The Stats – The Waves aren't what you'd call a 'lock down' defensive team. Their 63.5 points allowed per game isn't appalling, but it's easy to see why they've been susceptible to big numbers from the opposition. They give up over six three pointers a game, with teams hitting 34 percent of their attempts – which ranks 215th in the country. Their 5.4 steals and 2.2 blocks per game both rank 295th in all the land. Pepperdine's offense is partially to blame for their defensive struggles. They turn it over 15.8 times per outing, with 23 coming in a defeat at the hands of Cal State Northridge. Their loss to Utah Valley was marred by a 17 TO/9 assist performance. Gonzaga could very well keep the scoreboard operator busy Thursday – especially if Pepperdine keeps handing out freebies. Thus far the magic number for Pepperdine opponents has been 67. The Waves are 0-5 when allowing teams to reach that figure.
The Stars – Pepperdine doesn't boast the array of explosive scorers that Gonzaga has both displayed and encountered this year. Senior guard Lorne Jackson is their top scorer (14.8), with freshman forward Stacy Davis as the only other player averaging double-digits (11.3). The Waves have only had three 20-plus point performances this year – one from Jackson, Davis and sophomore guard Jordan Baker. By comparison, Gonzaga has had a dozen such outings. No surprise, GU also has a distinct height advantage. Pepperdine only has one player over 6'7" that averages over 10 minutes of playing time. That opens the door for a handful of Zags to make an impact, but if we're going based on recent history Kevin Pangos and Kelly Olynyk seem like safe bets. Pangos has snapped out of his cold streak with 31 and 23 point games, while Olynyk has posted back-to-back 21-point performances. There's no reason to believe they'll slow down now.
The Storylines – Mark Few's squad has had a clear upper hand over the Waves in the last decade. Gonzaga has won the teams' last 22 meetings, with Pepperdine's last victory coming in 2002. In his career Few is 26-2 against the fellas from Malibu. One positive for the Waves has been their play at home, where they've compiled a 4-1 record. A fifth 'W' in the friendly confines would appear to be a tall task in the teams' West Coast Conference debut.


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How is everyone doing? Where are you at with ttc?
I was really down all weekend...had the blahs. I'm sure some of that was just af hormones but I was more disappointed about the bfns than I thought I'd be. I'm feeling much better and more positive today though
I bought a wondfo opk/hpt combo pack today...ready for round 2...Af is on her way out I'm going to test 2x/day with opks starting a week from today. My cycles are usually 35 days with o on cd 21 so it may be a long wait
Af was pretty mild and I'm hoping that doesn't mean this will be an anovulatory cycle...I'm still bfing so anything is possible.
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I read set of three as well.
Well, crap! Mom has apparently been keeping quiet about a lump she found below her sternum. She's going for an ultrasound today.
She found it in February. You know what she did? She Googled, and decided that it was nothing. She only told the doctor because my cousin found out (mom told her mom), and threatened to call Grandma. My mom is an idiot. In fact, I appear to be surrounded by them.
My aunt was on a school trip with my cousin's fifth grade class. A girl had her shoes untied and my aunt was like you need to tie your shoes. She said she didn't know how. Aunt had her arms full so she asked another girl if she could help....nope she couldn't either. Aunt asked the whole group if anyone knew and turns out like 30 kids...NONE knew how to tie shoes!!! I guess none of them had tie shoes and it's not until they transition to adult sizes that they come across laces. OMG....we could tie when we were like 3 or 4 yrs old! Crazy.
I looked all over that page and couldn't find anything to explain why it said set of 3, what the 3 things were, or why it would be anything other than 3. Nothing in the description or the reviews specified single item or three items. I would talk to the seller.
Suja, I hope it's nothing. It must be a soft lump, if it's ultrasound-worthy? You do need a vacation, but I think what you need is for everyone around you to just do what they're supposed to do and be reasonable and let you do what you want without stressing about stuff and for nothing else to go wrong. That would be the best vacation of all.
Jennifer, my twins are at a sports camp right now where they are required to have athletic shoes. They actually have some tie shoes that were hand-me-downs, but they've only worn them a few times. They don't know how to tie their shoes. They have really wonderful slip-on shoes that are great for hiking and school and social events and a few other shoes like sandals that velcro on. I was talking to DH about my concern that they'd have to change in and out of their swimming suits quickly and back into their clothes and their shoes that they don't know how to tie. DH was shocked. He said, "I knew how to tie my shoes in preschool!" I reminded him that they didn't have velcro shoes back in the old days, and he said that if they just had to do it a few times a day like he did, they'd learn pretty quickly. Well, that was less than a week before camp started, and who was going to actually sit down and practice tying shoes with them when it was time to leave the house, when it was all I could do to get everyone ready, dressed, teeth brushed, pack snacks, go to the potty, get dressed myself, organize errands and lists for the day if I was off work, and do it in time to be wherever we needed to be? Maybe we could do it when we weren't trying to go somewhere, but DH has been coming home after bedtime lately, and the kids were in Wisconsin for a good part of the week before camp.
Luckily, I went to orientation and they talked about how the goal of camp is to learn about life skills, like changing clothes and not touching people and taking turns, and the sports are all kind of secondary and ways to organize around this. So I stopped being worried. Maybe they'll learn how to tie shoes as a side benefit to this camp. Their favorite part has been swimming so far, which has been wonderful. Not too long ago they were scared to put their faces or ears in the water, and just a few days into it Claire has been crowing about walking underwater.
I think the shoe tying is only one of many skills that will become a forgotten or delayed skill. Trying to figure out how to get places in a car without a navigation system, for example, and reading a map, is another one. I can already tell my own brain is changing by using navigation a lot. I have a really good sense of direction and can usually figure out the best way to get somewhere even if I only know a general area or direction, but not having to think about where I'm going with as much consciousness is making that part of my brain atrophy. On the other hand, my Waze app has been very helpful for my commute.
You don't know how glad I am to read that your twins aren't tying their shoes yet, and you think it's going to be a delayed (if not forgotten) skill. Conner still can't tie his shoes, and while I distinctly remember having some classmates in 1st grade that couldn't, it's bothered me some that he's not there yet. But dressing himself in general has been a little bit of a struggle for him. Probably because he's my 'baby' and I've done things for him longer than I did for his sisters, but I also think it's just an area where he's not quite as strong in. Not because he's incapable, but he frankly doesn't give a fig about it. He likes being independent in many ways. Dressing/tying shoes aren't any of those. Yet.
I know there are kids in Mira's class that can tie shoe laces. I think they teach it there. I'll ask tomorrow.
My GPS stopped working today and messed me up big time. I actually changed our agenda because I had no idea where one place was since I' d planned to just enter the museum name and call it a day. I also got turned around on my way home since I was in an unfamiliar area and entered the park from one highway but excited on the other side. I don't even have a map in my car and after today, that is going to change.
Savana has a very red mark at her tick bite site, unraised though not a bullseye. It just showed itself today because I'd have noticed, and actually was making a point to check in the weeks following. But it's been nearly 2 months now. I am very paranoid about Lyme disease so will be taking her in tomorrow.
My children do not know how to tie their shoes. But they can tie a mean knot which I am reminded of everytime I want yo use my jumprope.
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Oh I missed they were junior high!
OMG, this conversation brought back so many memories of when I worked with elementary age in mainstream classes. I rotated groups all day and seems like every single group had at least one kid who perpetually needed me to tie their shoes. I admit your aunt's group sounds a little old for it - mostly it was kinder-3rd grade kids who were the "chronic shoe tier" kids but it used to drive me batty. I had half an hour per session with 3-4 kids per group and by the time I added going and finding the kids wherever they were (seemed like none of them were ever where their teachers told me they would be), walking back to my room with them, tying everyone's shoes, and allowing drinks of water for those kids who really, really, really needed a drink of water right now as we were passing the water fountain, I got in about 5-10 minutes of therapy time per half hour session. Drove me up the wall. The older kids I would tell to just come to my classroom at the appointed time, but with the littles I didn't trust them to remember the time, and cross the whole campus unsupervised to actually get there on their own at the right time. I used to feel like I spent so much time tying shoes I had nothing left for therapy.
That's one of the things I don't miss AT ALL about therapy. Next year will be different because I'll be going to them where they are, but I'm certain there will be just as much shoe tying and I will be just as much a slave to the clock. I'm such a go-with-the-flow person that doesn't come at all naturally to me.
L, I looked at the reviews, too, and judging just by that and the product description you wouldn't have known it was a three piece set. It's only the title that mentions it. I wonder is something was just wrong about it - but why on earth would it have been $199 at the original price for one organizer when there was another page that had the exact same product for 1/3 the price?
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Okay, it gets stranger. I went back and checked my original sales confirmation and it listed the title as "Memorystor Saddle Bag Organizer for Universal Rolling Cart with handle lock" and they charged me $64.75. The embedded link brought me back to the page I ordered from, which lists the product as "ECR4KIDS MemoryStor Universal Rolling Organizer Set-3 Pack", with the price listed at $64.99. Slightly different title, slightly different price - and the receipt said nothing about a 3-pack.
However, the single "ECR4Kids MemoryStor Universal Rolling Organizer Set" was listed as full price $64.99, sale price $48.99.
They didn't give me either of those products. How is that possible? And if they sold me the single, why didn't they give it to me at the sale price?
Amazon lists the name of the seller but there is no contact information for the seller, only for Amazon. The shipping label said that Amazon will refund or exchange items in "original and unopened condition." The package was actually open when it arrived - there was a sealed Amazon box and an inside box that was not closed or taped. And I did take everything out. Otherwise how would I have known they screwed up the order?
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Contact Amazon. They are generally pretty good about these things.
Yes, I agree, Mandy. And take screenshots of exactly where it says set of 3 or 3-pack. That way, they can't change the website in a hurry and tell you you're just imagining things. (Not that I ever do that out of paranoia or anything.)
Suja, oh no. I'm sorry to hear about your mom as well. I hope it turns out to be nothing of consequence.
Suja, I am so sorry I didn't respond earlier. I am so sorry about your mom and wait to hear good news following her ultrasound. Keep us posted.
Myles, thanks for the screenshot suggestion. When I was taking them I noticed that the third-party seller who actually sold the product to me was a completely different third party seller than the one listed on the order page. I just clicked on a link - how can a link go to a different product, even if it is similar?
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I'm wondering how the heck I taught 3 girls to tie shoes. Maybe I didn't. I should ask them...they might be the kids Jennifer was talking about!! lol
Oh, and me too Suja. I hope she's ok.
I had a nightmare that I got called on a Thursday that 50 people were starting next Tuesday and they all needed brand new computers (I only have space to image 4 at a time). I was the only one that thought it was a problem in my dream.
Well, now the spot looks like a mosquito bite! Can hardly see it. Maybe yesterday she scratched it with strawberry on her hands! Seriously.
The place where we hiked yesterday had a lot of cool stuff to do but it's an hour away so I told dbf that when we go back I am just going to camp. He said he is not comfortable with me camping alone with the kids. "Too many freaks"
But why would camping bring them out? I hate to disregard his feelings but pretty sure I will be doing it anyway.
Well, I can see his concern. You'd be more vulnerable, camping by yourself, with 3 kids, than if you were either by yourself, or with another adult.
Mom's u/s showed a 10 mm gall stone that has to come out at some point, but she is otherwise fine. YAY!
I see his concern too but I don't want to live in fear and thus not have these adventures. It's me and the 3 kids pretty much all the time.
Suja glad your mom is OK!!! That's great news!
Tying shoes - what an interesting concept. Nolan is already trying to tie his shoes, but he definitely is not there yet. I would really like for him to tie his own as soon as possible though - one less thing I am responsible for in the morning
I probably wouldn't camp without DH, but I don't in general enjoy camping and he does
ETA: Dude........... my ticker says 99 days
As much as I would enjoy camping, I wouldn't do it any place that isn't an organized camp ground, by myself. Unless I had dogs. Maybe it's a result of my steady diet of serial killer books, and Criminal Minds.
So glad for good news about your mom, Suja!
Bridget, I wish I lived closer, I would LOVE to go camping with you. I think I would be a little nervous sleeping outside with my kids and no other adults and I rarely get nervous about stuff. I think my mind would run away from me if I heard a noise or something.
Suja, another dog question. Luna came home from the lake sunday with pretty extensive hot spots on her neck and chest and a few other small areas. It was super humid, she was in the water non-stop and never fully dried. I clipped them up, washed the area well and it seems to be healing great, it's scabbed over and not red anymore. She also got an ear infection which I cleaned out extensively (I used to be a vet tech, I've cleaned a million dog ears) but I don't have anything medication wise to treat it with. She's not shaking her head anymore, the redness has gone away and it doesn't seem to have anymore of the black stuff showing up. I'd say she's fine, but she's still pretty lethargic from the whole thing. She seems to be perking up a little but not a lot. Would you bring her in or give it through the weekend and go in monday if she's still lethargic? For the most part, she's eating and drinking normally.
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How old is she? Is she lethargic to a worrisome extent? Is her output okay? There really isn't any reason for her to be lethargic (if that's what it is, and not related to the heat), since you got back on Sunday. I'd make an appointment for Monday. You can always cancel it if she starts acting normally by then.
LOL! I *totally* get you on that. Thing is, I didn't care for him much when he was on some soap or the other. He has matured beautifully.
Lisa...I tend to be inclined to bring my dogs in pretty easily and I think I would give until Monday. She's older and it sounds like an EXHAUSTING weekend. Even my not quite 2 yr old needs a few days to recover after a weekend away....older dog needs even more time.
Bridget, I wouldn't camp alone. Daylight is one thing but I do think that night and darkness might bring out freaks.
Suja that is great about your mom!
Chrissy...that is a nightmare!
I'm happy it's TGIF time! DH and I are going tomorrow to order an entertainment center. Furniture store in my town didn't want to help us when we asked if they had catalogs we could look at since the stuff on the floor didn't work for us. They looked at me like I had two heads and said no. Tried a store in the town north of us (really only a 20-25 minute drive) and the lady was like oh yeah, suure suure we do.....the accent tends to be a bit heavier just outside of town. LOL Found what we were looking for and price isn't bad....went home and measured and thought about it and tomorrow we are going to order it. I'm excited....our current TV is like 25 or 27 inches which was fine when we lived in places with narrow living rooms. But now all the channels have changed and we cannot see what is scrolling on the bottom or sports scores get cut off at the top left. Once the new wall unit comes....we needed a wall until because DH needed display space for his knick knacks LOL.....we get to upgrade to probably a 55 inch TV.


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