MM, I love your DH's resolution. Sounds like a big win for both of you. :)
Thanks! It's been a rough couple of months at work for him and I know that. But there are some things I simply cannot do. As silly as it is, I cannot take the trash out because we put it in a dumpster and I am too short to reach. It's the little things that build up, that drive me nuts!
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
What is Epiphany? I have heard of it here twice this year and that is all.
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Ok. Never heard of that. I thought it was longer than that. That they came.
All our decorations are in their new boxes and stacked. The trees are still up for now. It's rainy and cold. It is suppose to warm up by Monday. They can wait till then to go up in the top of the house.
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I will use it to wish all of us a wonderful New Year filled with happiness, health, and good fortune. May we all have many more years of geeky happiness together!
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
Epiphany people! You have to leave your Christmas stuff up until Epiphany! Tuesday...you can take it down Tuesday. Sheesh. 😉
Epiphany ( or Little Christmas) was big in my house growing up. I appreciate it, but I can celebrate it without the tree up.
We used to have a little ritual as kids. The nativity set with Baby Jesus would be in the living room. The three kings would be in the family room. Every day from Christmas until January 6th, we would walk all three kings a few steps closer to Jesus, symbolizing their journey. Then by the 6th they would be in front of Him.
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No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are,
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
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That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
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Oh IKWTDS, I can just imagine the glow against the white of the snow. LOL.
Does it hurt?
Did you have fun?
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Well I hope it was fun!
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No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are,
That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
Right? We would have done the laundry too, watered the animals, got enough fresh straw for a week, and started a committee to set up the babysitting schedule.
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Soooooo jealous
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Soooooo jealous
Which part? can't be the snowblowing...
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Well I hope it was fun!
A blast! DD and I had a great time. Glad I could treat my mother too, although, she is very trying at times.
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Well I hope it was fun!
A blast! DD and I had a great time. Glad I could treat my mother too, although, she is very trying at times.
I'm happy you had a great time!
Okay, spill...what did Mom do?
(I ask because, we take my Mom on vacations, and at the not so tender age of 91, she can be a bit of a pain, at times.)
That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
Right? We would have done the laundry too, watered the animals, got enough fresh straw for a week, and started a committee to set up the babysitting schedule.
And there would have been several matching sets of knitted booties, beanies, sweaters, and blankets.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
Right? We would have done the laundry too, watered the animals, got enough fresh straw for a week, and started a committee to set up the babysitting schedule.
And there would have been several matching sets of knitted booties, beanies, sweaters, and blankets.
Meanwhile, my DH is at home saying "Joe and Mary had a baby? I didn't even realize she was pregnant!"
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
Right? We would have done the laundry too, watered the animals, got enough fresh straw for a week, and started a committee to set up the babysitting schedule.
And there would have been several matching sets of knitted booties, beanies, sweaters, and blankets.
Meanwhile, my DH is at home saying "Joe and Mary had a baby? I didn't even realize she was pregnant!"
I literally heard this the other day. DH told me someone was seven and a half months pregnant and he didn't even know!
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Well I hope it was fun!
A blast! DD and I had a great time. Glad I could treat my mother too, although, she is very trying at times.
I'm happy you had a great time!
Okay, spill...what did Mom do?
(I ask because, we take my Mom on vacations, and at the not so tender age of 91, she can be a bit of a pain, at times.)
Hmm, after reading this exchange, I wonder what my kids say about me when I travel with them.
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I drink coffee so I don't kill you.
I quilt so I don't kill you.
Do you see a theme?
Faith isn't something that keeps bad things from happening. Faith is what helps us get through bad things when they do happen.
I guess I never paid attention to it on the calendar. Yom Kipper is on the calendars too but I had no idea what they were until about 10 years ago.
It was never something we observed.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
I guess I never paid attention to it on the calendar. Yom Kipper is on the calendars too but I had no idea what they were until about 10 years ago.
It was never something we observed.
Hmm, I guess the church calendar is important to me. I don't ever remember not observing Epiphany, and I grew up in a church different from the one we attend.
I'm just really surprised.
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I drink coffee so I don't kill you.
I quilt so I don't kill you.
Do you see a theme?
Faith isn't something that keeps bad things from happening. Faith is what helps us get through bad things when they do happen.
To think, 24 hours ago I was floating on a pool in 75+ heat and now have my winter jams on, fire in the fireplace, and, cruelly, a slight sunburn which will look great when I have to snow blow the driveway tomorrow morning.
Well I hope it was fun!
A blast! DD and I had a great time. Glad I could treat my mother too, although, she is very trying at times.
I'm happy you had a great time!
Okay, spill...what did Mom do?
(I ask because, we take my Mom on vacations, and at the not so tender age of 91, she can be a bit of a pain, at times.)
Drama queen and PITA. I would turn the garbage disposal on and she would run into the room and yell "what is that?" Turn the shower on "OMG is the plumbing leaking?", Turning the temp on the AC up to 90 , Say she wasn't able to walk around the Disney parks and such and complain afterwards that she didn't get to go. Crowd me when I was doing something, such as getting a cup of coffee, suddenly she had to stand in front of the coffee maker when she had been in the dining room. Making really lousy coffee, I got up early just to make it. Complain about the wine I was drinking but happy I bought her two bottles.
Ok so I get she is old and unsure of herself and feeling lost. She needs to get over the pity party and enjoy the finer things of like her kids give her that she could never give us. Between me and my brother we paid for everything for her and don't mind that, wanted to do it.
Sadly, in the grocery store, I had to send DD9 with her to pick out cheese, still took her a 1/2 hour. She was indecisive. I don't know if that is due to old age or the start of dementia.
She sucked the life out me but at least I had my Bro and Sil to run defense for me. I don't know if I can take her again on vaca when she is staying in my unit, it makes for not so much of a vaca for me and DD. But I know we don't have a lot of time left and I want her to enjoy her life. Thing is, she doesn't seem to enjoy it as much, too worried about what other people think, it's been her MO her entire life.
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Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.
That reminds me of this quote, because the gold, frankincense and myrrh really weren't very useful to Baby Jesus:
"What would have happened if it had been three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? They would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and brought practical gifts. "
Right? We would have done the laundry too, watered the animals, got enough fresh straw for a week, and started a committee to set up the babysitting schedule.
And there would have been several matching sets of knitted booties, beanies, sweaters, and blankets.
Meanwhile, my DH is at home saying "Joe and Mary had a baby? I didn't even realize she was pregnant!"
I literally heard this the other day. DH told me someone was seven and a half months pregnant and he didn't even know!
When I was 7 months pregnant with DD I had a bad respiratory infection and had to go to the urgent care. I was 100 lbs before I got pregnant so I carried all in the belly area. It looked like I swallowed a basketball. Well the doc who saw me at urgent care asked about all my symptoms etc and was set to write a Rx. I asked if it was safe to take whlie pregnant. He looked at me confused and literally asked why that mattered. He was astounded when I explained that the basketball was a baby. Worst doc ever! You can't go in for a broken arm without someone asking when your last period was! He was just gobsmacked that I was pregnant. I took the Rx and never went back there.
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Out of all the lies I have told, "just kidding" is my favorite !
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
My cousin that was supposed to go shopping with me texted me earlier. Said she ended up making an apple crisp because her other plans fell through. Then I just saw a picture she posted of her and our Aunt together tonight. Long backstory there, but our aunt no longer talks to me or my part of our family.
I'm annoyed. Not that cousin is with aunt, their relationship is seperate from mine with cousin. But it sure looks like my cousin lied to me about why she couldn't come with me. I don't care if you're with aunt, just don't lie to me about it
My cousin that was supposed to go shopping with me texted me earlier. Said she ended up making an apple crisp because her other plans fell through. Then I just saw a picture she posted of her and our Aunt together tonight. Long backstory there, but our aunt no longer talks to me or my part of our family.
I'm annoyed. Not that cousin is with aunt, their relationship is seperate from mine with cousin. But it sure looks like my cousin lied to me about why she couldn't come with me. I don't care if you're with aunt, just don't lie to me about it
I totally understand that.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou