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Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Spooky Sunday

jlbear71 · Guru

Awesome Halloween! Lots f ToTers, over200! Probably too many Jell-O shots. Not going to feel good in the morning. But I am presently happy and not too miserable with itching.

Hope everyone else had a good Saturday night.

Ps spellcheck is a good thing when you have had too much alcohol.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

We had 80 pieces of candy at work. And some pencils and some stickers. We were out of everything by 730pm. Boo :(

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I woke up at 2:35 and can't go back to sleep. It's after 4.

Oh look. My phone just reset. Now it's just after 3.

So I'm not real sure how long I've been awake.

Not a single kid came to the door.

Aaron is sick. Went to the fair with his sister and cousin. He had a sinus thing happening and getting a couple rides made him so dizzy he got sick. I had to go pick him up about 20 minute after they got there.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Wow, hope your day gets better Lily!
We got 40 calves into the new calf barn yesterday,and we are having a party in it today, then another 30 go in tomorrow.
I am so excited.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

So much to do today. Plus church. Thank goodness I'm not serving today. Just in and out like a normal person.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Wow, hope your day gets better Lily!
We got 40 calves into the new calf barn yesterday,and we are having a party in it today, then another 30 go in tomorrow.
I am so excited.

Sounds like it's a huge barn. Have fun!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

lilyofcourse wrote:
I woke up at 2:35 and can't go back to sleep. It's after 4.

Oh look. My phone just reset. Now it's just after 3.

So I'm not real sure how long I've been awake.

Not a single kid came to the door.

Aaron is sick. Went to the fair with his sister and cousin. He had a sinus thing happening and getting a couple rides made him so dizzy he got sick. I had to go pick him up about 20 minute after they got there.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Get some rest lily. I hope DS feels better.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
Wow, hope your day gets better Lily!
We got 40 calves into the new calf barn yesterday,and we are having a party in it today, then another 30 go in tomorrow.
I am so excited.

What are you serving your guests? Cowpies???

Seriously, sounds like a fun time.

FNW · Guru

Sorry about your son, Lily.

Wasn't sure if t-or-t was going to happen with #2. Got his costume on and he didn't feel good. His stomach bothered him. I sent #1 out with DH and sat with #2 for a few minutes. I think he had too many layers on so I took off his thermal shirt from under his costume and he felt better. Then he was ready to go. Said he only wanted to go to a couple houses. After a couple he was even better and lasted the whole night. We met up with #1 and DH and the boys had a great time. Most of the neighbors were out, offering cider (leaded for the parents), snacks. etc. Several bonfires. Parents dressed up, too. Quite a community effort!

I think #2 was anxious about the whole thing. He's been going through this phase where he gets scared. Doesn't want to go upstairs or downstairs unless someone is with him. Not sure what to do about it.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

We only got about 100 for trick or treat last night. That was a light crowd, for us. The kids were cute! smile

Belle is dead in the driveway.

Wayne is off to the store to get her a new battery.

Oh well, I guess I'm lucky that she died in the driveway, and not on the road somewhere. wink

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Spent yesterday running around and doing errands. Grabbed some things we needed at the store, hit up an outlet mall and bought a few Christmas presents (small stuff) and went out to lunch. Came home and took DD and her BF to a movie while I waited around and hit some more stores just to kill time. Too far to the theater to go home and come back. Looking for a dress for me for Christmas Dinner at school and I can't find a thing. Urgh!

Today it's all about cleaning so that when DH gets home it looks like a home again and not the town dump. DD and I have not been very neat and tidy this weekend.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Morning again.

Finally went back to sleep. I think I was hot and didn't realize how hot. Turned my fan up on me. Dozed off about 5.

Aaron is better this morning. Still a bit dizzy when he moves to fast. May have to take him to the doctor tomorrow. We'll see.

I am about done with my Christmas shopping. Need to get a couple more things for Caitlyn and Aaron. Jesse's is done. I'll pick stocking suffers alone the way.

I am struggling to figure out what to get my parents.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I woke up in the middle of the night sicker than a dog. Threw up so hard my nose started to bleed. Not sure what happened there. I seem to be feeling okay now.

So give me your advice geeks... I got into a "discussion" on this yesterday. If you have an infant of the age that it is too young to eat candy is it okay to go trick or treating and collect candy for them for you to eat at home? I'm not talking a nine month old. I'm talking 2-4 months that won't be eating candy.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I woke up in the middle of the night sicker than a dog. Threw up so hard my nose started to bleed. Not sure what happened there. I seem to be feeling okay now.

So give me your advice geeks... I got into a "discussion" on this yesterday. If you have an infant of the age that it is too young to eat candy is it okay to go trick or treating and collect candy for them for you to eat at home? I'm not talking a nine month old. I'm talking 2-4 months that won't be eating candy.

I suppose it's "ok" but just tacky.

At that age, I took the kids to the grandparents, godparents and aunts/uncles. That's it. I didn't go door to door.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I think it's tacky too! I mean if you have older siblings that are going and you're just going to show them off then that's one thing. But I belong to this mom's group and a bunch of new moms with kids too small to eat candy were taking their kids trick or treating so THEY could enjoy the haul. I feel like that's rude.

FNW · Guru

Tacky. You can go door to door, but don't take any candy and don't bring anything to put it in. I didn't take the boys out until they were 2 or 3, and we just pulled them in a wagon so the neighbors could see them. We did not accept candy until they were about 4. The first year they were only 6 months old and I dressed them in halloween onsies and if they were awake when someone came, we'd bring them with us to answer the door. But after the first couple groups we put them down and let them sleep through it.

ed11563 · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I woke up in the middle of the night sicker than a dog. Threw up so hard my nose started to bleed. Not sure what happened there. I seem to be feeling okay now.

So give me your advice geeks... I got into a "discussion" on this yesterday. If you have an infant of the age that it is too young to eat candy is it okay to go trick or treating and collect candy for them for you to eat at home? I'm not talking a nine month old. I'm talking 2-4 months that won't be eating candy.

You have either the Flu or food poisoning. Stay home. Possibly your nose bleed was from your BP spiking?

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

And that type of attitude those mothers have is the same attitude I was annoyed at. It is rude. It takes the "inventory" away from the real ToT'ers. I love seeing the babies in costume but it so odd when there isn't an older sibling with them. Now when my neighbor's grand kids were babies, she would dress them up and bring them over, but of course, I wanted to see them. I would get them little trinkets.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I'm putting out resumes. My goal is 5 per day (if there are appropriate jobs). My other goal is to no longer work for an abusive sociopath.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It's tacky.

I waited until mine could walk and say trick or treat.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Tignanello wrote:
I'm putting out resumes. My goal is 5 per day (if there are appropriate jobs). My other goal is to no longer work for an abusive sociopath.

I hope you find something soon, Tig!

Fingers crossed!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Tignanello wrote:
I'm putting out resumes. My goal is 5 per day (if there are appropriate jobs). My other goal is to no longer work for an abusive sociopath.

Do yourself a favor. Find someone in your field, perhaps in a hiring position, who can review your resume before you start sending it out. They may have helpful hints for cleaning it up, word smithing, etc

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Tignanello wrote:
I'm putting out resumes. My goal is 5 per day (if there are appropriate jobs). My other goal is to no longer work for an abusive sociopath.
Do yourself a favor. Find someone in your field, perhaps in a hiring position, who can review your resume before you start sending it out. They may have helpful hints for cleaning it up, word smithing, etc

Already done. Also using insiders for hiring purposes. People who know about positions that are open and who are willing to talk to their bosses on my behalf and recruiting people who are being interested in being references so that I don't have to use the Sociopath and so that nobody will question his absence. Luckily, my current place of employment has been under multiple versions of management so it won't look weird when I use different sets of managers.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I don't understand taking a baby that small out and into all the possible germy situations if it isn't necessary.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Tignanello wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Tignanello wrote:
I'm putting out resumes. My goal is 5 per day (if there are appropriate jobs). My other goal is to no longer work for an abusive sociopath.
Do yourself a favor. Find someone in your field, perhaps in a hiring position, who can review your resume before you start sending it out. They may have helpful hints for cleaning it up, word smithing, etc
Already done. Also using insiders for hiring purposes. People who know about positions that are open and who are willing to talk to their bosses on my behalf and recruiting people who are being interested in being references so that I don't have to use the Sociopath and so that nobody will question his absence. Luckily, my current place of employment has been under multiple versions of management so it won't look weird when I use different sets of managers.

Oh that is fantastic Tig!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Sounds like a plan Tig.

God's guidance to you.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Thanks guys - fingers and toes crossed please! I hate the idea of not working with my girls and my coworkers, but I can't do the work the way it needs to be done the way that the organization is being run now and the way things are going it is only going to get worse. :( It's time to move on. It feels better to plan to make a move on my own terms.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Thanks all. I said on the page that I thought it was tacky. I said people love to see babies so if you are just taking them around to show them off that's all well and good. But this lady said she and her husband were going to eat the candy. Halloween is for kids! Take your baby out and show them off but don't try to get a haul for YOU. Anyway, I said that and a bunch of people jumped all over me saying I wasn't being "nice". I wanted to say, "She asked for opinions!" I just left it alone. Apparently she just wanted people to tell her that it was okay to be greedy.

SS got a haul. He will never eat it all. EVER. Most of it will be trashed. We have three policemen that live on our street and the police department paid for candy for the officers to hand out if they agreed to be in uniform. So they gave SS a ton of candy. Then three neighbors said to come by when the trick or treating was over and they gave SS the rest of their candy. One gave him Sour Gummi Worms. He has more candy than we know what to do with.

The most successful thing was I put out a bowl of dog biscuits with a sign that said, "Happy Halloween from our dogs to yours. Please take one." People were taking them home to their dogs. They thought that was so nice. I would tell them to take a couple. One little boy kept trying to feed our dogs the treats. It was so cute watching him.

Tig, I'm glad you're getting your stuff in order and looking for a new job. You need to. Do not let a job drive you to insanity. It's not worth your health. I know this from experience. Like IKWTDS said get your resume updated and get it out there. Someone will hire you! You will be a good asset to them!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Thanks all. I said on the page that I thought it was tacky. I said people love to see babies so if you are just taking them around to show them off that's all well and good. But this lady said she and her husband were going to eat the candy. Halloween is for kids! Take your baby out and show them off but don't try to get a haul for YOU. Anyway, I said that and a bunch of people jumped all over me saying I wasn't being "nice". I wanted to say, "She asked for opinions!" I just left it alone. Apparently she just wanted people to tell her that it was okay to be greedy.

SS got a haul. He will never eat it all. EVER. Most of it will be trashed. We have three policemen that live on our street and the police department paid for candy for the officers to hand out if they agreed to be in uniform. So they gave SS a ton of candy. Then three neighbors said to come by when the trick or treating was over and they gave SS the rest of their candy. One gave him Sour Gummi Worms. He has more candy than we know what to do with.

The most successful thing was I put out a bowl of dog biscuits with a sign that said, "Happy Halloween from our dogs to yours. Please take one." People were taking them home to their dogs. They thought that was so nice. I would tell them to take a couple. One little boy kept trying to feed our dogs the treats. It was so cute watching him.

Tig, I'm glad you're getting your stuff in order and looking for a new job. You need to. Do not let a job drive you to insanity. It's not worth your health. I know this from experience. Like IKWTDS said get your resume updated and get it out there. Someone will hire you! You will be a good asset to them!

I wish I had thought of that!

What a cute idea.

I did run in to get a Milk bone for the one doggy that was out with his family.

He liked it! wink

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Thanks all. I said on the page that I thought it was tacky. I said people love to see babies so if you are just taking them around to show them off that's all well and good. But this lady said she and her husband were going to eat the candy. Halloween is for kids! Take your baby out and show them off but don't try to get a haul for YOU. Anyway, I said that and a bunch of people jumped all over me saying I wasn't being "nice". I wanted to say, "She asked for opinions!" I just left it alone. Apparently she just wanted people to tell her that it was okay to be greedy.

SS got a haul. He will never eat it all. EVER. Most of it will be trashed. We have three policemen that live on our street and the police department paid for candy for the officers to hand out if they agreed to be in uniform. So they gave SS a ton of candy. Then three neighbors said to come by when the trick or treating was over and they gave SS the rest of their candy. One gave him Sour Gummi Worms. He has more candy than we know what to do with.

The most successful thing was I put out a bowl of dog biscuits with a sign that said, "Happy Halloween from our dogs to yours. Please take one." People were taking them home to their dogs. They thought that was so nice. I would tell them to take a couple. One little boy kept trying to feed our dogs the treats. It was so cute watching him.

Tig, I'm glad you're getting your stuff in order and looking for a new job. You need to. Do not let a job drive you to insanity. It's not worth your health. I know this from experience. Like IKWTDS said get your resume updated and get it out there. Someone will hire you! You will be a good asset to them!

But you said you didn't care who came to your door.

I don't care who comes to my door or why. I used to take my kids to neighborhoods a long time ago because we lived in apartments. People just didn't trick or treat there. I will hand out candy till I run out but in the six years I have been here I have never run out. So come on all you inappropriately dressed children. Come on all you pirates, ballerinas, Olafs, Anna's, Elsas, superhero's, and anything else.

Divine Geek · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I woke up in the middle of the night sicker than a dog. Threw up so hard my nose started to bleed. Not sure what happened there. I seem to be feeling okay now.

So give me your advice geeks... I got into a "discussion" on this yesterday. If you have an infant of the age that it is too young to eat candy is it okay to go trick or treating and collect candy for them for you to eat at home? I'm not talking a nine month old. I'm talking 2-4 months that won't be eating candy.

Its not something I would do, but I didn't care if people did. I always offered the parents candy when they brought their kids trick-or-treating anyways

Lindley · Guru

I had a bag of goodies for my two older g nephews but not their baby siblings even though they were so cute! They were just to young and their parents weren't expecting them to get any candy. I wouldn't like grown-ups trying to get candy for themselves either.

Tig, good luck sending out your resumes. Life is to short to be miserable.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

lilyofcourse wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Thanks all. I said on the page that I thought it was tacky. I said people love to see babies so if you are just taking them around to show them off that's all well and good. But this lady said she and her husband were going to eat the candy. Halloween is for kids! Take your baby out and show them off but don't try to get a haul for YOU. Anyway, I said that and a bunch of people jumped all over me saying I wasn't being "nice". I wanted to say, "She asked for opinions!" I just left it alone. Apparently she just wanted people to tell her that it was okay to be greedy.

SS got a haul. He will never eat it all. EVER. Most of it will be trashed. We have three policemen that live on our street and the police department paid for candy for the officers to hand out if they agreed to be in uniform. So they gave SS a ton of candy. Then three neighbors said to come by when the trick or treating was over and they gave SS the rest of their candy. One gave him Sour Gummi Worms. He has more candy than we know what to do with.

The most successful thing was I put out a bowl of dog biscuits with a sign that said, "Happy Halloween from our dogs to yours. Please take one." People were taking them home to their dogs. They thought that was so nice. I would tell them to take a couple. One little boy kept trying to feed our dogs the treats. It was so cute watching him.

Tig, I'm glad you're getting your stuff in order and looking for a new job. You need to. Do not let a job drive you to insanity. It's not worth your health. I know this from experience. Like IKWTDS said get your resume updated and get it out there. Someone will hire you! You will be a good asset to them!
But you said you didn't care who came to your door.

I don't care who comes to my door or why. I used to take my kids to neighborhoods a long time ago because we lived in apartments. People just didn't trick or treat there. I will hand out candy till I run out but in the six years I have been here I have never run out. So come on all you inappropriately dressed children. Come on all you pirates, ballerinas, Olafs, Anna's, Elsas, superhero's, and anything else.

Thank you Lily. I know exactly what I said. I thought it was pretty clear but let me make it a little clearer since you seem to want to make some point about me being a liar. I don't care what kids come to my door. I don't care if they live in my neighborhood or not. I don't care if teenagers come to my door. As long as they are polite. But since you seem to want to make a liar out of me I never figured there were actual parents out there rude enough to try to get candy for THEMSELVES under the guise of having an infant.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

And what was the point of that post other than to try to start chit on the board? You love to try to stir things up and then pretend to be oh so innocent when you do.

Halloween is for kids.

Divine Geek · Guru

My grandma used to make up little bags of candy corn. She would keep them back for when there was someone she thought was too old to trick-or-treat or did not put enough effort into their costume. One year there was a group of rough looking teenagers that she was not impressed with, and she was loudly telling my cousin and I all about her displeasure. I was like Grandma, hush, you're going to get us knifed!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Divine Geek wrote:
My grandma used to make up little bags of candy corn. She would keep them back for when there was someone she thought was too old to trick-or-treat or did not put enough effort into their costume. One year there was a group of rough looking teenagers that she was not impressed with, and she was loudly telling my cousin and I all about her displeasure. I was like Grandma, hush, you're going to get us knifed!

Gotta love old people, DG!

I bet your Grandma would have kicked their butts if they had tried anything! wink

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I actually like candy corn. In small batches. After I eat a little bit of it I feel icky. Like I'm on a sugar rush.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I actually like candy corn. In small batches. After I eat a little bit of it I feel icky. Like I'm on a sugar rush.

Yes. I'm the same way.

I don't buy it, because after a couple of pieces, I'm done.

Divine Geek · Guru

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
My grandma used to make up little bags of candy corn. She would keep them back for when there was someone she thought was too old to trick-or-treat or did not put enough effort into their costume. One year there was a group of rough looking teenagers that she was not impressed with, and she was loudly telling my cousin and I all about her displeasure. I was like Grandma, hush, you're going to get us knifed!
Gotta love old people, DG!
I bet your Grandma would have kicked their butts if they had tried anything!

more like she would have been thoroughly amused as my cousin and I tried keep her from getting killed.

There was another time she made some mildly racist comment (something that was common place 50+ years ago, but not so much anymore). I said, Grandma, you can't say that. She told me "I am 87 years old, I will say whatever I d@mn well please" I was ok, can't argue with that logic....again, just try to no get granny knifed

Divine Geek · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I actually like candy corn. In small batches. After I eat a little bit of it I feel icky. Like I'm on a sugar rush.

I like candy corn only when mixed with peanuts. It tastes like a Payday candy bar

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I've never done that. Interesting. I might have to try that. They always have tons of candy corn on clearance after Halloween.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I saw a recipe for Halloween bars on pinterest ages ago. I don't remember what batter they put it in but there was some kind of base and they cut up every kind of candy in the Halloween bag and tossed it in and then baked it. It came out like brownie candy squares. They even put candy corn in it!

Divine Geek · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I've never done that. Interesting. I might have to try that. They always have tons of candy corn on clearance after Halloween.

I don't remember where I first learned that. But I really don't like candy corn, but with the peanuts, its ok. 1 candy corn and 2 peanuts is the perfect ratio for me

Divine Geek · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I saw a recipe for Halloween bars on pinterest ages ago. I don't remember what batter they put it in but there was some kind of base and they cut up every kind of candy in the Halloween bag and tossed it in and then baked it. It came out like brownie candy squares. They even put candy corn in it!

I saw a thing last night were they melted candy corn and mixed in peanut butter, and maybe something else. scooped out balls and covered with chocolate, they said they tasted like butterfingers

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Divine Geek wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
I saw a recipe for Halloween bars on pinterest ages ago. I don't remember what batter they put it in but there was some kind of base and they cut up every kind of candy in the Halloween bag and tossed it in and then baked it. It came out like brownie candy squares. They even put candy corn in it!
I saw a thing last night were they melted candy corn and mixed in peanut butter, and maybe something else. scooped out balls and covered with chocolate, they said they tasted like butterfingers

That does sound good.

FNW · Guru

Divine Geek wrote:
My grandma used to make up little bags of candy corn. She would keep them back for when there was someone she thought was too old to trick-or-treat or did not put enough effort into their costume. One year there was a group of rough looking teenagers that she was not impressed with, and she was loudly telling my cousin and I all about her displeasure. I was like Grandma, hush, you're going to get us knifed!

Many, many years ago, my friend's father used to keep peanuts for the black children. She answered the door for him and he'd be in the living room yelling, "blacks, peanuts." Talk about cringe.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

OMG FNW. I'd be embarrassed.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

DN said I embarrassed her last night because I made two sets of bags. One for little tiny kids and one for the older kids. I called them the treat bags for the little kids and the treat bags for big kids. So a girl came by and I said "Oh she's big." DN thought it was rude.