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Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Many Monday

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Aww Dona, they must be so cute. Do the geeks get to name them?

I have to work today and tomorrow, then I am off. The office should be fairly quiet, as in morgue quiet.

FNW · Guru

Have to run all over town with allergy serum for #2. Get shots, pick up serum, drop off at Peds, take to school, go to work. I'm tired before the day has begun.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Stupid question, Dona, but how do you keep them all straight?

flan

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

All who? The cows or the calves?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Dona Worry Be Happy wrote:
All who? The cows or the calves?

Both, I guess!

You probably don't think it's a big deal.

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Another day off...

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Both! smile

I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.

It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.

Oh well.

Have a great Monday, everyone! smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!

I have to ask...How "cold" is cold?

flan

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

Headed to work for 3 days of insanity. People will buy anything off the shelves. Sometimes I wonder what their Thanksgiving meal looks like with the stuff they are buying! It's all good though! Today, we are selling fresh m, never frozen, local turkeys to the 75 people who signed up for one. A big refrigerated truck pulls up with the turkeys and people line up around the block to get the one they want. It's a big deal. Can't wait!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Mellow Momma wrote:
Headed to work for 3 days of insanity. People will buy anything off the shelves. Sometimes I wonder what their Thanksgiving meal looks like with the stuff they are buying! It's all good though! Today, we are selling fresh m, never frozen, local turkeys to the 75 people who signed up for one. A big refrigerated truck pulls up with the turkeys and people line up around the block to get the one they want. It's a big deal. Can't wait!

Hang in there!

flan

TrudyML · Guru

Moo!

ladyloonatic · Regular

Yea! Another Monday! Lots of calves, it sounds like, at Dona's! Do you need to do any assisting with the births?

Sounds like MM will have a mini stampede of her own. I don't think I've ever had a fresh turkey. I assume they are all plucked and cleaned, right?

I'm already for Thanksgiving, just waiting for time to start cooking. Think I'm going to get a three day weekend out of the deal.

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

The cows all look different. They are easy to tell apart. Most of them have name tags too, but sometimes they rip out and get lost.
The heifer calves get number tags, just little ones, that we use until they are big enough for the name tags.
Bull calves we only keep for a few day

TrudyML · Guru

Where do you sent the calves?

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Off to a general auction. They go to veal farms.
Ones that are too small or weak to go for veal we usually keep and either give to a problem cow or put in a hutch with the heifers, and we keep them for a couple of years and then eat them.
The red twins are tiny, that will most likely be there fate.

TrudyML · Guru

Oh, thanks for explaining!

-- Edited by TrudyML on Monday 23rd of November 2015 09:57:51 AM

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

flan327 wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!
I have to ask...How "cold" is cold?
flan

It was 35 when I got up this morning, flan. There was some frost on my front lawn.

Sunny, and heading for a high of 61 today. (Pretty normal, for November in North Texas.)

I know I shouldn't complain. Winters in Ohio were much worse. cry

And, I practically had the grocery store to myself!

There were only 3 or 4 people shopping, other than me! smile

I think I got everything I need.

Oh, I get my hair cut at 11. Yay! I enjoy getting my hair done. smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!
I have to ask...How "cold" is cold?
flan
It was 35 when I got up this morning, flan. There was some frost on my front lawn.
Sunny, and heading for a high of 61 today. (Pretty normal, for November in North Texas.)
I know I shouldn't complain. Winters in Ohio were much worse.
And, I practically had the grocery store to myself!
There were only 3 or 4 people shopping, other than me!
I think I got everything I need.
Oh, I get my hair cut at 11. Yay! I enjoy getting my hair done.

That's about what it was here! (I still wore my shorts to the store!)

I love my stylist too!

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Shorts!

My goodness flan, you must have thicker blood than I do! wink

I'd freeze to death in shorts if it's under 75 degrees. cry

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Shorts!
My goodness flan, you must have thicker blood than I do!
I'd freeze to death in shorts if it's under 75 degrees.

Remember that I have more padding than you! LOL

It's sunny today, so I barely need the heat in the car, plus the stores are always too hot.

(I have a long-sleeve sweatshirt on...)

flan

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

I didn't know the temps dropped overnight & I am wearing sandals. It is about 40.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Oy Lexxy! Your poor feet must be cold! cry

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

They sure were in the car until the heat warmed up but here in the office it's 70 or so.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

It was 32 at 2:30 this morning.

It's 39 now. Might squeeze up to 50 around 3 or 4.

This is my "don't go into the light" week. Meaning I don't go to stores no matter how tempting it is.

Someone will need to go to the dump on Wednesday and probably need to pick up something that was forgotten.

I have some laundry to do. Things need wiped down and the floors swept.

Happy Monday everyone.

Lindley · Guru

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!

Fwm, I found a butterball that was all natural. That would be a good compromise for you and your dh.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lindley wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!
Fwm, I found a butterball that was all natural. That would be a good compromise for you and your dh.

I got the fresh, Honeysuckle White, organic, no drugs one, Lindley.

I've had good luck with them.

I'm sure the Butterball is good, too. smile

Wayne hasn't mentioned a free range beast since I invited him to go up to Conor's house and cook it himself! biggrin

Lindley · Guru

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lindley wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Both!
I need to get to the grocery store and get the food for Thanksgiving dinner.
It's cold outside. I'm not thrilled about having to go out.
Oh well.
Have a great Monday, everyone!
Fwm, I found a butterball that was all natural. That would be a good compromise for you and your dh.
I got the fresh, Honeysuckle White, organic, no drugs one, Lindley.
I've had good luck with them.
I'm sure the Butterball is good, too.
Wayne hasn't mentioned a free range beast since I invited him to go up to Conor's house and cook it himself!

LOL! Honeysuckle is good too. Walmart here only had a generic, pararie farms, and butterball. I thought of you and your dh when I purchased my turkey. I didn't want the praire farms since they shoot it up with all kinds of stuff.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

This is a terrible day. My assistant came in and gave me 2 weeks notice today. I CANNOT believe she is leaving me. She got an incredible job offer, though, and couldn't turn it down and I'm happy for her. But I'm devastated. She came in buttering me up this morning, being sweet and funny and then told me. I thought she was joking until she started crying. Geesh.

FNW · Guru

I made sure my turkey was not free range.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Lawyerlady wrote:
This is a terrible day. My assistant came in and gave me 2 weeks notice today. I CANNOT believe she is leaving me. She got an incredible job offer, though, and couldn't turn it down and I'm happy for her. But I'm devastated. She came in buttering me up this morning, being sweet and funny and then told me. I thought she was joking until she started crying. Geesh.

Oh man, I feel for you, LL.

It sounds like you really like her.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

FNW wrote:
I made sure my turkey was not free range.

Good move, FNW! smile

No more foul fowl at my house either! wink

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Lawyerlady wrote:
This is a terrible day. My assistant came in and gave me 2 weeks notice today. I CANNOT believe she is leaving me. She got an incredible job offer, though, and couldn't turn it down and I'm happy for her. But I'm devastated. She came in buttering me up this morning, being sweet and funny and then told me. I thought she was joking until she started crying. Geesh.
Oh man, I feel for you, LL.
It sounds like you really like her.

Oh, I'm so sorry!

flan

Dona Worry Be Happy · Vette's SS!!

Oh, sorry to hear that, LL. We recently lost a guy. He was going home to his family, though, so it was a little different, but he had been here a long time and was fantastic help.

chef · Guru

Been up for a little over 2 hours and already over today. DH is pissed because Thanksgiving may not be a paid day off. But, he doesn't even know for sure yet. He's been a jerk since he woke up. DS is in rare form today. Squawks HUNGRY! but won't eat. Well, child, I can't help ya. You either eat or you don't. I don't care either way. You will be the one dealing with hunger pangs, not me.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Just got back in from making, transporting, and delivering 70 oreo cookie "turkeys" to a local nursing home. This was one of the two service projects our Royal Court girls do each year. Out of 5, one was a no-show (no call, either), two were 30 minutes late (one of whom was supposed to walk with the older one), and two were an hour late. Older one had pulled a 12 hour shift at Sonic, and overslept, so she and her younger sister worked as fast as they could to make up for lost time.
A phone call would have been nice.
The residents loved the turkeys . . . some ate them right away, and some kept them to put them in their rooms.
Take an oreo cookie, separate it, keeping all the filling on one side. Cover the filling completely with chocolate frosting. Cover the flat side of the other cookie with frosting, and put 3-5 candy corns, wide side up, in a fan shape to resemble feathers. Push the feathered oreo into the filling oreo about one-third of the way towards the center. (90 degree angle) Put a Whopper (malted milk ball) under the candy corn feathers. Put a tiny dab of frosting on the whopper, and stick on a red hot (cinnamon candy) to resemble the head. If you can, refrigerate to set the frosting. Enjoy!

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

Wow, everyone is so busy!

Dona, I love cows. Can you send me one?
FWM, put on the shorts it's nice out!
Momala, what is an Oreo cookie turkey?
IKWTDS enjoy your days off.
FNW, you sound crazy busy.
Lexxy, hope you warm up.
Lindley, not going with free range? :)
Lily, there is always something forgotten. That's what gas stations are for!
flan, enjoy your day off.
chef, hold strong on the son front.
LL, so sorry to hear about your secretary. I know how much you loved her and how valuable she was for you.

I have a pumpkin cheesecake to make today come hell or high water. I also need to see if I can make a geeky gift. This ought to be interesting.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I'm really devastated. I adore her, and that's why it is so hard to have her leave. She's taking a government job. I think we've worked out where she'll come in and help me on all her ridiculous government holidays. It's helping me feel better.

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

This is technically our Thanksgiving with SS. We play pretty fast and loose with the holidays because we all get along. But grandma wanted to see SS too. So DH and the ex (kinda me too) worked out that grandma would have him from Friday after school to Tuesday. Then we get him Tuesday to Sunday night. Grandma is mad because this screwed up HER plans. She said she would get SS Friday night after we did Thanksgiving so she could do it this coming weekend. SS's mom said no. We have him till Sunday. She could have done it this past weekend but she didn't want to. Now she's saying she can't get SS home Tuesday. She told us she's working late Tuesday and that we'll have to drive the two and half or three hours to her house to pick him up. DH said no, she needs to get it together. So she's making a big deal of all the things she needs to do tomorrow but she'll meet us halfway. However it will be really late. SS' mom isn't even the issue. This is about grandma. DH is slowly getting tired of it.

NAOW · Vette's SS

I'm sorry about your assistant LL.

SS's grandma sounds like a pain NJN, I'm glad his mom is not on her side in all of this.

We went to the store this morning to get stuff for Thanksgiving, luckily it was pretty slow in there. DH is putting up the outside Christmas lights today (since it's nice today and going to get cold in the next few days) but four of the strands are dead, so he had to run and get more. He's pretty confident he can find the exact same type, but I'm not so sure...

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
This is technically our Thanksgiving with SS. We play pretty fast and loose with the holidays because we all get along. But grandma wanted to see SS too. So DH and the ex (kinda me too) worked out that grandma would have him from Friday after school to Tuesday. Then we get him Tuesday to Sunday night. Grandma is mad because this screwed up HER plans. She said she would get SS Friday night after we did Thanksgiving so she could do it this coming weekend. SS's mom said no. We have him till Sunday. She could have done it this past weekend but she didn't want to. Now she's saying she can't get SS home Tuesday. She told us she's working late Tuesday and that we'll have to drive the two and half or three hours to her house to pick him up. DH said no, she needs to get it together. So she's making a big deal of all the things she needs to do tomorrow but she'll meet us halfway. However it will be really late. SS' mom isn't even the issue. This is about grandma. DH is slowly getting tired of it.

Oy! His grandma needs sporked!

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

NAOW, I've found that going in the store with a good attitude at this time of year helps! I guess it never seems as busy or rude if I go in with the attitude that it's going to be busy. Sounds silly I guess. I don't get upset about waiting.

SS's grandma needs more than a spork!

chef · Guru

DS is happy. He broke one pair of my tongs and almost broke the second pair. I bought new ones and put them up. He found the almost broke pair in the drawer a few minutes ago. I told him he could have them and he lit up. He's now picking up stuff with HIS tongs.

I'm wondering if something would work. He loves grabbing our pans and our cooking utensils. The cabinet we put our pans in is bigger than we need and has two shelves. I'm thinking of putting his toy cooking stuff on one shelf and our stuff on the other and letting him keep his toy food and such in the drawers the cooking utensils are currently in. I'm fine with moving the cooking utensils elsewhere. I'm hoping he will grab his toy pans when he goes in the cabinet rather than ours. I figure if we make a huge deal out of how absolutely cool it is that HIS stuff is in the big people kitchen that he might just leave our stuff alone since his stuff is obviously better so why would he want our stuff. Parents - think this would work?

chef · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
NAOW, I've found that going in the store with a good attitude at this time of year helps! I guess it never seems as busy or rude if I go in with the attitude that it's going to be busy. Sounds silly I guess. I don't get upset about waiting.

SS's grandma needs more than a spork!

What about a pitchfork?

Lindley · Guru

chef wrote:
DS is happy. He broke one pair of my tongs and almost broke the second pair. I bought new ones and put them up. He found the almost broke pair in the drawer a few minutes ago. I told him he could have them and he lit up. He's now picking up stuff with HIS tongs.

I'm wondering if something would work. He loves grabbing our pans and our cooking utensils. The cabinet we put our pans in is bigger than we need and has two shelves. I'm thinking of putting his toy cooking stuff on one shelf and our stuff on the other and letting him keep his toy food and such in the drawers the cooking utensils are currently in. I'm fine with moving the cooking utensils elsewhere. I'm hoping he will grab his toy pans when he goes in the cabinet rather than ours. I figure if we make a huge deal out of how absolutely cool it is that HIS stuff is in the big people kitchen that he might just leave our stuff alone since his stuff is obviously better so why would he want our stuff. Parents - think this would work?

It might work, I had a cabnet that my kids can get into filled with Tupperware stuff and I would put in paper cups and things they could play with. I also did this for my great nephews I babysit and they usually left my other cabinets alone. My little 1 yr old great nephew isn't going for it. He likes the ones that he can't play in.

Sorry your assistant is leaving LL, Hope you find someone who will be as good as she is. NJN, sorry ss's grandma is trying to make things hard on you. wish that she would realize that it is hurting SS and just to quit.

Riding · Guru

chef, that sounds like a good idea, worth a try. Good luck.

My 2yoa grandson loves to help empty the dishwasher and I have to watch close, because he likes to haul my things into his toy box. He does have a couple spoons and a smaller Tupperware bowl that are his, but he thinks IT should all be his!

My DH is putting our Christmas lights up today too, since it is nice and he is off today, heard the weather will get bad tomorrow.

I am ready to get my tree up, though I will wait til the weekend after Thanksgiving.

I admit I have been listening to Christmas music for 2 weeks at work on Pandora....I find my co-workers who come in my office singing along with it too LOL

I have been trying to get my gifts all bought, and wrapped. With older *kids* it is easier in some ways and harder in other

I got a new granddog this weekend, she is an 8 week old GREAT DANE, her name is Lilly, though my DS said it should have been Lucy, short for Lucifer, as she is just a beastie to their other dog, two dachunds, and 1 Chihuahua. He said is is not graceful at all an just belly flops/slide off the couch to get down. Her parents were 130-150 pounds each! they seem to be under the delusion that she won't be *that big* ummm we have a boxer/american terrier mix and at 8 months, she is just above my knee high and weighs 29-30 pounds and when she tries to sit on your lap you are about mooshed LOL...I can't wait to see Lilly grown up biggrin biggrin wink and his GF has poop patrol and he mows etc. SO far the poops are few and tiny....Lilly's will NOT ge little and few LOL, I do not think she will be prepared for poop patrol biggrin biggrin biggrin

anyway, it is just wild thinking Thanksgiving is just a few days away, this year is flying

-- Edited by Riding on Monday 23rd of November 2015 04:20:03 PM

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

chef, I just made a drawer for my kids and let them play in it. They learned they could have that stuff and not the others. He'll learn. I think it's a good idea.

It's kind of funny because DH and I got married so fast no one thought we'd last. And I understand that looking back on the situation. At the time I didn't because I was really really really sure of what I was doing. But looking back I can see how people thought we were crazy. SS's mom hated me for the longest time. There were two really rough years. I think at about that point she began to realize I wasn't going anywhere. Then she started softening up. Grandma, OTOH, was really nice in the beginning. I think she figured she may as well be nice since I wouldn't be around long anyway. Then when she figured out I was staying put she started turning into the person she is now. I know she loves her grandson but she is under the impression that she has some say in where he stays. (Mom vs. Dad) She does not.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

chef wrote:
DS is happy. He broke one pair of my tongs and almost broke the second pair. I bought new ones and put them up. He found the almost broke pair in the drawer a few minutes ago. I told him he could have them and he lit up. He's now picking up stuff with HIS tongs.

I'm wondering if something would work. He loves grabbing our pans and our cooking utensils. The cabinet we put our pans in is bigger than we need and has two shelves. I'm thinking of putting his toy cooking stuff on one shelf and our stuff on the other and letting him keep his toy food and such in the drawers the cooking utensils are currently in. I'm fine with moving the cooking utensils elsewhere. I'm hoping he will grab his toy pans when he goes in the cabinet rather than ours. I figure if we make a huge deal out of how absolutely cool it is that HIS stuff is in the big people kitchen that he might just leave our stuff alone since his stuff is obviously better so why would he want our stuff. Parents - think this would work?

I lost two pampered chef garlic presses to play dough pasta making when I let DD use them. Soo don't mix the real stuff with the play stuff is my suggestion.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

I had a great day at work. As I suspected not too many people were in the office. I swear this is the first day since I started the job that I could breathe and do some real analytical work and get organized for the next cycle.

LL that is too bad. Perhaps she can recommend someone to replace her? Or try the temp services so you can try out different people without a commitment.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

LL, sorry you are losing your assistant, but good for her on getting a great new job.

We are finally home!

Our time with the littlest DGS (and his mom and dad) was awesome! We enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with DS and his family yesterday. They have enough left overs to last at least a week or two.

DH and I went shopping today. I got a few really good bargains and some early Christmas shopping done for the grand's.

The dogs was thrilled to see us. The kitty has been clinging to me since I walked in the door. He's torturing the dog now. I think he missed the dog. ;)

I still have all the T-Day meal items to acquire. Hope to get that done tomorrow while DD is getting her MRI.

Hope everyone had a good day today and have all their plans for the holiday set. :)