TOTALLY GEEKED!

Oh, that's us. I always make a ton of food.

I'm always willing to pay a few bucks more for quality.

jlbear71 wrote:

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It sounds like you all are planning a delicious Christmas dinner. I will be happy to have any dinner. We fly to Las Vegas on Christmas day. Not sure what will be open for us.

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 Vegas is open 24/7!

What happens in Vegas...ends up on this board!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yikes, what happened?

A lot. A lot of bad decisions. I can't believe it.

I might have the story a little jumbled, but this is what I got.

First he stole his dad's motorcycle to go to school. When his dad found out, he went to the school and got the bike and didn't tell nephew he took it. So nephew goes to leave and, I guess, assumes the bike has been stolen. So... he steals another kid's Mercedes (1. kids at this school drive Mercedes?! 2. He watched this kid park and leave everything, including the keys in the car) and goes for a joyride. After some amount of time a police officer tries to pull him over, I'm not sure what for, but he panics and takes off. They chase him, road spikes were used, he went into the ditch, but was able to keep going. He was barricaded into a cul de sac, where he used the car to try and break out, which is apparently attempted murder on a police officer. At this point he is being charged as an adult.


My brother (step) and SIL and I are not really close, but I feel awful for them, and I'm not sure what to do.
I feel really awful for my nephew too.. just a lot of conflicting emotions.

FNW wrote:

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What happens in Vegas...ends up on this board!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Well, it ends up here and then we twist it and turn it and assume and make suggestions and well, give advice.  LOL

NAOW wrote:

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A lot. A lot of bad decisions. I can't believe it.

I might have the story a little jumbled, but this is what I got.

First he stole his dad's motorcycle to go to school. When his dad found out, he went to the school and got the bike and didn't tell nephew he took it. So nephew goes to leave and, I guess, assumes the bike has been stolen. So... he steals another kid's Mercedes (1. kids at this school drive Mercedes?! 2. He watched this kid park and leave everything, including the keys in the car) and goes for a joyride. After some amount of time a police officer tries to pull him over, I'm not sure what for, but he panics and takes off. They chase him, road spikes were used, he went into the ditch, but was able to keep going. He was barricaded into a cul de sac, where he used the car to try and break out, which is apparently attempted murder on a police officer. At this point he is being charged as an adult.


My brother (step) and SIL and I are not really close, but I feel awful for them, and I'm not sure what to do.
I feel really awful for my nephew too.. just a lot of conflicting emotions.

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 Sounds as if the kid is a trouble maker.  And BTW just because a kid has a mercedes, does not mean he is driving a 50K car, could be an old broken down one, don't judge.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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FNW wrote:

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What happens in Vegas...ends up on this board!!!!!!!!!!!!

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 Well, it ends up here and then we twist it and turn it and assume and make suggestions and well, give advice.  LOL

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 Well, let's just say that a few things will stay in Vegas.  Most will be posted about.  And, hell, it can't get much more twisted than I am already.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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NAOW wrote:

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A lot. A lot of bad decisions. I can't believe it.

I might have the story a little jumbled, but this is what I got.

First he stole his dad's motorcycle to go to school. When his dad found out, he went to the school and got the bike and didn't tell nephew he took it. So nephew goes to leave and, I guess, assumes the bike has been stolen. So... he steals another kid's Mercedes (1. kids at this school drive Mercedes?! 2. He watched this kid park and leave everything, including the keys in the car) and goes for a joyride. After some amount of time a police officer tries to pull him over, I'm not sure what for, but he panics and takes off. They chase him, road spikes were used, he went into the ditch, but was able to keep going. He was barricaded into a cul de sac, where he used the car to try and break out, which is apparently attempted murder on a police officer. At this point he is being charged as an adult.


My brother (step) and SIL and I are not really close, but I feel awful for them, and I'm not sure what to do.
I feel really awful for my nephew too.. just a lot of conflicting emotions.

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 Sounds as if the kid is a trouble maker.  And BTW just because a kid has a mercedes, does not mean he is driving a 50K car, could be an old broken down one, don't judge.

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Oh my. It sounds like he's in a heap of trouble, NAOW.

I'm sorry to hear it. 

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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NAOW wrote:

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A lot. A lot of bad decisions. I can't believe it.

I might have the story a little jumbled, but this is what I got.

First he stole his dad's motorcycle to go to school. When his dad found out, he went to the school and got the bike and didn't tell nephew he took it. So nephew goes to leave and, I guess, assumes the bike has been stolen. So... he steals another kid's Mercedes (1. kids at this school drive Mercedes?! 2. He watched this kid park and leave everything, including the keys in the car) and goes for a joyride. After some amount of time a police officer tries to pull him over, I'm not sure what for, but he panics and takes off. They chase him, road spikes were used, he went into the ditch, but was able to keep going. He was barricaded into a cul de sac, where he used the car to try and break out, which is apparently attempted murder on a police officer. At this point he is being charged as an adult.


My brother (step) and SIL and I are not really close, but I feel awful for them, and I'm not sure what to do.
I feel really awful for my nephew too.. just a lot of conflicting emotions.

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 Sounds as if the kid is a trouble maker.  And BTW just because a kid has a mercedes, does not mean he is driving a 50K car, could be an old broken down one, don't judge.

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Oh my. It sounds like he's in a heap of trouble, NAOW.

I'm sorry to hear it. 

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 Thank you. I am too. I can not imagine how his parents are feeling right now.

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I'd be in a panic. Trying to find a good lawyer.

My guess is, that's where they are at, right now. 

jlbear71 wrote:

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NAOW wrote:

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A lot. A lot of bad decisions. I can't believe it.

I might have the story a little jumbled, but this is what I got.

First he stole his dad's motorcycle to go to school. When his dad found out, he went to the school and got the bike and didn't tell nephew he took it. So nephew goes to leave and, I guess, assumes the bike has been stolen. So... he steals another kid's Mercedes (1. kids at this school drive Mercedes?! 2. He watched this kid park and leave everything, including the keys in the car) and goes for a joyride. After some amount of time a police officer tries to pull him over, I'm not sure what for, but he panics and takes off. They chase him, road spikes were used, he went into the ditch, but was able to keep going. He was barricaded into a cul de sac, where he used the car to try and break out, which is apparently attempted murder on a police officer. At this point he is being charged as an adult.


My brother (step) and SIL and I are not really close, but I feel awful for them, and I'm not sure what to do.
I feel really awful for my nephew too.. just a lot of conflicting emotions.

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 Wow, that is a lot of teenage bravado - I want to say stupidity.  If he is a "good" kid, I hope that this can turn him around and they can charge him as a juvenile.  If not, maybe this will keep him out of worse trouble.

Even tho you are not close, if you are comfortable, reach out to them and let them know you are there if they need someone who will listen.  Most people will shun them or shut them out especially if they have other children.  They won't want their other children to associate with "that family".  They did it when my brother got in trouble (not that much tho).

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 It was stupid. I think he has always been somewhat of a troublemaker, but nothing he couldn't overcome, until now. My brother was kind of the same way, but when he grew up he got his life figured out and is now doing great. I kinda figured DN would follow a similar path. But I only know what my step mom tells me, and DN is her favorite, so she is pretty protective of him and I am sure doesn't want to share all the details of what he gets up to. 

They live in Alabama and don't go home to visit very often, and never at the same time we go to visit, so I haven't seen them in a long time. 

I am sorry about your brother and any backlash you received. There is a younger nephew as well, I hope this doesn't negatively impact his life too much. 

Divine Geek wrote:

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Took myself to lunch. Good news is the tooth is working fine. I'm having no problems chewing and no pain. Still need to be careful until the crown, but this is a good sign

I am trying to work out the Christmas dinner menu. We will have 20 people at our house. I want to try something different, like pot roast or maybe beef stew. My mom said ok, but still wants to have ham and turkey and everything else also! That woman is so set in her ways! It's so frustrating. I think I can make it work, but I'll still grumble about it

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 We do a soup and chili dinner for our family Christmas thing.

There are about a 100 people and we have 2 or 3 pots of chili, vegetable soup, potato soup and we do chicken noodle soup or chicken and stars for the kids.

Then there are the sandwiches and finger foods. And we have all the fixings, cornbread, crackers, cheese and stuff.

And desserts.

It's so much easier. 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Wait.

The kid took the bike to go to school and was actually at school.

What a troublemaker!

Granted, taking another kid's car was wrong. And he has earned those consequences.

But I have to wonder if it would have happened had dad just told him to take the bus home.

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 Yea, me too, but school wasn't over when DN realized the bike was gone and stole the other car. Dad may have been planning on calling to let him know that, or showing up at the school to take him home. He didn't know DN was going to try and leave mid day. 

I've never been to Vegas...Have no desire to go.

Back from another long hot FUN day.

DS1 and DH have cigars & beer...Guess what they're doing tonight?

flan

OMG We had the BEST time. So, we took one of the mom's we adopted out for pizza. She has a one year old girl and a two year old son. She's 23. She works in a wholesale shop. She is uber sweet. We took them all to Chuck E. Cheese's. The kids were actually a little bit too young for it. But it was a kid friendly place. The one year old nommed on pizza until she had put away two good size slices of pizza. SS took the two year old off to play. We thanked him so much for watching the little boy so his mom could have a break. We all just sat around and ate and talked. She's super sweet. We had brought the kids stockings in when we were waiting on the pizza because they were getting a little antsy because the wait was so long. The little girl took out her little elf, hugged it, and gave it a huge kiss. So sweet. They went through their stockings and found the oranges at the toe and were so happy. The looks on their little faces were priceless.

I don't know what she was expecting from us. I had just told her we wanted to buy the kids a few presents. After dinner we pulled our car next to hers and opened the trunk. We pulled out a box of presents and the two year old's face lit up. He grabbed one and was so excited. Then we pulled out another box with a bunch of canned goods. We had bought her a ham and basically all the stuff to make a Christmas dinner. Among the canned goods were cake mixes, eggs, bread, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and milk. She told us that she couldn't thank us enough.

Then DH took out the double stroller and she started crying. She said, "IS THAT FOR ME?" And we told her yes. DH was showing her how it works and the two year kept hollering RIDE RIDE RIDE and trying to climb in it! The mom was just standing there crying and saying thank you. She said now she's going to be able to get out more with the kids.

The whole thing just really made my day. We left feeling so good. Just seeing her so happy was fantastic. To bring joy to someone's life is amazing.

That's sad flan. I wish he could stay longer.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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OMG We had the BEST time. So, we took one of the mom's we adopted out for pizza. She has a one year old girl and a two year old son. She's 23. She works in a wholesale shop. She is uber sweet. We took them all to Chuck E. Cheese's. The kids were actually a little bit too young for it. But it was a kid friendly place. The one year old nommed on pizza until she had put away two good size slices of pizza. SS took the two year old off to play. We thanked him so much for watching the little boy so his mom could have a break. We all just sat around and ate and talked. She's super sweet. We had brought the kids stockings in when we were waiting on the pizza because they were getting a little antsy because the wait was so long. The little girl took out her little elf, hugged it, and gave it a huge kiss. So sweet. They went through their stockings and found the oranges at the toe and were so happy. The looks on their little faces were priceless.

I don't know what she was expecting from us. I had just told her we wanted to buy the kids a few presents. After dinner we pulled our car next to hers and opened the trunk. We pulled out a box of presents and the two year old's face lit up. He grabbed one and was so excited. Then we pulled out another box with a bunch of canned goods. We had bought her a ham and basically all the stuff to make a Christmas dinner. Among the canned goods were cake mixes, eggs, bread, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and milk. She told us that she couldn't thank us enough.

Then DH took out the double stroller and she started crying. She said, "IS THAT FOR ME?" And we told her yes. DH was showing her how it works and the two year kept hollering RIDE RIDE RIDE and trying to climb in it! The mom was just standing there crying and saying thank you. She said now she's going to be able to get out more with the kids.

The whole thing just really made my day. We left feeling so good. Just seeing her so happy was fantastic. To bring joy to someone's life is amazing.

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 That is so awesome!

NJN,

I just teared up. It feels SO DAMN good to help someone who appreciates it. She will remember you for the rest of her life.

flan

We had fun. The other mom declined dinner but we're going to make arrangements to drop off her stuff this week.

DH is going to freak when he's off work. DS found the glitter ornaments we used last year and is now covered in glitter. His bath water is going to be nice and sparkly later :P

I am watching the finale of The Amazing Race online...and eating cheese & crackers.

I'm happy.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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So the mom just messaged me. She says she took the kids to the mall to walk around in the new stroller! How adorable.

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 Awww!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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chef wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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So the mom just messaged me. She says she took the kids to the mall to walk around in the new stroller! How adorable.

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 Awww!

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 Sigh.  I know.  I'm SO super glad my kids got to see this side of Christmas.

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 I bet they are too!