A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall COFFEEHOUSE 2309 Don't Get Left Behind!

Since I am awake I am popping in to say goood morning & tell you all of my Day.

Of course ceramics today until noon.
Then I pick up my MIL: to take her to her eye Drs appointment.
Before we ge there I will stop at the county court house & pick up papers to protest my property taxes.
I constantly say that my house is not worth what they say. They agree, lower my value & then raise my multiplyer---I guess I should not bother.
But then that is what they want me to do, right?

Tomorrow is a repeat of today in that I have to take my MIL to another Dr for another check-up.

I wish everyone a good day.

Good morning!
Carol, you are a very good daughter-in-law.

Good morning Tina & thanks much. Sometimes I do not feel like it though.

off to ceramic now--

Just in to say I am at DD's for a bit and won't have much time to chat...I'll check back in when I can..

Baby is fine...but her mommy is over-tired.

Hi, Tamara. Take care of the sweet baby so mom can rest. And make sure to care for yourself in there too.

Tamara, I'm glad you are there for them. That's great!

Carol I hope your busy days go well.

Good morning! Short day at work today because I'm taking Aros to the courthouse. I just wish it wasn't downtown. Oh well, it's for a good cause. Since I'll be home early I think I'll go running this afternoon. I'm sure I'll need it. The girls go to their first swim practice today. They helped pay for their swim gear and got some really nice suits. They also got caps, goggles, and nose plugs, even though I tried to tell them they won't need nose plugs. What do I know? I'm the only one that has any experience with competitive swimming. They weren't expensive and the girls think they'll want them so we'll see.

Have fun at ceramics, Carol!

Tamara, glad you're there for for your DD. Got to see baby Madisson sooner than you thought.

Good morning, Tina! Hope you're staying cool today!

I'll check back in later and let you know how court went. Until then, I better get some work done.

I've spent the entire day on the phone taking care of business and setting up my hospital visit for next week. What a busy, boring day!

And, I'm going to miss Maxi's first day of high school at Cheverus!

Merme, so sorry to hear that you're going to miss Maxi's first day at school. I know how much it means to both of you that he's going to that school. He knows you'll be there in spirit and that you would have been there if you could and it wasn't your fault.

Our lawyer got the other lawyer to finally agree on something. With the courtroom at her back she couldn't delay us anymore. It was either come to an agreement or let the commissioner sign the temporary orders, which were heavily in our favor. Temporary support has also been ordered. Support is temporary because Aros is going to be working soon and his ex is making more now too so after Aros knows how much money he's making and how much he'll be paying for health insurance the support will be re-worked and finalized. At least we finally made it to the next step and the worst is over.

The girls will be coming home from their first day of swim practice pretty soon. They are having a fight and not talking right now. Turns out Amanda had something stolen from a friend of Ashley's and told her dad. We already knew that kid was trouble and Aros had to sit and have a really harsh heart to heart with Ashley about not being able to get over the "bad boy" and told her that if she's caught associating with him in any way that her phone would be taken away. Ashley has over 10,000 texts a month so to have her phone taken away would be devastating for her. Thank goodness that he will be going to a different high school.

Yes a different school and a degree of separation is a good thing, Charyl.

I'm sorry, Cheryl, I'm not trying to be dense but I do not understand what you mean by this sentence. What happened?

I am so cold tonight, I am thinking of making some old-fashioned hot cocoa & adding a shot of rum and taking it to bed with me.

Merme *thinking of crocheting again*

So, the girls have this friend named Alejandro. He used to be Ashley's boyfriend back in 7th grade. He wasn't very nice to her a lot of the time and even tried to get Ashley to give back a gift, threatening that his dad could have her arrested (his dad is a cop). Of the things we've found out about this kid we warned both girls that he was headed for trouble. We could see where he was headed years ago. Amanda remained friends with him for a while but stopped being his friend for the most part in 8th grade. Ashley still has a thing for him, admitting once that she would do just about anything to be his girlfriend again, even though he was often not very nice to her and they fought a lot. Aros told the girls that he didn't them hanging out with him anymore. So, this summer the girls have been hanging out with friends at Greenlake. It's the teenage hot spot for this summer. We bought the girls new phones for their birthdays and Ashley's phone didn't work right so we had to get another ordered so we could swap it. When we went to get Ashley's new phone Amanda showed us the new headphones that came with her new phone. They weren't new at all and weren't even iphone headphones. They were old style ipod headphones that were obviously used. The apple store gave us a new pair and it wasn't until last night that Amanda figured it out. Apparently Alejandro had taken Amanda's new headphones and swapped them with his own old headphones. Ashley was the one who invited Alejandro to meet them at the beach. Amanda never wanted to hang out with him this summer and never invited him. Amanda felt that because it was Ashley who invited Alejandro that is was Ashley's fault that her headphones were stolen at all. Ashley's mad at Amanda for telling her dad that she's been hanging out with him this summer and is now not allowed to associate with him at all or else she loses her phone. The fact that she can't get over this boy, lets him walk all over her, talk bad about and steal from her sister, is bad news. That kind of mentality is part of the reason that the kids don't see their mom now, their mom puts more importance on her husband than anything else. Ashley is hurt and upset with her mom for choosing her husband over her kids and yet Ashley is heading down that same road by not being able to kick this stupid kid to the curb. So, that was the tough love talk she had last night. She's really crabby today too, you can tell she's not happy but she needs to take responsibility for actions instead of blaming her sister (who did the right thing) for getting her into trouble. She's not even in trouble, she's just banned from a boy. Sorry, it was a lot to explain but I hope I made it clearer for you?

Well, I'm pretty beat and I have laundry that has been waiting for me for a couple days. Guess I should put it away and then maybe hit the hay early tonight. It's been an emotional day.

It is much clearer. I also did not understand that sentence above but saw that a not-well-behaved boy was involved somehow. And the handling of it is good,I think.

thanks for explaning this to us. I applaude you and Aros for catching this in the bud so to speak & dealing with it in such a responsible manner. I also agree that Amanda did the right thing.

I hope the laundry goes quickly & that you get a good nights sleep.

Good night all. Too hot to stay up longer. Probably too hot to sleep well either. We shall see.

good night Tina--I'm on my way to sleep as well. Sweet dreams.

Good Morning- coffee is on- have some banana bread warm out of oven too.... have iced tea for those to hot to have coffee... it's chilly here this morning- but supposed to warm back up to 90's rest of this week- 54* right now..
Was up way to early... went to sleep early and woke up about 4 but may go back for a nap after Joe goes to work...LOL!

I understood you Cheryl... LOL! guess we speak same language.... I think you do need to make her understand letting a boy do this is not a good thing... my youngest daughter was like that- she ended up being being almost kidnapped from school and who knows what could have happened- we ended up in court twice pressing charges against the boy... she learned the lesson the hard way....

Well going to go get my coffee and eat some oatmeal... I am hungry this morning..
Have a good day!
Nana

good morning. I slept so well I did not even hear DH get up this morning.
Have coffee made, a load of clothes washed & am now going to jump in the shower & get ready to leave,
Need to take MIL to another Dr's check-up today.
I may get lunch out of it as well though.
Just got a phone call & my freezer is in.--I hope we can get it home tonight.
I feel lost without one.

catch ya all later....

Good morning. I am still head-achy but I am sure that is weather related. Tomorrow is supposed to be the last day of our heat wave. I can hardly wait.

I slept pretty good. Still doesn't feel like it was enough though. I think I'm emotionally drained and it's making me feel tired. We got it worked out with the swimming to delay paying the extra costs for the girls until the end if September. That's a relief. 2 hours and 45 minutes left of my day. It's not coming soon enough but it will get here.

Glad you're getting some relief from the heat, Tina. I don't like hot weather.

I am trying to not complain. Because I have had the most awesome summer I remember in my lifetime of living here. The whole last year has been wonderful and modified from our norms. We had the coolest July ever in recorded history. August up to now has been below normal and even now is barely touching norm and not anywhere near our high for the date.
Today never reached as hot as they warned us because we had clouds come in and kept us a little cooler. But it raised the humidity so it is a wash. There are some thunderstorms around me.

It's been unusual weather here, too, all summer. Mostly nice, though!

Cheryl I'm so sorry for that situation you described. I hope Ashley takes her dad's advice to heart and cans this boy permanently! Hopefully she'll see that Amanda was right to tell.

I'm very tired tonight but my back isn't too bad so hopefully I'll sleep well.

And, Maxi is home! YAY!

our usual "max of 80-85" has turned into a "max of 105" in the last couple of years... I'd prefer the prior lol

Ah, you mean temps. I got confused.

Yuppers. 80 is MUCH preferable to 105 any day!!!!

we had a beautiful day here--cool breezes--high of 81--sunny but not humid.
yes a lovely day!!!!

now if it would just stay like this for say 12 more months---ya know???

Good night all. I am tired. And I really didn't do much.

Good night, Tina Rest well.

going to sleep myself now.

nite nite

Sorry I disappeared on y'all last night. But I knocked over a remnant cup of tea. Most of it went into my lap, some on the floor, and a small amount onto the modem! Bye bye internet until this morning!

Apparently modems do not like hot tea w/ honey as much as I do!!

I'm just glad I didn't have to replace the silly thing. YAY!

Yesterday the post office delivered a large box for Maxi. Trouble was, it was pouring out -- a real deluge! By the time I got home from dialysis, that box just disintegrated! The clothes inside were sopping wet. Many of the paper type school supplies were ruined. My cousin paid $26 to ship that box for a 2 day delivery. They should have held it at the post office and left me a delivery notice. My driver helped me pick up all the bits of fallen apart box so I could get in the front door. Maxi helped me hang up all the wet clothes. What a messy mess we had!

Good morning. Another hot one.

Good morning 63*F here right now--supposed to be a high of 78.

I will take this kind of weather as long as I can get it.

Hi all..I know I haven't been in for a bit but I just can't find the time..still at DD's for a few days.

Hoping all is well, I'm gonna try read back and catch up.

nice to see ya.
Take care & have fun with little Madisson. (I'm sure you are)

Hi Carol..I love my time with Madisson but not the city. I am so lost and it costs a fortune here...I am thinking of heading home Saturday on the bus, I can't arrange a drive this time.

I wish i could bring them home with me..

oh my so sorry about having to use the bus.

and it is a shame you can't just pack them all 3 up & bring them home with you. I am with you there about the city. :wink:

The town I live in has around 1,000 people & that is plenty good for me.

Baby has another appointment tomorrow, then her pictures should be in at the photographer studio at WalMart in the afternoon...if so I'll catch the main bus Saturday morning to go home. These unplanned trips/expenses are taking a bite out of our budget..yikes.

I told them I won't be able to come back for another month(sis-in-law needs to come down the end of September for two days so I'll tag along)..

I'm hoping to salvage whats left of my garden to bottle up a bit for winter...won't be much but it'll have to do.

I am so sorry that you live so far away form each other. I know it wouild be hard for me, so I understand. It is good that
the appointment & the pictures being ready both worked out so well though.
I also understnd about unexpected expense--

so glad that you will be able to catch a ride back the end of September. That is not really so far away in time.

I hope there wil be enough left of your garden to make it worth the work.
I have a recipe for cooked end of year tomatoes, peppers & onion & such that freezes well if that would help.

I need to go start supper. DH has a lot of work to do tonight & will want to eat ASAP.
Have a nioce evening Tamara.
See ya all everyone.

Welcome back, Tamara. I hope you are also getting to enjoy some baby time.

gee my house is warm for such a cool day & for a day where the AC only ran one time

what is up tonight--anyone home???