My Mom is tagging along with me to get out of town for the weekend. Tonight's plan is Happy Hour from 5-8PM for music with a good friend that's adopted my Mom and her BF, dinner break, 9-10 another friend's band who hasn't met my Mom but will, 10-3AM for the first friend's full band. This is a marathon, not a sprint. My Mom is 65. She knows the rules. She's done this before, but she was a year younger. Does this make it elder abuse? This should get interesting.
Also, I went on a Sephora run last night. It looked OK going in. I was grabbing a new bottle of Wen as they were closing. It started pouring. Flash flood warnings were issued. I got drenched. I looked like a drowned rat. I was going on day 4 hair after a great blow out, but it still looked great and my color had just been done. I MacGyvered it. I grabbed my comb out of my purse, put the Wen in my cup holder, put the pump in, and ran some through my ends. I let it sit as a leave in conditioner and turned up the vents to dry my bangs. I combed through the ends, pulled it into a low ponytail, and put it into a low bun. No more drowned rat and I blew it out straight when I got home.
My mom would call just the HH elder abuse... but that is because the last time I took her out - it just happened to be ladies night - she fell and broke her foot. She blamed it on a crack in the sidewalk, I called it dancing drunk down the street in wedges, which she never wears lol. The elder abuse card was thrown because I made her go to another bar after falling... and made her put her wedges back on. We clearly didn't know her foot was broken until we got home and she threw her foot up on the table and said "I think I hurt my foot"... whoops! lol
And secondly... Sephora carries Wen?? Do they have the lavender? I was just about to order some.
My Mom is tagging along with me to get out of town for the weekend. Tonight's plan is Happy Hour from 5-8PM for music with a good friend that's adopted my Mom and her BF, dinner break, 9-10 another friend's band who hasn't met my Mom but will, 10-3AM for the first friend's full band. This is a marathon, not a sprint. My Mom is 65. She knows the rules. She's done this before, but she was a year younger. Does this make it elder abuse? This should get interesting.
Also, I went on a Sephora run last night. It looked OK going in. I was grabbing a new bottle of Wen as they were closing. It started pouring. Flash flood warnings were issued. I got drenched. I looked like a drowned rat. I was going on day 4 hair after a great blow out, but it still looked great and my color had just been done. I MacGyvered it. I grabbed my comb out of my purse, put the Wen in my cup holder, put the pump in, and ran some through my ends. I let it sit as a leave in conditioner and turned up the vents to dry my bangs. I combed through the ends, pulled it into a low ponytail, and put it into a low bun. No more drowned rat and I blew it out straight when I got home.
My mom would call just the HH elder abuse... but that is because the last time I took her out - it just happened to be ladies night - she fell and broke her foot. She blamed it on a crack in the sidewalk, I called it dancing drunk down the street in wedges, which she never wears lol. The elder abuse card was thrown because I made her go to another bar after falling... and made her put her wedges back on. We clearly didn't know her foot was broken until we got home and she threw her foot up on the table and said "I think I hurt my foot"... whoops! lol
And secondly... Sephora carries Wen?? Do they have the lavender? I was just about to order some.
My Mom won't wear anything higher than an inch. She wore tennis shoes and an air cast to see Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. I got her into the VIP section with servers at a general admission show. They gave her a seat and an extra seat to put her foot on. She met a nice group of lesbians who bought her drinks all night. I stayed front row center. We met one of the guitarists after the show. It was a riot. ETA: During Prohibition whiskey and bourbon were considered medicinal and could be dispensed by a licensed RX with a script. HH can't be elder abuse if it involves hard liquor. We have a framed whiskey script as a joke since my great great grand uncle owned a bourbon distillery and DH is a pharmacist. It's a huge family joke since the distillery label is still in existence just not in the family, but survived Prohibition.
They do carry Wen, but sadly no lavender. I had to make do with Sweet Almond.
flameful: I miss the days when facebook was just people saying random things about their day/lives and not FULL of stupid articles like "what animal are you? I got squirrel!" and "you HAVE to watch this video!!!!" People don't post things anymore that they even thought of, it's just sharing stuff constantly, most of which isn't even news (and a lot of which isn't real). When people post fake science stuff I've started telling them it's a hoax and posting a link telling them why...
Yes! Not flameful (IMO). I wish I could just quit facebook...
flameful: I miss the days when facebook was just people saying random things about their day/lives and not FULL of stupid articles like "what animal are you? I got squirrel!" and "you HAVE to watch this video!!!!" People don't post things anymore that they even thought of, it's just sharing stuff constantly, most of which isn't even news (and a lot of which isn't real). When people post fake science stuff I've started telling them it's a hoax and posting a link telling them why...
Yes! Not flameful (IMO). I wish I could just quit facebook...
I seriously consider it sometimes, but then I don't want to be the weirdo who doesn't have facebook and doesn't know what's going on, lol. It's nice to be able to keep in touch with some people that I wouldn't regularly email, but otherwise I feel more and more irritated by it.
Yes! Not flameful (IMO). I wish I could just quit facebook...
I seriously consider it sometimes, but then I don't want to be the weirdo who doesn't have facebook and doesn't know what's going on, lol. It's nice to be able to keep in touch with some people that I wouldn't regularly email, but otherwise I feel more and more irritated by it.
Like my husband
But yes, I'm the same way. I feel like it is much easier to shoot someone a quick note or post on FB than taking the time to compose an email or send photos.
But Justin Timberlake owns it now...that makes it cool right? And being friends with JT is better than being friends with that Tom guy everyone had to be friends with?
And where do you think it goes? My friend who lives in San Fran told me that people teach their dogs to go in the street next to the curb so it will go straight to the sewer system. Gross. People if you want a dog bend over and pick up their poop. Mine shits out crayons at times but I still pick it up. It ain't going to paint the grass a rainbow of colors if I leave it there.
yeah, lol storm drains =/= sewers... (I live in a watershed area so basically that would be like pooping in the lakes/rivers)
but isn't picking it up and throwing it away just creating more trash in a landfill?
yeah, lol storm drains =/= sewers... (I live in a watershed area so basically that would be like pooping in the lakes/rivers)
but isn't picking it up and throwing it away just creating more trash in a landfill?
huh? I don't really see how that's a good argument for this, unless you never throw anything away ever. I'm just saying storm drains are not the same as toilets, which I'm sure a lot of people don't realize. Unless you think throwing poop into the lake is better than the landfill?
but isn't picking it up and throwing it away just creating more trash in a landfill?
huh? I don't really see how that's a good argument for this, unless you never throw anything away ever. I'm just saying storm drains are not the same as toilets, which I'm sure a lot of people don't realize. Unless you think throwing poop into the lake is better than the landfill?
i was just playing devil's advocate, i really don't have much of an opinion in the poop wars. we have a huge backyard and the dogs get the chance to poop in the street maybe once every 3 months, and when they do i don't pick it up. DH recycles his old motor oil instead of throwing it away to leak into the water supply, and there's way more of that than poop coming from my house. so that's my zero sum.
I'm late to the game, but I have one that often bothers me.
I hate when moms complain about stupid crap. My son was born with a heart defect and has had two open-heart surgeries! I slept on a hospital chair for over 6 weeks total this past year, and pumped breastmilk for 16 months straight. It's not that I want pity (because we are so lucky he's doing well), but I will ALWAYS worry about him and his future because his health could change in an instant. Just because he's running around and happy, and looks like a normal 17-mo old, he's not. I just want friends/people in general, to put their problems into perspective!!!!
cab1217 as someone who got an completely unexpected diagnosis at my 20 week ultrasound, feel free to msg me! I hope whatever you found out, was just a scare and won't end up being anything to worry about. Hang in there!
I'm late to the game, but I have one that often bothers me.
I hate when moms complain about stupid crap. My son was born with a heart defect and has had two open-heart surgeries! I slept on a hospital chair for over 6 weeks total this past year, and pumped breastmilk for 16 months straight. It's not that I want pity (because we are so lucky he's doing well), but I will ALWAYS worry about him and his future because his health could change in an instant. Just because he's running around and happy, and looks like a normal 17-mo old, he's not. I just want friends/people in general, to put their problems into perspective!!!!
cab1217 as someone who got an completely unexpected diagnosis at my 20 week ultrasound, feel free to msg me! I hope whatever you found out, was just a scare and won't end up being anything to worry about. Hang in there!
but you do know that his problems don't make theirs any less valid TO THEM right? i'm thankful that i just had a stomach bug earlier this week and not cancer, but it doesn't mean having that stomach bug didn't suck big time.
you don't want pity, you want people to praise you for dealing with more than they are. and it's just not always gonna happen.
I judge people will dirty homes. We went over H's friends' apt over the weekend and I legit don't know what color the stovetop was bc it was COVERED in old food and stains. I didn't want Sebastian crawling on the floor anymore after that since he puts everything he finds in his mouth. H also thought it was dirty but thinks I have "an absurd standard for cleanliness". Uh no.
Don't come to my house! My stovetop is clean, but that's about it. But I realize my house is a mess. My BFF claims she's a beer freak, but I'm always disgusted to use her bathroom.
I judge people will dirty homes. We went over H's friends' apt over the weekend and I legit don't know what color the stovetop was bc it was COVERED in old food and stains. I didn't want Sebastian crawling on the floor anymore after that since he puts everything he finds in his mouth. H also thought it was dirty but thinks I have "an absurd standard for cleanliness". Uh no.
Don't come to my house! My stovetop is clean, but that's about it. But I realize my house is a mess. My BFF claims she's a beer freak, but I'm always disgusted to use her bathroom.
Don't come to my house! My stovetop is clean, but that's about it. But I realize my house is a mess. My BFF claims she's a beer freak, but I'm always disgusted to use her bathroom.
LOL I thought you guys were into that around here
Lol. CLEAN. Apparently alcohol is more on my brain than cleaning. Such is my life!
I judge people will dirty homes. We went over H's friends' apt over the weekend and I legit don't know what color the stovetop was bc it was COVERED in old food and stains. I didn't want Sebastian crawling on the floor anymore after that since he puts everything he finds in his mouth. H also thought it was dirty but thinks I have "an absurd standard for cleanliness". Uh no.
I'm late to the game, but I have one that often bothers me.
I hate when moms complain about stupid crap. My son was born with a heart defect and has had two open-heart surgeries! I slept on a hospital chair for over 6 weeks total this past year, and pumped breastmilk for 16 months straight. It's not that I want pity (because we are so lucky he's doing well), but I will ALWAYS worry about him and his future because his health could change in an instant. Just because he's running around and happy, and looks like a normal 17-mo old, he's not. I just want friends/people in general, to put their problems into perspective!!!!
cab1217 as someone who got an completely unexpected diagnosis at my 20 week ultrasound, feel free to msg me! I hope whatever you found out, was just a scare and won't end up being anything to worry about. Hang in there!
I understand what you mean in a sense. I have a friend who got PG on her honeymoon, first try and she always talks about how hard the wait was to meet her daughter. After our losses and having to see a fertility specialist it really annoys me to hear her talk about that and I feel like MY wait was more justified. And she tells me how she 'understands' when I say I'm not mentally ready to go through that again to have another child.
But I also realize that to many other people, my whining about our wait looks the way my friends' does to me. Whatever they may be whining about probably does seem like a big deal to them. After everything I've gone through with my dad I also know that sometimes it's a nice 'break' to complain about something stupid like how my Whole Foods didn't have the Ezekial 3:49 english muffins I like. But outside of this board and a few select people, no one knows about what is happening with my dad so maybe they're going through something similar. Not trying to downplay what you and your family have gone through at ALL but just my thoughts.
esynergy I totally get what you mean. I have gone through so much health wise, but yet I continue to be positive. I work with some of the most negative people. I want to smack them in the face.
esynergy So glad your son Is doing better! I can't imagine what you went through. But I don't think it's fair to say that someone shouldn't complain about something because it's not as bad as what you went through. As hard as your experience was, there's someone out there that is and has gone through worse and they may think that your situation is petty in comparison. But to you, it's not petty. You know? Also, you don't know what people are going through. Maybe they are going through so much worse than what it seems.
Like my Step SIL is the most negative person I know. It's exhausting. She complains about everything. But she was recently diagnosed with lupus and she doesn't say a word about that. And that something worth complaining about, IMO.
Post by FormerCityGirl on May 30, 2014 21:43:10 GMT -5
My Mom forgot every single piece of luggage. She packed nothing in her car. I filled the luggage rack at the hotel to the top. I can't stop laughing. She brought 3 slices of left over pizza in a cooler and a half open bag of Fig Newtons. I loaned her clothes and shoes. This is what aging parents bring.
esynergy So glad your son Is doing better! I can't imagine what you went through. But I don't think it's fair to say that someone shouldn't complain about something because it's not as bad as what you went through. As hard as your experience was, there's someone out there that is and has gone through worse and they may think that your situation is petty in comparison. But to you, it's not petty. You know? Also, you don't know what people are going through. Maybe they are going through so much worse than what it seems.
Like my Step SIL is the most negative person I know. It's exhausting. She complains about everything. But she was recently diagnosed with lupus and she doesn't say a word about that. And that something worth complaining about, IMO.
I do see what you mean. I didn't mean to say that no one else has a right to complain. It's all relative, isn't it! There is always someone going through something "worse." You also can't judge, because you never know what someone secretly has going on (I totally get that). I think I was just annoyed that day because I had a lot of people complaining to me about "little" things. But, you are right....those people could have something bigger going on that I have no idea about.
I wore real workout clothes out of the house yesterday to run errands and stuff. We aren't talking yoga pants or cute LLL stuff either. We are talking adidas crops and a neon under armour tank. It was hot out, I had to to go to the (community) garden, and I couldn't think of anything else to wear. I don't have any shorts. I have some sundresses that are not appropriate to garden in (for the record, I'm also sometimes seen at the garden in Tory Burch flats - I look a tad out of place).
Anyway. Ashamed.
Still, I was ready for a run when I actually decided to work out at 7pm.