MH and I got into a debate last night about the world "qualify" and clarify."
He had a giant beard for about a year and recently shaved it all off. I commented last night that it's "weird" to see his face; he frowned; and I replied that it's nice to see his face but it's just odd because I haven't seen it for so long. He laughed and said said, "Thanks for qualifying that for me." To which I replied, "Um, I think you mean 'clarify.'"
That set off a 20-minute discussion, more chatter this morning, and even though I pulled up both definitions he's still insisting that "qualify" can work in that context.
Post by orangeblossom on Apr 2, 2015 9:11:42 GMT -5
@foodielicious. Frosting, yum. My favorite part of the cake.
For a white cake, how about a lemon or orange frosting. In partial to cream cheese frostings. My favorites are white chocolate peppermint cream cheese and orange cream cheese.
@foodielicious what about doing a white cake with plain white frosting and some sort of awesome filling like raspberry?
My mom has decided that we need to do my birthday dinner at 4pm. Her dinners keep getting earlier and earlier. Aren't some restaurants still not even serving dinner at that time? I tried to push it back to 5, but I failed.
Post by orangeblossom on Apr 2, 2015 9:14:19 GMT -5
I got a random check in the mail from the hospital for $30. I guess it's an overpayment. Who cares, I'll take it.
We got a STD from a friend the other day, mentioning they met on Coffee Mee.ts Bag.el. I only knew what it was from watching Shark Tank. I love that show.
I got a random check in the mail from the hospital for $30. I guess it's an overpayment. Who cares, I'll take it.
We got a STD from a friend the other day, mentioning they met on Coffee Mee.ts Bag.el. I only knew what it was from watching Shark Tank. I love that show.
I stared at this for at least a minute before I understood it stood for Save the Date .
LOL.
On the site that shall not be named, I initially thought the same thing, when I first started posting, especially given what I do for work. I kept thinking why do people keep talking about sexually transmitted diseases on a wedding planning site.
mbcdefg I think it could work. Clarify is probably better, but I don't think qualify is necessarily wrong.
I'm trying to decide what frosting flavor I should put on the white cake I intend to take to my Mum's on Sunday. She called to invite us on Monday as predicted, but is in a snit because we shouldn't call it "Easter" lunch since my sister and I are heathens who have left the church.
She calmed down when I suggested that if I was invited to someone's home for Passover Seder, I'd be going for Seder dinner and it wouldn't make me Jewish either.
Anyway, so what flavor frosting, I still don't know. My dad and my husband - ever imaginative guys - have suggested chocolate and vanilla respectively. I think I can be a little more adventurous.
Oh and it has to be white cake because I haven't tried this recipe before, and don't want to experiment on the first client who hasn't haggled about the price of her cake.
How about bubblegum flavor? There is a bakery here that has a rainbow colored vanilla cake with bubblegum icing. My husband LOVES it (and the kids).
Post by keweenawlove on Apr 2, 2015 9:38:55 GMT -5
I'm really starting to hate Craigslist. My response rate from emails on rentals I've sent is about 10%. A coworker told me there's a ton of fake rentals posted on there. I'm not sure what the point of posting them is if they're not even going to reply.
How about bubblegum flavor? There is a bakery here that has a rainbow colored vanilla cake with bubblegum icing. My husband LOVES it (and the kids).
I need to explore this for my business, I think it might be popular with kids...but we're 5 adults and no kids. I don't think bubblegum would be a big seller with my family
I never thought it would be popular with my husband, but he picked it and loved it.
This sounds like a bragplaint, but I'm tired of holidays!
Monday and Tuesday of last week were holidays, then this Tuesday there was a public transportation strike so I didn't go to work, and today and tomorrow are holidays too!
I've spent at least 8 hours (literally) on the phone with our internet provider in the last week. I finally went and bought a new router, got it set up and working and they sent a technician the next day with a new one (this was after a technician came 2 days prior). My H had him come in, remove mine and install it. I nearly killed him.
I cannot find my AE jeggins anywhere. This is what happens when you live between two places.
This is where I'm at too. I ended up having to wear my tall boots when we went out in Vegas because when I was packing in Milwaukee, I realized all my comfortable sandals which I didn't think I'd need for another month are in Iowa and I really wanted comfy walking shoes.
I cannot find my AE jeggins anywhere. This is what happens when you live between two places.
This is where I'm at too. I ended up having to wear my tall boots when we went out in Vegas because when I was packing in Milwaukee, I realized all my comfortable sandals which I didn't think I'd need for another month are in Iowa and I really wanted comfy walking shoes.
It is so frustrating. I'm normally pretty good about it, but this time, I'm coming up blank.
MH and I got into a debate last night about the world "qualify" and clarify."
He had a giant beard for about a year and recently shaved it all off. I commented last night that it's "weird" to see his face; he frowned; and I replied that it's nice to see his face but it's just odd because I haven't seen it for so long. He laughed and said said, "Thanks for qualifying that for me." To which I replied, "Um, I think you mean 'clarify.'"
That set off a 20-minute discussion, more chatter this morning, and even though I pulled up both definitions he's still insisting that "qualify" can work in that context.
OMG, I'm on the phone with a client and he just said, "Let me qualify what we just talked about."
Team mbcdefg. I *might* be able to get on board with qualify if you had given a compliment, then kind of backpedaled. but this is the opposite, it was an un-compliment that you tried to make better.
Team mbcdefg. I *might* be able to get on board with qualify if you had given a compliment, then kind of backpedaled. but this is the opposite, it was an un-compliment that you tried to make better.
MH's argument for "qualify" is, "You SAID my face is handsome. Therefore my face qualifies as handsome."
1. I'm making a carrot cake/cheesecake hybrid with real frosting tonight and I've never made a real cake before. I'm setting the bar high for my first ever cake attempt.
2. Tomorrow I am going to a Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit and I am so excited!
3. Tomorrow I am also buying my twin sisters their 16th birthday presents. I am also excited about that, but they never send thank-yous or acknowledge the gifts in any way, which hurts my feelings. They live across the country so I have to mail everything, and just once I'd like someone to thank me so I don't have to call and ask if the gifts got there. I'm buying one girl a set of Prismacolor colored pencils, and the other a wallet, so I'm looking forward to the shopping.
Team mbcdefg. I *might* be able to get on board with qualify if you had given a compliment, then kind of backpedaled. but this is the opposite, it was an un-compliment that you tried to make better.
MH's argument for "qualify" is, "You SAID my face is handsome. Therefore my face qualifies as handsome."
Well, yeah, but ... no?
lol. he's not even making a good argument. I took it as maybe one could argue that you were qualifying your first statement with your second statement/clarification (lol). Maybe his face also qualifies as handsome, but that has nothing to do with anything!
@bellakitty good luck with the cake and that's thoughtful of you to send actual gifts, not just gift cards AND not the same gift to both of them. I'm sorry they suck at acknowledging them, and while they're certainly old enough to be held responsible, did your parents ever encourage them to said TYs in the past?
I usually send gift cards, but 16 is a milestone so I talked to my mom about actual gifts that they might want.
I'm sure they have never been told to send TYs, and most teens aren't going to do it all on their own. My frustration is more directed at my mom and ex step-dad (the girls' dad), but that's pointless too since the two of them are very carefree and I'm sure TYs never occur to them either.
I'm really trying to maintain relationships with my little sisters and it's hard when we're so distant in age, and geographically.
My big boss is out today and tomorrow for Spring Break. The guy who's above me and I share an office with hasn't showed up today. He may be "working from home". I'm wondering exactly how long I have to stay at work today. I really have nothing to do today but am going to get hit hard this weekend as the senior people get back from spring break.
mbcdefg I think it could work. Clarify is probably better, but I don't think qualify is necessarily wrong.
I'm trying to decide what frosting flavor I should put on the white cake I intend to take to my Mum's on Sunday. She called to invite us on Monday as predicted, but is in a snit because we shouldn't call it "Easter" lunch since my sister and I are heathens who have left the church.
She calmed down when I suggested that if I was invited to someone's home for Passover Seder, I'd be going for Seder dinner and it wouldn't make me Jewish either.
Anyway, so what flavor frosting, I still don't know. My dad and my husband - ever imaginative guys - have suggested chocolate and vanilla respectively. I think I can be a little more adventurous.
Oh and it has to be white cake because I haven't tried this recipe before, and don't want to experiment on the first client who hasn't haggled about the price of her cake.
This recipe is delicious and perfect for this time of year - strawberries always make me think spring for some reason allrecipes.com/recipe/real-strawberry-frosting/. Lemon is another good choice for Easter time
ETA: Guess I should have read the whole post before replying ( the eye roll is for me)
I bought a knock off pair of Berkenstock Gizehs. I feel like my feet are wrapped in heavenly clouds kissed by angels. Here's hoping they last the whole summer (or long enough to feel like I have gotten my $15 worth. )
I bought a knock off pair of Berkenstock Gizehs. I feel like my feet are wrapped in heavenly clouds kissed by angels. Here's hoping they last the whole summer (or long enough to feel like I have gotten my $15 worth. )
I hate that I'm so late to the randoms thread today but I was in back to back to back to back (you get the idea) meetings today.
My random: It's amazing what Chase Sapphire decides to flag as "potential fraudulent activity."
$4000 on appliances from Louisiana when I live in CA, no problem. $800 at Home Depot about 75 miles from where I live, all good. $750 in plane tickets in San Antonio, TX, it's cool. (this one was actually fraudulent!) $43 on gas in Compton (25 miles from where i live), FRAUDULENT.