Week of Dec. 4

[ktstorm]

We were thinking of having a lawn company come to clean up our leaves this fall. We live on an acre, and have a bunch of oak trees so the one side of the yard is just a blanket of leaves. I normally have to spend the better part of a weekend raking and dragging leaves into the woods on the edge of our property and I didn't feel like it this year. Well, we got a quote for $450. Newp. 

[puppylove64]

ktstorm do you have a leaf blower? I love going outside and blowing leaves. It is peaceful to have it so loud that the kids can’t bug me 😂

[ktstorm]

Dec 4, 2017 11:54:48 GMT -5 puppylove64 said:

ktstorm do you have a leaf blower? I love going outside and blowing leaves. It is peaceful to have it so loud that the kids can’t bug me 😂

oh I wish, we just have rakes. So far I have random piles over the yard because B and the neighbor boys were making leaf forts.

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I want to make my kids a matching dress and shirt for Mexico in a few months but it's so hard to find cute knit fabric that works for a boy and girl. I don't often wish I had 2 girls until I see all the cute matching clothes I could have put them in lol.

[mlkgls]

ktstorm for $450 I'll come rake your leaves!

I took G to JCP yesterday for Christmas pictures thinking it would be an easy, fairly inexpensive grandparent gift. Ha!! He was in the BEST mood and I couldn't narrow it down to only four so I ended up buying the entire digital album. Pictures for everyone this year!

[puppylove64]

It has been a bad week with our pets. Warning: vomit talk

I washed and made our bed (rare occurrence) then the dog came and marked it. The other dog got sick yesterday and threw up all over her kennel and herself and the whole house wreaks. We had all doors and windows open and it still stinks. Mopped the whole house with bleach, it was bad. She still needs a bath so she had to sleep outside. (And ss threw up the other night too cause we made him eat carrots at dinner, so more puke). Then this morning a cat pooped in a potted tree in living room a somehow it got on the fireplace and back door. The cat has been walking a fine line with Dh and he is in a bad mood cause he got hurt at work and he is pissed. He said the cat has to move or he is (and he is probably serious this time). Ds is going to be devasted. It is his first pet and he loves his kitty. Geez, what a couple of days 😭

[tennisgal]

It was a record high temp for the day yesterday (57*) and then dropped significantly overnight. Morning temp was 18* but with windchill felt like 0. Gotta love Minnesota weather!

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Watching my last lecture for my class this semester. Then I just need to do a final project and a final exam. This class has been so awful, I'm glad it's almost done! I wish I didn't want to go back to work someday, because then I wouldn't' have to be taking these awful classes lol

[nannerl]

This is a weird thing to be irritated about, but I just got an email from A’s teacher about signing up to bring party supplies for the class holiday party and everything is already filled in! Like, the email went out at one and three moms just jumped in and are bringing everything. And this isn’t the first time it’s happened— every time this year that the class has needed something, 3-5 moms have signed up for everything immediately. Like, I’d like to have a chance to contribute something if you don’t mind!

[mlkgls]

@lindy - I'm sure you've mentioned it before, but what did type of program are you in?

I found out today I'm severely vit D deficient and I'm hoping this will be the cure all for why I am always exhausted. Please no one burst my bubble and tell me it's because I'm old and my 5 year old runs me ragged. Lol.

[ktstorm]

yikes, puppylove64 I hope everybody on two and four legs is feeling better now

how many more classes/semesters do you have left @lindy?

mlkgls I hope getting some more vit d helps!

[nannerl]

mlkgls I was tired all the time and the Doc found out I was D deficient too. It didn’t magically return me to the vigor of my youth, but I definitely felt better after a few weeks of supplements.

[mlkgls]

Ha! nannerl. I'm going to focus on your second sentence.

Complete change of subject, but did you ever get settled after the storm? I'm sure you've posted about it, but I have the memory of a goldfish now.

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mlkgls, a MS in electrical engineering. So super dry and boring lol

ktstorm, I have 7 classes left. Which might take forever at my 1 class a semester lol.

[onehitwonder]

I'm sorry puppylove64

We are having our first real cold snap this winter. We were in the 80s yesterday and 40s today. My feet won't get warm. I wouldn't survive up north.

[racheliz]

It actually snowed in south Louisiana! I was wearing short sleeves earlier this week and now snow. The kids had a blast and I'm so thankful we were off of work/school.

[nannerl]

Family photos tomorrow, after being postponed twice, once because W had a face rash from hand/foot/mouth and the next week because H broke out with the same thing. DH has asked me multiple times if we don’t already have a picture from the last year that we can put on the Christmas card. Hon, I’m sure. We only have two pic of the five of us— one is a selfie after a sweaty day of walking around outside (and my face is huge) and the other is from W’s baptism where A refuses to look at the camera and some boy always seems to have a finger up his nose.

Sorry DH, I’m pulling the mom card. Everyone put on a clean shirt, make sure your faces are peanut butter free, and smile dammit!

[nannerl]

Pics were hilarious. Photographer wanted to do the five of us in a group shot first, and H was having none of it. So much red/ pouty face! Started doing individuals, H finally agreed to do a few pictures, and we finally got an acceptable one of the whole family. The outtakes, however, are outstanding! Those are definitely going on the Christmas card.

Oh, and A swallowed a penny on Sunday evening. No big deal mom— just wanted to see what would happen (!!!!!!!!!!) He’s fine, and now has a lovely X-ray of his insides with the penny in question 🙄

[lauranicole91]

Dec 12, 2017 13:18:40 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

Dec 12, 2017 8:35:39 GMT -5 nannerl said:

Pics were hilarious. Photographer wanted to do the five of us in a group shot first, and H was having none of it. So much red/ pouty face! Started doing individuals, H finally agreed to do a few pictures, and we finally got an acceptable one of the whole family. The outtakes, however, are outstanding! Those are definitely going on the Christmas card.

Oh, and A swallowed a penny on Sunday evening. No big deal mom— just wanted to see what would happen (!!!!!!!!!!) He’s fine, and now has a lovely X-ray of his insides with the penny in question 🙄

Lol oh man!

Vivian ate dog food today. I got it out of her mouth and she went back for more. Yuck kids are weird!

My dad has been here the past few days and it’s so nice to have extra help! Especially with school drop and pick up.

I picked up a nasty cough. Ugh. And I find it impossible to diet while sick. So hopefully I don’t gain too much this week. We shall see.

Ugh Logan kept eating cat food today. 🤢 and every time I scolded him peyton would burst into laughter, so of course he wanted to keep at it to make sissy laugh.

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Dec 13, 2017 14:54:41 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

I’ve been into doing my family tree for awhile. Well this morning I had a breakthrough and went on to trace all the way back to a guy born in Holland in 1636! And there’s a lot of info about him historically. Totally geeking out right now. Lol. I always knew my ancestor had changed their name but this gives the explanation as to why and I find it so interesting! So I can trace back to the 1600s on my moms side and the 1600s on my dad’s side. I also did a dna test which was cool. My gram got it for me for Xmas bc she got me into the family tree stuff.

I love ancestry stuff!  My dads dad's side has a book that goes all the way back to when they came over from England in the early 1600's that they update every 10-20 years and reprint.  I think it's super cool that did that.  Sadly, my great-grandapas/grandpa's entire line is gone since my sister and I got married . My grandma also has a book but they don't go back as far, they moved here from Norway in the late 1800's.

Now my mom's side, there is basically nothing. It doesn't help that her dad ran out when she was an infant so we basically just know his name.  Her mom's side didn't keep anything either.

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I had to file a claim against Ikea for that furniture I ordered that never got delivered! It's been over 3 weeks since I cancelled the order and like 7 weeks since I ordered. They aren't responding to emails and after over an hour on hold I gave up on talking to them just to be told "they lost it" or some shit.

[lauranicole91]

Dec 14, 2017 14:37:40 GMT -5 @lindy said:

I had to file a claim against Ikea for that furniture I ordered that never got delivered! It's been over 3 weeks since I cancelled the order and like 7 weeks since I ordered. They aren't responding to emails and after over an hour on hold I gave up on talking to them just to be told "they lost it" or some shit.

Wow!! That is insane! I’d be so livid. I hope it all gets resolved soon!