I guess I don't really see why people feel the need to leave their kid in the car. SURE it is less truoble to take them out. But honestly, we have been taking DS in and out of the car for really brief trips since he was a newborn (we never used the infant seat as a carrier). He is used to it. He deals. It doesn't make our lives anymore difficult.
I guess I just get annoyed that people are like OMG you don't know how annoying/difficult it is to get the kid out of the car for two seconds. Well, that is life. Deal with it. I am sick of people complaining about crap like that. Like peoplr who say "well I leave my kid in the car while I load the groceries in the house." You know what? I don't have that option becuase my car is 6 stories under my house. Somehow I manage to carry the kid and a weeks worth of groceries upstairs. I think suburban parents need to man up.
We have also had a couple car jackings here with kids in the car, so it makes me inclined to never chance it.
If I'm reading between the lines correctly what you're really saying is you want a fucking medal for being so superior to all of the other moms, right?
The chances are slim, but sometimes cars get stolen with kids inside of them.
It happened in my hometown not too long ago. A woman left the car running with a baby inside when she went into a church food pantry to get her weekly bag of food. The car was found a bit later, baby safe.
Just this morning I'm on the phone with a friend who decided to leave her two kids (11m and 30m) in the car while she ran into a store. I asked if she was going into the gas station but no, she was going into a clothing store to buy an outfit for one of the kids. She was talking to me and the kids and mentioned leaving the car on. wtf? I told her that if she was going to leave them, don't leave the fucking keys in the car. So she locked the doors and went about her errand.
Now this is a perfect example of crossing over the risk line. You DO NOT leave the car running with the keys in it. With the keys in the car the door was probably unlocked, so that's basically an invitation to seal the car and baby.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 26, 2012 13:27:03 GMT -5
I think there's a big difference between forgiving someone and being at a place where you can let it go and move past it. My H has had issues with his Mom and has been going to therapy. He sure as shit doesn't forgive the things she's done, but he's been able to let go of a lot of the anger he had towards her.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 26, 2012 12:19:06 GMT -5
I have All clad and I love each and every pot and pan dearly. While, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, but they're expensive. My bigger recommendation is to get a stainless set and get one non stick frying pan to make eggs in (assuming you eat eggs).
I'm a Seahawks fan (and a Packers fan, and even a shareholder, but in a faceoff, always a Seattle fan) but even I will not acknowledge that this was a clean win.
However, there have been bad calls throughout the history of the game. Someone wrote this on my FB feed and it echoes my sentiments:
Dear NFL,
I will be gracious enough to forfeit tonights Seahawks win and take a 1-2 record if you forfeit the results for Super Bowl 40 and crown the Seahawks the world champs of 2005.
For Packers fans, we're sorry you've felt the pain of bad officiating. If I could choose, it would be the Steelers, not the Packers, getting the raw end of tonights officiating. I will not celebrate tonight's win in glory but please believe me when I say we know your pain. Really, we know your pain.
I think we can all agree that bad calls happen, but that's not what's going on right now. It's bad calls happening every 5 minutes of a game, it's not a relatively rare mistake. They're constant. Also, during the Pats-Ravens game there were 24 penalties. It KILLS the flow of the game. While I get that there's upset at the insanity that was the call last night, ultimately its made much worse because it has become a constant with the NFL
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 25, 2012 9:13:55 GMT -5
I rarely faked sick, but she was usually on to me when I did. There was one time that I wasn't faking it and she called bullshit because I didn't have a fever or any signs. Fast forward 2 hours later and my teacher is forcing me to go down to the nurse and my Mom has to come pick me up because I have a fever.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 24, 2012 11:18:31 GMT -5
I'm sorry you're going though this. He sounds like a real piece of work and you'll be much happier in the long run without having to deal with his put downs and cheating.
Some of this I think is also the employers fault. The unwillingness to train or work with people who have great soft skills but don't fit every technical criteria is just as short sighted IMO.
We've had 2 manufacturing positions open for the last year and this is a big part of the reason why. The president wants to pay next to nothing and the CTO doesn't want to spend loads of time training someone who doesn't come with all the skills needed.
In the CTO's defense we're small, with not a lot of room for upward movement and shitty benefits. If he were to spend time training them, they will up and leave as soon as they have some experience under their belt. Years ago people were more likely to stay at their jobs long term and while it still happens, the chances of an employee changing jobs is far more likely today. I think that makes it harder for businesses to want to invest in those without all the experience, but on the employee end, it often makes sense to jump ship.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 19, 2012 20:56:30 GMT -5
I spent all night taking my photos off to make space. Really, Apple was there no better way to do this than to make me free up 2.5 gigs? That's a lot of space assholes
This is normal to me I guess. I grew up in a town with one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the US. A lot of people dropped out in 8th grade due to having 3+ children.
In 9th grade, we had over 2k students. Graduation was like 450.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 18, 2012 22:53:45 GMT -5
Found TK towards the end of 2005 after getting engaged. I was really active on my wedding month board, but we eventually decided we weren't happy with something tk/tb had done and moved over to FB. I eventually decided to give TN boards a chance, but during some change in 2008 they took all my posts and I had about zero interest in waltzing in with one post again. I basically popped in and out and would randomly comment here and there, but my distaste for the rulers of the roost kept me from being really active
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 12, 2012 23:04:27 GMT -5
You are only allowed to bang on the ceiling if you ask nicely and they don't listen first. Now, if you want them to turn it up, by all means bang on the ceiling.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 12, 2012 0:18:34 GMT -5
I'm sorry for your loss.
I prefer open caskets as a general rule. I think a lot of it has to do with closure and many ways you may seek that closure depending on the person. With my great grandmother she was so sick and not herself at the very end and it was healing to see her look so peaceful. I'm not generally a toucher, but when my best friends brother died getting to see him one last time and getting to give him a kiss goodbye meant a lot to me. His friends also buried him with all sorts of momentos and things he loved. Those things couldn't happen with a closed casket. The one time I couldn't go near the open casket was a good friend that died in a car accident and they really should have gone with a closed casket.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 11, 2012 20:17:36 GMT -5
October's book club selection is Frankenstein. With Halloween coming up you know you want to read it. Don't think about it, just do it. It's even a free book for your kindle/nook. You don't even have to pay for it.
We'll be chatting Tuesday October 18th. The link will be posted earlier that day.
Post by PinkSquirrel on Sept 10, 2012 23:44:13 GMT -5
I was about to start my freshman year of college. At the time we didn't start until late September, so I was home playing around with my new computer. My mom hadn't left for work yet for some reason and came in the room telling me to turn on the news because a plane had hit one of the wtc towers.
I remember them saying on the news that they weren't sure if it was an accident or an attack. Then the second plane hit and there was shock on the news and between my mom and I. I stayed glued to the tv for hours and just kept wondering what's next because it was one thing after another.
That afternoon I drove into Boston to drop something off to the guy I was dating. There was a haunting mood in the city. I hit no traffic and the tolls on Tobin Bridge were shut down and people were allowed to drive right through. When I got into the city it was silent except for sirens. I dropped the stuff off and went right home