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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 12:47 pm
You're a good mommy and a good niece.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 3:45 pm
I try, Gidget. Finished my Costco shopping and have most of it put away. Still need to seperate almonds, carrot sticks, broccoli, and a pack of meat, but the rest is seperated and put up. I'm so happy my kitchen is full again, it was so bare it wasn't funny!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 4:48 pm
Thanks Landileigh, that was a pleasant surprise when I got there, only $5!
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 8:12 pm
Dipo, if you go to Safeway and use your Safeway card, you should sign up for their stuff online. fabulous coupons that you don't have to clip or print or anything, they just put them onto your card. also they send you emails about their weekly super specials. i have found that some of Safeway's name products are just as good as the big name brands and sooooo much cheaper than costco/grocery outlet/smart & final/Luckys their toilet paper and paper towels come to mind the most.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Friday, January 29, 2010 - 10:18 pm
Laundry comment. Do not use fabric softner on your towels. It makes them less absorbent.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 01, 2010 - 12:34 am
Monday's Mission I did almost nothing this weekend except to finish seperating the rest of the Costco food and a load of laundry. Tomorrow I'll work on getting some housework done, also need to make a quick run to Walmart for a few things, and told sis I'd watch the baby for a while so she can go clothes shopping (we gave her money for her birthday cuz she wanted some more work clothes and that's something I won't pick out for her since she has to dress up.) Speaking of, Dakota had a great time at her dance the other night. I posted a couple pics of her in my folder.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, February 01, 2010 - 11:34 am
Glad Dakota had fun! I managed to finally get my grass/oat grass planted, did a big round container and two small containers for the kitties. Got all my new outfits tried on, now I need to wash them, why do they always smell like gasoline - is that a new thing, I don't remember that in the past. You used to be able to wear the clothes right away if you wanted to. Redid the Litter Locker, swept the hallway and kitchen, and this morning took out some trash. got rid of a bunch of stuff from the fridge. Still have to haul out the recycling and tonight I will be sewing and mending. Got everything out over the weekend but didn't get to it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 1:30 am
Tuesday's Mission I got the cleaning done, a couple loads of laundry done too. Babysat little niece for a couple hours...we played for a while then she laid down and went to sleep. If it wasn't for the fact that they tend to drop her off around naptime I'd be worried I was boring since she spends most the time she's here to play sleeping! Tomorrow the kids have a drama club field trip and need to be to school a little early so they can leave on time. I'll be doing the last of the cleaning and laundry and making a quick run to the grocery store for my aunt. Her shopping day is Wednesday, but theres a couple things she can't do without. Think that's about my day.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 10:23 am
Let see, I unloaded the dishwasher, took some recycling down (which coincides nicely with todays mission since it was cluttering my entryway), got all my filing sorted and put away (getting ready for taxes) and cleaned up the kitchen. I was supposed to do my sewing but I will make that my only chore tonight.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 1:03 am
Wednesday's Mission I got the little bit of house cleaning done and some more laundry, made the trip to the store and that was about it today. Tomorrow will be a busy day, it's banking day for my aunt so I'll be heading there first thing in the morning after dropping the kids off at school. Sis' work schedule is nuts this week and she's working split shifts (few hours in the morning, few at night) with only one day off. We'll be going to Costco between her shifts tomorrow and then helping her split stuff up and put it away. I may or may not get some of my own housework done but I really don't have much so no biggie if I don't.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 10:20 am
I was supposed to sew, didn't LOL. I got caught up in tracking down budget stuff and investment club stuff and condo association stuff. Oh, well I will try again tonight. I did just some other minor cleaning up. I did realize that I will need to sew tonight if I want to wash my raincoat because it is going to rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 11:31 am
If the bank was any indication of how the rest of my day is going to go, I should go climb back into bed! I got there just after 9 and the place was already packed. Had waited in line for about half an hour and the manager came out and thanked everyone for their patience and said he was bringing out three more tellers (only had four out up til then. New tellers come out and set up their stations and call people up, then two of the first four tellers closed up their windows and walked away, lol! Took me an hour to get out of there, but at least this month no problems cashing aunts checks. I'm trying to eat a little breakfast now (had a banana a couple hours ago) so I can get some housework done in a bit before I have to go pick up sis to go to Costco.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 1:27 pm
I dread banking day for you, LOL. Happy to hear it went well even though there was a delay.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 3:45 pm
Thursday's Mission Sorry, went to bed early last night and forgot to post the mission. LOL, Dipo, I dread banking day too, but yesterday wasn't too bad except for the long wait. Today I got up and made the kidlets breakfast then took them to the dermatologist. He walked in the door, took one look at Kota and said, Sorry mom, I think it's time for accutane. I said I agree. We've (Darren, Dakota, and I) already discussed it so when he said that, we were ready for it. Since Caleb's already been on it, we get to skip a step or two in the process (no q&a appt for one) and go straight to filling out the paperwork for Kota and the 30 day wait period. He then looked at Caleb and wasn't too pleased. Compared to what his skin/acne looked like when we first went to this dr, there's a 100% improvement now, but when he finished accutane back in August, his skin was completely clear. Right now he's got pimples on his chin and nose and all across his forehead (though they are fairly small and not that bad.) Dr wants him completely clear though and is worried he's relapsing so he'll be going back next month too and may end up doing another round of accutane. Dr looked at Caleb and asked what was wrong with him? Caleb had been complaining for a couple days about his ear being stuffed up so when he got up this morning complaining about his ear hurting, I wasn't too surprised. Told him then after his appt, I was keeping him home and going to try to get him to the pediatrician today. So when derm asked what was wrong, Caleb told him his ear hurt and I said thats really rare for Caleb (seriously, I can count his ear infections on three fingers) and that we were going to try to get into peds office today to have it checked. Got home and called them and they can't get him in til 8:45am tomorrow, so I gave him some numbing drops and tylenol and he's been laying down. No fever though and no other symptoms, just his ear hurting. Ear infection #2 (he was about 4-5 at the time,) he never had any fever or other symptoms either, never even complained of an ear ache til he woke up screaming with a burst ear drum, when it comes to him I take an ear ache pretty serious! For now I'm just keeping a close eye on him and anything worse we'll go straight to urgent care tonight. That's been my day...dr appts, sick kid, and a little bit of cleaning here and there.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 4:43 pm
You know I was just thinking I hadn't been in here yet today, LOL. Hope Caleb feels better. I got a reprieve on the sewing, my sister has to change our cleaning day to Monday so I can finish it over the weekend. I got as far as taking the machine out of the box, it is my sisters and she hasn't ever used it either.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:51 am
Friday's Mission Last night was just one of those weird nights for me where I was tired. Still took a while to actually settle down and go to sleep, but I was in bed by 10. Caleb continued to complain about his ear til he went to bed, but still no fever or other symptoms of being sick so decided to wait til his appt tomorrow morning to go to the pediatrician instead of urgent care. He cracked us up though, Darren made a comment about how odd it was for him to complain about his ears and Caleb said, "Please, dad, I'm not complaining...I'm whinning!" His ear may hurt but at least he's feeling goofy, lol. His appt is at 8:45, they didn't have any openings but are squeezing him in (so we may end up there for a while.) Car pool kids dad is going to pick Kota up for school and as soon as he does, I'm going to take him and head over, maybe if we get there a little earlier they'll be able to get him in a little quicker. We're planning on him going to school afterwards as long as he's feeling ok (he's got a test.) Haven't really decided yet what else I'm doing tomorrow. I'm planning on cleaning aunts Saturday (Dakota wants to go play with my nieces) and I really don't have too much to do around here except maybe some laundry. Oh, I think I'll wash all the sheets. Dipo, are you supposed to get rain tomorrow or over the weekend? Ours is supposed to start sometimes tonight but hasn't yet. It sure is windy and cold though! All day was cold, I usually turn off the heaters (or at least turn the living room one down to about 65) during the day but today cranked the living room up to 73 around 11 and turned on the one in the back of the house around 3 since it was already really cold in the bedrooms.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, February 05, 2010 - 10:51 am
We were supposed to get rain today, and Saturday/Sunday. However, we had rain yesterday afternoon and through the night and the sun is blazing away right now. Steve (our weatherman) says that the computer mapping says rain will return late tonight, but he thinks the storm is moving faster than that and it will be here this afternoon, LOL. He did say it was going to be a cold storm, colder than we have had. Good luck with the doctor. I am trying to remember what I did last night, it doesn't seem like I did anything. I played freecell, had dinner and watched my general hospital tapes and went to the bedroom at 9. This morning I took out some recycling and swept the bathroom floor.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, February 05, 2010 - 11:17 am
You have sun? We haven't had any rain yet and it's warmer this morning than it was all day yesterday, but it looks really nasty out there right now and should start raining soon judging by the way it looks. We had a shocker drs appt. He was up a couple times last night about his ear hurting, then this morning woke me up early to tell me his throat was sore. Then we were sitting in the waiting room and he sniffled and I turned and told him to stop that, theres nothing wrong with his nose, lol. I was already more than a bit surprised that Caleb was complaining about his ear hurting since he doesn't usually have ear infections. Even more surprised when the dr asked what ear hurt, he pointed to his right so she started the exam with his left ear and said, ohhhhhh now that's a nasty infection right there, this one doesn't hurt? He said no and she said weird. Then she very gently (cuz if the left one was that infected and didn't hurt, just how bad was the right one?) checked his right ear and said, ok, that's even weirder. The right ones not infected! Then she checked his throat and said something definitely going on cuz his throat is looking rather red and irritated. Then she checked his nose and said, ah ha found it! Said he's got a raging sinus infection and her guess is the right ear is on it's way to being infected as well and probably feeling all the sinus pressure that's causing so much pain there. My mouth fell open and I said, No, Dr, this is Caleb, not Dakota. Caleb hasn't ever had sinus problems and only a couple ear infections. Dakota does that. She laughed and said she knows, his normal illnesses are the flu and strep throat, but this time he's got the sinus infection and ear infection. It was rather funny though, when we first got there, the receptionist was sorting through the patient files saying, "Dakota, Dakota" and I told her we were there for Caleb. She was confused cuz I'd called for an ear ache and that's almost always Dakota. Then at the pharmacy the girl actually double checked with me that the flonase and ear drops were for Caleb and not Kota. Even the receptionist and pharmacy are confused that it's Caleb! Now weirdest of all, still no fever not even a slight one and besides the right, non-infected ear hurting and a little bit of sniffles he's feeling fine! I did keep him home again today (and they have Monday off school) because I figure he needs the rest more than school, but I think he'd have been perfectly fine going to school, lol.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:08 am
Monday's Mission So Friday I was at the drs office with Caleb (he's feeling spiffier by the way.) Yesterday my nieces came over and middle niece spent the day complaining about her ear. Today she was feeling better so off they went to uncles house (about 30 minutes away) to watch the Superbowl. Sis said the game had just finished and they were sitting down to eat when niece started to howl and scream about her ear. So they rushed back to town. Sis called and told me bil was going to drop them off at the ER (no insurance and the dr they would go see and pay cash isn't open on Sunday's.) I met her over there and we had one of the quickest experiences at ER I've ever had...about one hour from the time we checked in til we left. Poor baby has a double ear infection and was just miserable. Before I'd left, I'd been keeping an eye on Kota who had developed a nasty cough overnight and got worse throughout the day. She kept telling me she felt fine and was quite active all day. I'd no sooner pulled up at sis' to drop them off than Dakota called my cell crying because her throat was starting to hurt badly. Ran home and sure enough, she's running a fever and her throat looks horrible. I'll be calling the peds office in the morning to try to get her in. Yesterday was not productive at all for me, had a nasty headache most of the day. Today still headachy, but not bad enough to knock me down. I did a little grocery shopping, cleaned out the fridge and did some laundry.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 10:50 am
Well, I didn't watch any of the superbowl, but I caught some of Undercover Boss. I made homemade baked beans on Saturday and good thing too because when I got further into the recipe I see it had to cook for ten hours!!!! They were good, but not that good. I changed the sheets, swept the floor, changed out the litter locker, again, cleaned up the balcony and took out the trash and recycling.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:49 pm
Yeah, beans are one of those things you throw in first thing in the morning and let go all day. I took Kota to the dr this morning. No ear infection, but sinuses and throat are both nastily infected. We also talked a bit about the derm putting her on accutane and how that would be a good thing. Also dropped off her prescriptions at the pharmacy and am now waiting for nieces to come over for the afternoon (unavoidable.)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 3:05 pm
I never have to cook my beans that long, even when I put them in the crockpot, LOL. I have a small crockpot and everything cooks in half the time, although it is half the food as well. Those baked beans tied up my oven at 250 forever! Next time I will get a crockpot recipe to begin with.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 3:21 pm
I love the crockpot, it's great for the days I'm not home a lot. The bigger ones are really nice too because you get leftovers you can freeze for different days (or with pinto beans that you can make refried beans out of for mexican food night!)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:45 pm
Tuesday's Mission Kids were home today, was a holiday (good thing since both were sick and the nieces were here. I picked up after them all day, did dishes a gazillion times, and got some laundry done. Can't really tell I did that much, lol. Tomorrow if the kidlets go to school I may go to my aunts or stay home and do a good cleaning on my house, depends on how aunt is feeling. Dakota's still running a fever tonight so it's iffy if she's going to school and I refuse to take her to aunts sick. So playing it by ear tomorrow.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 4:10 am
War said: "(or with pinto beans that you can make refried beans out of for mexican food night!)" Goodness War, you sound like an old timer WRT refried beans now. lol Remember once upon a time you were rather mystified about how to make them? I told you to pull out the eggbeater and beat the heck out of them, being careful to start slow so they didn't wing all over the kitchen. This tickles my funny bone. Hope the kidlets start feeling better SOON!
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