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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 7:19 am
Am I still allowed in here? Even if haven't done diddly. Well, not exactly diddly, the house is clean, but that's where it ends. Summers are such a lousy time for me health-wise. And this one has been pretty wet on top of all. Wish I could skip it altogether and just hop from spring straight into fall. Saint Peter, however, has no intention of playing ball. So I'll leave all the flying to you until things cool down. Should I, against all expectations, accomplish something major, I'll be sure to pop in and brag.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 10:30 am
Of course you are, Lum. We all have those times nothing much gets accomplished. Heck, I just crawled out of bed not that long ago! Clock went off this morning, I turned it off, and the kids were quiet. I do have cleaning to do but I'll get to it in a while.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 11:04 am
HOw weird, I thought I had posted a message and yet I don't see it, LOL. I agree, of course you are welcome Lumbelle, I have hardly been doing anything. I am going to get my hair done tonight (I am beginning to feel like I have a mullet), then out to dinner with my friends. YEAH, mexican food and margaritas! So no cleaning tonight.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 10:45 pm
Thursday's Mission I hope you had fun going out to dinner tonight, Dipo! I spent the day cleaning the house. About the only thing I didn't get done was the load or two of laundry I wanted to do. Sis and I buy a big box of laundry soap at Costco and split it, lasts each of us about a month, but I hadn't taken my half home yet and didn't realize I needed it til I walked into the laundry room. Oops. That'll have to wait til tomorrow. Took Kota to practice and brought oldest niece home with us for the night. Middle niece is spending the night at another cousins tonight and oldest niece asked if she could stay here. Tomorrow I'll drop the girls off with sis (Kota's going swimming,) pick up my laundry soap, help Caleb with his project, and do a few loads of laundry.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 9:04 am
Thanks Wargod, it was a blast. Usually we are in and out in a hour, but for some reason we lingered and had a really nice time. I got up early this morning and cleaned up the kitchen, refilled some water bottles so I should be good to go tonight when I make dinner. I will have to see if I want to do anything else, I do have a list, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 11:37 am
Don't you love when that happens? Hanging out longer than expected and having fun doing it, I mean. I've made a trip to the pharmacy and that's about it so far. I don't have much energy today for some reason.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 10:56 pm
Friday's Mission Finished a couple loads of laundry tonight, picked up Kota's meds at the pharmacy, and dropped her off at my sister's to spend the night there. Tomorrow I have a couple things to do at my aunts, need to pick Caleb's prescription up at Costco, and then get Kota to practice.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 8:26 am
Took care of the litter locker, re-loaded the dishwasher and that was about it.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Got all Wargod-dessy today. I pulled all of our food stuffs and storage bags/boxes off the shelves, cabinets, pantries and out of the freezers and created inventories for each. The freezers both have a list on them of what is inside (to be marked off as used) and the cabinets/shelves/pantry have an inventory posted on the side of the refrigerator for reference. Whew. I have enough food to feed all of TVCH for a month. I need to lay off my bargain grocery shopping for awhile. Have NOT done the spice and oils shelves yet, that will take another couple of hours.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 4:54 pm
GAL, Holly and I did that really quick with her reading the stuff to me, while I wrote it all down. We also wrote down quantities of spices, so that we knew what was needed or not, and reassigned them in the shelves based on use. Not like I use a lot of whole nutmegs anytime other than christmas time, so top shelf they went.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 5:26 pm
Landi, Colossus helped with the freezer or I would still be doing it and all of the food would be defrosted. Turns out we have 77 2-person meals worth of meat and fish. And just about everything we need to make side dishes. We could eat well until Halloween and not go to the grocery store except for dairy and fresh produce. Once the spices are logged they will DEFINITELY get rearranged. I keep harping on Colossus to make a rack for them on the wall (they are his, by the way - we must have 50 different jars), but he hasn't done it yet. Sigh.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, August 06, 2010 - 8:16 pm
LOL, Gal! I haven't bought meat (except for the occassional steak or ground beef) in close to two months cuz I had so much in the freezer. I don't plan it like that, it's just that I shop at Costco and they're packs of meat break down into a lot of meals. I have to remind myself to check ever so often and start using whats there instead of buying more.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 8:05 am
76 different jars of spices. Oy.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 8:47 am
This really sucks - all of those spices, and the only ones I really use are dried mustard, parsley, basil, dill, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and bouillon cubes. I've got a LOT to learn about flavor.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 12:13 pm
OMG, GAL! I am so impressed, that is on my list of things to do so I am jealous. Wow that is a lot of spices, I found some really old ones when I was moving so I tossed them, now I am trying to figure out which I really use so I can be better about only buying what I need. So far today I have cleaned up the kitchen, run the dishwasher, stripped the comforter off the bed so I can take it down to the laundry and put away a throw that I have had on my bedroom chair since last winter! I am planning to do the comforter and spackle a couple of things in preperation for tomorrow.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 12:58 pm
Wow, GAL, I am impressed. Good work! Buying spices galore must be a male thing. My better half does, too, not as much as Colossus, but enough. Personally, I don't use a whole lot of different spices either preferring the taste of the food to come through. But I do grate that nutmeg often, landi. It tastes great with pork dishes, stuffing and my guys like it on my rice pudding. Still haven't done much more than 5 min room rescues, but those are keeping things under control for now.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 07, 2010 - 8:51 pm
That is a lot of spices! Today has been laundry day for me (still have a load in the washer and one in the dryer.) And a funny day at that. Caleb starts school on Monday and he came in and informed me I needed to take him shopping, he has no clothes. I thought, thats a bunch of bull sh...er, yeah, right. We had bought him a couple new pairs of jeans for his birthday and then after school got out, I bought him three more pair plus several t-shirts. Not to mention what he already had. So, we started under his bed. OMG. If you have socks that disappear from the washer, I know where they are! Then the bottom of his closet. I actually turned around and said to him, "You are 14! When I tell you to clean your room, that doesn't mean hide everything and you know it!!!" When we were done searching, he had 16 pairs of jeans or shorts that fit and almost a full load of shirts. Granted half of those jeans he'll shoot out of with the next growth spurt, but for now, I think he's good! About the only thing new he needs is boxers, cuz he's going into high school and he doesn't want his boxers to have cutesy designs on them. I almost said no to even that, I was so frustrated with him, but maybe tanks and planes on boxers won't go over to well in the high school gym, lol. I got his laundry done and folded and put away (Gee, thanks mom) and started on Kota's. She's much better, all her clothes were at least in a basket, but pretty much everything she had was dirty except for some softball pants and jerseys. Threw hers in the washer and Darren says, oh I'm going to my moms, Kota want to go with? I looked at her and she was wearing her, these are for home not going out clothes...the jeans that are a bit too snug for my girl and a beat up t-shirt, but figured, she's just going to grandmas, no biggie. Uh huh, they get home and Darren tells me I need to call his mom. She wants to set up a date to take Kota clothes shopping, lol. He didn't say anything else, but I'm pretty sure she took one look at the way Kota was dressed and thought, OMG, my poor granddaughter! Normally I'd call her and tell her it's laundry day, but ya know, Kota's birthday is coming up next month, she lost some weight during softball season so she either has jeans and shorts from two years ago that are on the snug side or the more recent clothes that are too baggy, and half her shirts these days are softball jerseys or t-shirts. So if grandma wants to take her and buy her an outfit for her birthday, that'd be great. That was pretty much all I accomplished today, but it was quite a bit.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 2:53 pm
Wow, that is a lot! Lets see I did get the comforter done, spackled the bedroom spots and the spot in the bathroom, took out the recycling, unloaded the dishwasher, watched 4 tapes, read the Sat and Sun paper. I have made some hummingbird food and after I finished getting updated here will be doing my investment club work so I can turn over being treasurer this wednesday!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 9:02 pm
Monday's Mission It's a good thing I got most the laundry done yesterday, I think. Darren said the other day he thought the pipe under the tub was leaking, so he went to check it out today. So, a pause, to remind myself...I love my husband, he's a terrific hubby. Good dad, hard worker, he makes me laugh. First, he waited til 1pm to check out the pipe. 14 years in this house should have taught him he should never start working on the plumbing mid afternoon on a Sunday. Then he didn't stop to see if anyone needed to shower first. I usually wait til my cleaning is done, hadn't finished yet so no shower. Caleb was waiting til tonight since he starts school tomorrow. Really, I love my husband. He tears the pipe out, runs to the hardware store, then back to work on it, and another trip to the hardware store, finally calls my bil to see if he'll come help because it wasn't til he got the pipe out that he realized it was welded in there and now he can't get the new pipe on. Bil shows up and says he's got plans this evening (his littlest sister is in town visiting) so he can only stay an hour and a half and there's no way they'll finish it tonight. Of course. Me and Caleb haven't had showers, waters been on and off all day, now it's Sunday at 6pm and I'm reminding myself once again I love my hubby, even if I am really irritated with him, lol. He had planned to take a couple vacation days later this month, ended up calling his boss and switching those to take off the next couple days. Bil will be back at 8:30 in the morning and they're talking about having to take the water heater out and cutting into the wall between there and the tub/shower to get to the pipes and replacing the whole set. Ugh. Poor Caleb had to go wash up in the sink and I helped him wash his hair in the kitchen. Me and Kota will be heading to sis' in the morning to take showers. Bil thinks they can get the pipes fixed by tomorrow and that it won't take too long once they get to it. The only good part was that through most of today, he didn't have to shut the water main off. Tomorrow will be a different story, I guess. Other than that, had to run out and get Caleb a backpack and we got that all ready to go. Also watched baby niece for a few hours while sis, bil and the older two girls took his little sis to the movies and out to dinner. Tomorrow I really don't know what I have planned. Caleb's walking to school with his buddies so no driving him. I have some cleaning to do but with the guys tearing stuff up, not sure how much I'll actually get done. I may go to my aunts and get some stuff done at her house instead. You're done with being treasurer, Dipo? Are you staying with the club?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 11:02 am
That plumbing story is the funniest thing, I know it wasn't for you guys but I am cracking up. Yep, I am going to stay in the club and take a break. I have been in it since 2002 and have had a job ever since. I was secretary for a long time and now treasurer. I want to goof off like the rest of the people who don't have responsiblities for the club. I finally was able to sell the one stock we wanted to let go. I have to remember not to get greedy, LOL, I have tried to sell it 3 different days and didn't get my price. Must have been meant for me not to sell since I got the highest price today! I hauled out the trash and some more recycling this morning since my sister is coming to clean. Acck, I meant to call her, guess I will do that now.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 09, 2010 - 10:57 pm
Tuesday's Mission Know why it's so funny? Cuz ya just know it's gonna get worse. I don't know what's going on, but at 11pm they came in and said oh so sorry, looks like it'll be Thursday or Friday before they can get it fixed and put together. Not only the busted pipe and pipes welded together, but a major blockage somewhere they can't get to and we'll also need a plumber. I just told them I didn't want to know and told bil me and the kids would be over again tomorrow for showers, lol. That wasn't my only fun for today either. Dakota started complaining on Saturday about her eye. We kept looking but didn't see anything, it wasn't even red. She got up this morning and walked out in the living room and me, Darren, and bil all stared at her and said, "Oh crap." Her eye is almost swollen shut, the left side of her face is swollen, and she's got a little bump on the inside of her upper eyelid. She looked like she'd been punched a few times. A year or so ago, I called the pediatrician to see if I could get one of the kids a same day appt. They told me no, dr was booked, oh wait, what insurance do you have? When I told her, she said never mind, bring em in. Apparently there was a change in our insurance and if the primary care physicians office is open, they have to see the kids and can't send them to urgent care. Been kind of nice too since our urgent care is in Palmdale and now the only way we go out there is if one of the kids gets sick after business hours. So I called the peds office and was told they were double booked today, go to urgent care. I asked about the new-ish policy and she said, oh no problem, we can't see her so urgent care has to. Uh huh. I walked in urgent care and told them what was up and the receptionist told me no way, she had to see her ped. They could only see her after 5. Now maybe it helped that QuasiKota came to stand next to me with her almost swollen shut eye and half her face swollen, but the receptionist was all of a sudden very helpful and went to talk to her supervisor to see if they could get Kota in. Supervisor tells her to call the ped and get the ok for her to be seen. Sounds simple right? Nope, cuz that's just how my day has been. Receptionist at peds office tells receptionist at urgent care that they are at lunch and she can't give an ok right now and they can't see Kota cuz they are double booked and and and wait, what was the question? The receptionist for urgent care is relaying this to me as she's shaking her head. Finally gets the ok for urgent care to see Kota. Then they got Kota in pretty quickly and I had a moment where I thought I was just going to totally lose it. The male nurse bent over, his scrubs pulled down some and I saw, I am not kidding, a tiny pair of fuzzy, leopard print undies. I thought that would be the high point of my day, but ohhhhh no. Dr comes in and checks her out and says she has blepharitis, it's not actually her eye but her eye lid. Needs antibiotics, clean the eye, don't touch it! He says that it will probably resolve itself in a few days but we need to schedule a follow up with the ped and if it's not better, they would probably refer her to an eye dr to have it lanced. As I'm trying to absorb this, the dr says the most jaw dropping thing anyone has said to me in months. He said, "Don't go home and try to lance it yourself! Your ped will let you know if it's neccessary and an eye dr will do it." Then he walked out to print out the prescription, came back in and handed it to us and told us to have a nice day. I drove all the way home without saying a word. Finally got out of the car, relayed the convo to Darren and my bil and then wondered aloud, is it so common for parents to try to lance their own childs eyelid that the dr feels it's important to caution against doing that very thing? Did I look like I was just itching to get out of the drs office to run home and do it myself? I may actually have nightmares about that tonight! Dakota is just fine, uncomfortable, but doesn't feel bad or anything. Says it's scratchy when she blinks and she's having a lot of trouble not rubbing her eye. We bought her a pair of sunglasses for practice so that she wouldn't rub it without thinking. It's not contagious, but from what the dr said it sounds like it could get worse if we're not careful about keeping her eye clean. So that was my day. Crappy plumbing and a dr thinking I'm willing to take a knife to my kids eyelid!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 8:53 am
Amazing, LOL! I can't believe the plumbing issue, so happy you have someplace to go and take showers, I would have to go to the pool, LOL! Dakota's eyelid is the weirdest thing, did they say what would cause it? So weird about the lancing thing, maybe they have parents who would think it was no big deal, but damn, I would never let anyone but a doctor get close to my eyeballs with a knife! I didn't do anything around the house, ended up consoling my neighbor who is coping with a dying family member.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 9:53 am
I had to come home and look up blepharitis cuz I'd never heard of it. It's an infection of the eyelash folicles and the cause is overgrowth of the bacteria that is normally found on the skin. Also said less common causes could be allergies or lice, while she doesn't have lice, she does have allergies. He did tell her not to pet the dogs until it's better (and that's really hard for her) and not to touch her face (good luck with that, the derm has been telling her for a year!) And typical Dakota, she jumped past normal infection and into serious infection, he told us several times it was pretty bad already, which is why I think he brought up the lancing. That's what I thought too Dipo! I can't imagine what on earth would possess me to ever get near one of the kids with a knife! I already made her follow up appt with her pediatrician (next Monday) and that's going to be one of my questions for her, lol. I'm so sorry to hear about your neighbor's family member.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 10:53 pm
Wednesday's Mission I've got to wake Kota up in 15 minutes to take her medicine (going to try to remember to post the missions at midnight the next six nights so I remember her pill, lol!) Went to my aunts today and cleaned, gave her a shower, and took her laundry...which, now that I'm thinking about it, is still sitting in the trunk of my car. Ran by the store to pick up a couple thing, cleaned up around my house and that was about it for today. Also called and made Kota's follow up appt with the pediatrician and called the derm to let them know about the infection and antibiotic (he said she could take her accutane and the keflex, no drug interaction between them,) and since I had them on the phone, went ahead and made next months derm appt and then scheduled the lab appts. Tomorrow I need to run a couple errands and pay a bill or two. Also need to schedule a couple appts for my aunt. There's something else I need to do but right now I can't remember what the heck it is. Darren's going back to work tomorrow. He could have gone today since no plumbing got done, but he'd stayed up til 11 Monday night working on it and no way he could go to work on 3 hours of sleep. So back to my regular schedule.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 9:18 am
thanks, wargod, somehow I have become my neighbors only friend and I hardly know her. I redid my litter locker, cleaned up some on the balcony, got through one of my tapes and did some investment club stuff. Tonight I have investment club so little or no cleaning will occur. good luck on the plumbing!
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