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Happymom
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01-20-2003

Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Escapee, glad your dd is doing well!

Sia, good for you for going to the graduation! I hope you had a great time! Congrats to your son on his spelling bee success! That is really great!

Re ADD, one of my daughters has ADD. She is also gifted, so, it has nothing to do with intelligence. She always scored really high on standardized tests and got excellent grades (except for a few at the end of high school). We didn't discover she had ADD til 10th grade. Her teachers then and all her past teachers from elm. and mid. school and 9th grade were very surprised. The thing is her homework took her many many more hours than her younger sisters ever took at every grade. I SOOOOO wish we'd known sooner. She would have had a lot more free time in her life, time to have fun and be a kid. We just didn't know until her younger sisters (4th and 6th grade then) had the same teachers as our oldest (the one with ADD) and they got great grades and spent a LOT less time doing homework. Anyway, there are techniques ADD people can use to have an easier time of it. There's also med. Also, nutritional things can help. It really is worth having an eval done. Also, if it is severe, homework and even classwork can be modified by an IEP (Indiv. Education Plan).

And all 3 of my kids have had regular chores since they were little, have done their own laundry since a young age, and had to help out with other things to help the family.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Ortho Max Weed B Gone lawn sprayer bottle! I attached the damn thing to my hose like it said, and with over 100 feet of hose (I have a BIG backyard), I struggled and wrestled with it and sprayed the back yard to rid it of dandelions. Only to find that the darn thing had not emptied one ounce of weed killer out of the bottle and my half hour of sore muscles and sweat were totally wasted.

Don't even know why it didn't work, since I've used them before and had great results. And can't even get the liquid out without slicing into the bottle, because they don't make them so that you can open and refill them. Why do we have such a stupid wasteful society?!

I think they still sell those old-fashioned see thru hose sprayer bottles? Gotta find one, salvage my $20 worth of chemical and try it all again. At least those are see-thru, so I'll know before I finish if it's working or not.

And the air conditioner is broke, it's 90 degrees here and I can't sleep at all. And I think I broke the lawn mower yesterday too. Was working fine, ran out of gas, I refilled it and then it wouldn't start.

I need more sleep, cool air, and I'm grumpy. Haruumph!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Kar, I'll join with you in your griping.

Darren woke me up early this morning to tell me one of the pipes broke, water everywhere outside, and if I had to pee, go now cuz he's shutting it off. Ugh. Horrible timing, it's hot here again, he looks miserable out there and its not much better in here (got the cooler up and running yesterday, but with no water running to it it's just blowing hot air.) It's Sunday, I need to do the laundry for the week and yep, I've got to pee.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Oh, man, this is a sad state of affairs for you two, LMAO! Hope it gets better soon!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Well, the good news is that Kmart had the sprayer I was looking for, so I can salvage my $20 worth of chemicals. Also the lawnmower decided to end its strike and start right up today. Altho after about a half an hour of mowing, it was starting to get cranky again, as was I, so we are both taking a break.

I really need a lawn tractor, but they are so expensive and even after talking to people at Lowe's and Home Depot, I still don't have a clue about the best one to buy.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
Use my method, Karuuna. Close your eyes and point. Then buy the cheapest.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
LOL, that's about all I can manage right now.

I do need one that will work well with lots of trees, has a bagger, and can attach a snow plow, and all the adding and removing of attachments has to be EASY, so I have lots of requirements.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
LOL, that ain't going to be the cheapest, then.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
With trees, I've always thought the mowers on the front (rather than under the seat) maneuvered the best. However, I don't know if they have snow plow attachments for that kind.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Oh thanks, Teach, that's helpful. I've also heard the the new Husquevarnas (I know I spelled that wrong) have a tighter turning radius that helps as well.

They have those new zero-turn mowers that are very manueverable also, but plow attachments for them are very expensive and unwieldy.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Karuuna, please be careful if you get a riding mower. A good friend of mine died when the one she was using overturned on her. Nobody was around and she was crushed to death. They can be dangerous.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, that's good to be reminded. I used to drive much bigger tractors all the time, but it has been some time. Thanks!

Luckily, my lawn is almost entirely level, the only part that has some slope is around the property line.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
The best mower is the one that someone else owns and maintains and you pay them to do the work.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 6:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Babyruth, ain't that the truth!

However, with the recession my business has been very slow, and I have a very large yard. One season of paying someone else to do the yardwork will more than cover the cost of the tractor. I'm telling myself it's really really good exercise!

Sia
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03-10-2002

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
You guys, graduation was really, really nice, and I'm so glad I listened to you all and went. I will post photos when I get a chance, but I've been overwhelmed this past week. It's unbelievable, but graduation was the 29th, I had to miss the meeting because it was scheduled at the exact same time, and then afterward I spent all of Saturday afternoon and evening (until 5 a.m.) helping my mother prepare food for my nephew's h.s. graduation. My Mom normally bakes pies and does tons of food prep for family parties, but she had poison ivy on her fingers (and between them) and her poor 74-yr-old arthritic fingers were red, swollen and oozing from the ivy. I did as much of the food prep as I could: peeled mountains of apples for pies; cleaned potatoes and then skinned and cubed them for potato salad; cleaned bags and bags of peppers, cucumbers, celery, broccoli; cleaned and cut boxes of strawberries; made three HUGE batches of macaroni salad; and baked a FAILED batch of special-family-recipe brownies with cooked icing. Because I was still fixing food, I missed the first concert of the season (that I had had to write the press release for).

Nephew's graduation party was fun, and I stayed late and had a nice time. DH even showed up before it was over. Spent the night at the cottage with my daughter, then on Monday afternoon my niece (older sister of the new h.s. graduate) wrecked her car on her way home from her visit home. It was raining hard and she lost control of her car; it was totalled. She was bruised and shaken, but okay after getting X-rayed at hospital.

Next I got a phone call in the wee hours of June 1st that my father-in-law had passed away. Had to call my poor husband at work to break the news so he could come to the hospital to see his father's body if he wanted before he was sent away for cremation. That was such a difficult call to make.

He and I drove to the town where my f-i-l lived to help make funeral arrangements the same day. Then that night my stepdaughter called to say that her 12-yo daughter was in surgery for an emergency appendectomy. (She's home as of today, and is recovering slowly, according to her mom.) I spent the next two days looking for photos of my f-i-l for the funeral home to use for a tribute DVD.

Last night was the memorial service, and we'd had horrible rains that caused roads to flood with over a foot of water in several places; we had to find a way to get to the funeral home, and were turned back 3 or 4 times on flooded roads. We were late to the service, which they held for us. Then immediately following, the funeral director told us all to leave due to the rising waters, which were filling the streets of the town! It was hair-raising and harrowing.

Today we did very, very little. It has been an exhausting week, emotionally and physically. I made the kids work on DS's mountain of dirty clothes: they bring me the dirty laundry, I sort it, they start the load, wash/dry it, then I fold/put items on hangers for them to put away. We made a serious dent in his dirty clothes basket--and pile of laundry.

Oh, and to top off everything, our power has gone out briefly several times over the last several days, and the roof is leaking like a sieve in my son's bedroom. Good news is that the kitchen ceiling didn't leak this week. Amazing.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Sia, I'm sorry you've had so many difficult things to deal with. On an extremely positive note though, I'm so happy that the graduation was such a good experience for you and your son. Definitely a moment to treasure for always.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I have a gripe (not very often but today I do, two of 'em!). I've got a cold (thanks to my personal trainer, whom I've been seeing so I can get healthy and what does he do but come back from Memorial Day holiday with the creepy crawlies and immediately shares 'em with me).

And then to top it off, I'm going to be on conference calls. All day long. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, and then another from 3-4, and another from 4-5. And I'm home. So there's no external stimulation (like someone across the conference table making faces at me).

And did I say I'm sick? All I want to do is curl up and take a nap.

Today is my first day as a Symantec employee. Can't miss all the 9-3 orientation/benefits/whatever calls either! Sigh.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
My gripe is people who walk into my office and *around* my desk so they can look at my computer screen. MYOB!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Prisonerno6, omg there is this chick I work with who walks behind my desk to read the paper. Stands directly behind me. I work for HR and don't want her having an inside track to other employees....nor do I want her to see what I am posting on TVCH or facebook!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
I am glad that I sit at the end of the row. the only thing behind me is the window

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
You need to type something like that on a Word doc or something, and have it readily available to display large and easy to read for when someone comes around the desk to read your stuff. Just don't say a word, and see the look on their faces. LOL.

I worked for a company that made the ink cartridges for the old dot-matrix printers. My area was next door to the inking machine, and the guy who ran the machine often came and borrowed my personal calculator I kept in my purse. I never had a problem loaning it to him, though I did have to wipe off the inky fingerprints he'd leave on it each time. What I did have a problem with was going into my purse and finding the calculator in there with inky fingerprints on it, giving evidence to the fact he was helping himself to it when I wasn't there. Although nothing else was ever missing out of my purse, of course I had issue with anyone dipping into my purse period. So I wrote a note (laying it just on the top of the inside of my purse) that said something to the effect of, "stay the hell out of my purse. Its personal property. How would you like it if I just helped myself to your house any time I felt like it? If you need to use my calculator, you know you are welcome to use it, but you can also need to respect my personal property and just wait a few minutes for me to return to my desk and ask for it properly. If I find any more evidence of you helping yourself, I will not only tell you to go buy your own damn calculator, I'll report you."

Then next time I returned to my desk, he came up to me with a sheepish grin on his face and asked to borrow my calculator. I also never found inky fingerprints on it again. Funny thing is, I don't think it ever dawned on him how I knew he was getting into my purse. LOL.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Kar and War, I hope you both have a better day today!

Sia, I'm so glad you went to the graduation and that it was so nice! So so sorry to hear about all the rest though. That is a lot of negative happenings all at once. That is really rough.

Costco, feel better soon.

Who, that is a funny story! I like your word doc idea.

Maplsyrp
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02-10-2009

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maplsyrp a private message Print Post    
Anyone that comes around behind my desk gets fussed at. I consider it my personal space. My office and in front of my desk is ok. Every once in awhile I can tell that someone has been in my desk. My desk drawer is a mess but I keep everything in a certain place so I can tell when things are moved. One of my guy friends at work used to "borrow" my chapstick when I wasn't around. I had to explain to him that we weren't that good of friends that it was ok to share my chapstick. Ugh!!!!! LOL

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL Happymom! I didn't think I was named after a big box store! ;)

One of the advantages of working at home... the only ones who sneak up behind me are my felines, and supposedly they can't read! They are, however, pretty insistent with the head butts! ;)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, June 07, 2010 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
EWWWW sharing chapstick? DISGUSTING. If someone was to use mine, they would then get to keep it.

I am territorial and have to have coverage during my lunch and any days off. I really hate it when I have to go searching for my name plate, business cards, and things are a mess when I return. At least my office furniture isn't being rearranged anymore like it was before. Seriously, it happened all the damn time til I finally said "if you are going to rearrange my office, please do it when I am here, so I can at least direct where I want stuff in MY OFFICE"