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Post by mrscheese on Mar 11, 2022 16:36:52 GMT
Thank you all for the hobby ideas. I’ve been trying some arts and crafts but I’m just not drawn to it. Like I will just let it sit there. I got some water colors to try and I’m a little excited about that.
I used to read a lot and haven’t been able to get back into it after kids. Maybe i need actual books and not kindle so it’s not just another screen. 🤔
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 11, 2022 16:41:38 GMT
Thank you all for the hobby ideas. I’ve been trying some arts and crafts but I’m just not drawn to it. Like I will just let it sit there. I got some water colors to try and I’m a little excited about that. I used to read a lot and haven’t been able to get back into it after kids. Maybe i need actual books and not kindle so it’s not just another screen. 🤔 I go to the library for books. Something about reading real books gets me into in a way I'm not into it on the screens.
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Post by lecky on Mar 11, 2022 17:10:20 GMT
Lol mrscheese, he definitely seems to be setting himself up for Hollywood life after football. I would hope they don't pursue Watson either. Who wants that headache? His name is always being thrown around, but I honestly don't think Colin is really interested in playing anymore. I'm interested to see if Freeman signs with the Yankees. Anytime you want to talk sports, I'm here! When DH and I first started dating, he told me he started listening to ESPN radio so he would have more to talk to me about 🤣
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Post by athena on Mar 11, 2022 18:16:29 GMT
mrscheese, we could try to do a book club. Lol. We did it once when our littles were tiny, and it kind of fell apart. But it would get us reading. I've been doing more non-fiction lately. I just bought "Beautiful Country" by Qian Julie Wang and am excited to get into it. Oh another hobby of mine is baking. I enjoy the decorating part just as much as the actual baking.
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Post by comicsans on Mar 11, 2022 18:43:35 GMT
Happy coronaversary y’all. Since DS has the same K teacher DD had, this year has been a trip - like so many things are the same, but only up until today. I’m sure I will recognize some of the worksheets coming home as ones that I walked through with DD, but so glad I won’t be the one actually doing them with DS, and he won’t have to freaking zoom. Also, both kids went to school all 5 days this week! Finally!! 🙌 mrscheese you know my hobbies - art and lifting heavy-ass weights. MH plays video game soccer - not at all a productive hobby, but relaxing for him, in theory.
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Post by athena on Mar 11, 2022 18:48:47 GMT
Happy coronaversary y’all. Since DS has the same K teacher DD had, this year has been a trip - like so many things are the same, but only up until today. I’m sure I will recognize some of the worksheets coming home as ones that I walked through with DD, but so glad I won’t be the one actually doing them with DS, and he won’t have to freaking zoom. Also, both kids went to school all 5 days this week! Finally!! 🙌 mrscheese you know my hobbies - art and lifting heavy-ass weights. MH plays video game soccer - not at all a productive hobby, but relaxing for him, in theory. It feels like a decade rather than 2 years. And I'm jealous of your 5 days this week. We're having an "e-learning day" and we only got like 2 inches of snow.
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Post by lulu on Mar 11, 2022 20:05:28 GMT
Because of having to leave suddenly to go to my brothers I didn’t have enough annual leave, so am working an extra day every week until it’s paid back (I normally do 4 days, now I’m doing 5).
One extra day has killed me - I am seriously out of the habit of working full time 😳.
Plus we are back in the office more days now as restrictions are lifting…just in time for petrol prices being out of control 😫.
I worked it out - it cost me $112 to fill the car.
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Post by lecky on Mar 11, 2022 21:19:22 GMT
athena I'm down for a book club.
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Post by lecky on Mar 11, 2022 21:24:27 GMT
Like for commuseration lulu. I am not going to make it going in 3 days a week. I'll be filling up the gas tank at least once a week as opposed to almost every 2 weeks like I've been doing 😭
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Post by jennyinheaven on Mar 11, 2022 21:30:36 GMT
athena I'm down for a book club. Same
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Post by athena on Mar 11, 2022 22:27:19 GMT
athena I'm down for a book club. Lol. When I have a minute I'll make a thread and we can discuss potential books.
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Post by scotty on Mar 11, 2022 22:56:14 GMT
scotty dd2 want me to tell you that your oven fried chicken recipe is "the best in the world". I'm so happy she likes it!
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Post by mrscheese on Mar 12, 2022 4:17:42 GMT
Lol mrscheese, he definitely seems to be setting himself up for Hollywood life after football. I would hope they don't pursue Watson either. Who wants that headache? His name is always being thrown around, but I honestly don't think Colin is really interested in playing anymore. I'm interested to see if Freeman signs with the Yankees. Anytime you want to talk sports, I'm here! When DH and I first started dating, he told me he started listening to ESPN radio so he would have more to talk to me about 🤣 Omg that’s adorable of your dh. Love that so much!! I keep hearing Freeman going to the Dodgers but I haven’t followed him much. I am surprised we haven’t heard more deals being made! I expected them to be fierce and fast. I hate waiting lol I don’t really know what to think of Colin. I think the hawks should give him an honest look especially if the other options are going with geno smith or Lock. I feel like his politics will fit in perfectly up here in liberal-ville, haha.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 12, 2022 14:06:25 GMT
Lol mrscheese, he definitely seems to be setting himself up for Hollywood life after football. I would hope they don't pursue Watson either. Who wants that headache? His name is always being thrown around, but I honestly don't think Colin is really interested in playing anymore. I'm interested to see if Freeman signs with the Yankees. Anytime you want to talk sports, I'm here! When DH and I first started dating, he told me he started listening to ESPN radio so he would have more to talk to me about 🤣 Omg that’s adorable of your dh. Love that so much!! I keep hearing Freeman going to the Dodgers but I haven’t followed him much. I am surprised we haven’t heard more deals being made! I expected them to be fierce and fast. I hate waiting lol I don’t really know what to think of Colin. I think the hawks should give him an honest look especially if the other options are going with geno smith or Lock. I feel like his politics will fit in perfectly up here in liberal-ville, haha. The talk around here is since Freeman’s kids playing baseball in our youth league that maybe he is staying. He plays in ds2’s group (not on our team). Other parents are way more knowledgeable than me.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 12, 2022 14:08:32 GMT
But I got on here for 2 updates - 1) it’s snowing here and we have no power. Yuck. Glad our soccer and baseball was cancelled today. It’s so cold out. 2)DH has been officially told he is the final candidate for the Duke/VAMC job and that he should be expecting offers soon. So fingers crossed they are good offers!
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Post by lrmrtn on Mar 12, 2022 15:05:39 GMT
athena I'm down for a book club. Same same. my local book club fell apart.
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Post by lrmrtn on Mar 12, 2022 15:06:35 GMT
Like for commuseration lulu. I am not going to make it going in 3 days a week. I'll be filling up the gas tank at least once a week as opposed to almost every 2 weeks like I've been doing 😭 Same here. Our first day back is Monday so this week will be rough. luckily it's only 3 days a week.
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Post by lecky on Mar 12, 2022 15:22:47 GMT
But I got on here for 2 updates - 1) it’s snowing here and we have no power. Yuck. Glad our soccer and baseball was cancelled today. It’s so cold out. 2)DH has been officially told he is the final candidate for the Duke/VAMC job and that he should be expecting offers soon. So fingers crossed they are good offers! Hope your power isn't out too long. I wish we at least had snow, it's just freezing here. The wind is making it feel like it is 28 degrees 😫 It was 80 degrees last weekend.
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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Mar 12, 2022 17:29:46 GMT
I'm getting the ball rolling on our new flooring. I have a guy coming on Tuesday to give us an estimate on the living room, upstairs playroom and my sewing room. We will be doing carpet in the living room and playroom, and I found a laminate that I like for my sewing room. We won't be doing anything until after the kittens leave, which is probably happening in May. The original plan was for us to remove all the old carpet so that I can put an order blocking paint on the sub floor to block where the cats peed, but dh thinks it might be better just have the carpet people remove all the flooring. If that's the case, I need to see if I can have 2 days between the removal and the install so I can still paint the sub flooring. I think that we might instal the laminate ourselves though. The stuff I have picked out is the kind that snaps together and has a pad on it, so we won't need to put anything down under it. He and his dad installed similar stuff at his first house, and I've watched enough HGTV that I think I can manage it.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 12, 2022 18:33:32 GMT
But I got on here for 2 updates - 1) it’s snowing here and we have no power. Yuck. Glad our soccer and baseball was cancelled today. It’s so cold out. 2)DH has been officially told he is the final candidate for the Duke/VAMC job and that he should be expecting offers soon. So fingers crossed they are good offers! Hope your power isn't out too long. I wish we at least had snow, it's just freezing here. The wind is making it feel like it is 28 degrees 😫 It was 80 degrees last weekend. It said 4pm, then 8, then reassessing. I hope reassessing means earlier …not later. It’s chilly! At least it made it to above freezing (34) today!
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Post by springbeduk on Mar 12, 2022 22:31:54 GMT
Weather is weird. At the same time activebaby is reporting snow in Georgia, in at least eastern Maine (western/mountsin areas may have been getting snow), it's been raining all day, and near 40 degrees! Changing to sleet/snow now and temp has dropped to almost freezing, will go down well below later. I hope you get your power back soon!! Ooh and congrats/FX for your H's job prospect!
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Post by activebaby on Mar 12, 2022 23:51:32 GMT
Weather is weird. At the same time activebaby is reporting snow in Georgia, in at least eastern Maine (western/mountsin areas may have been getting snow), it's been raining all day, and near 40 degrees! Changing to sleet/snow now and temp has dropped to almost freezing, will go down well below later. I hope you get your power back soon!! Ooh and congrats/FX for your H's job prospect! Thank you! The snow didn’t stick. Hopefully power is on by 1145 (power company prediction). It’s going to be 20 tonight and it’s already cold inside. I’m in the car and going out to dinner so we don’t have to eat in the dark and clean in the dark. Also I have a tiny charge to my phone now. Ds3 is sleeping too which is nice.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 12, 2022 23:52:13 GMT
Happy coronaversary y’all. Since DS has the same K teacher DD had, this year has been a trip - like so many things are the same, but only up until today. I’m sure I will recognize some of the worksheets coming home as ones that I walked through with DD, but so glad I won’t be the one actually doing them with DS, and he won’t have to freaking zoom. Also, both kids went to school all 5 days this week! Finally!! 🙌 mrscheese you know my hobbies - art and lifting heavy-ass weights. MH plays video game soccer - not at all a productive hobby, but relaxing for him, in theory. It feels like a decade rather than 2 years. And I'm jealous of your 5 days this week. We're having an "e-learning day" and we only got like 2 inches of snow. Me too! These kids keep having 4 day weeks. 3 of the last 4 weeks have been 4 day weeks.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 13, 2022 14:03:42 GMT
Weather is weird. At the same time activebaby is reporting snow in Georgia, in at least eastern Maine (western/mountsin areas may have been getting snow), it's been raining all day, and near 40 degrees! Changing to sleet/snow now and temp has dropped to almost freezing, will go down well below later. I hope you get your power back soon!! Ooh and congrats/FX for your H's job prospect! Thank you! The snow didn’t stick. Hopefully power is on by 1145 (power company prediction). It’s going to be 20 tonight and it’s already cold inside. I’m in the car and going out to dinner so we don’t have to eat in the dark and clean in the dark. Also I have a tiny charge to my phone now. Ds3 is sleeping too which is nice. Still no heat! New estimate this afternoon at 130. This is the 3rd or 4th change of time. I was really hoping the 1145pm would happen and we would wake up warm. Going to Waffle House to eat.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 13, 2022 21:35:35 GMT
Thank you! The snow didn’t stick. Hopefully power is on by 1145 (power company prediction). It’s going to be 20 tonight and it’s already cold inside. I’m in the car and going out to dinner so we don’t have to eat in the dark and clean in the dark. Also I have a tiny charge to my phone now. Ds3 is sleeping too which is nice. Still no heat! New estimate this afternoon at 130. This is the 3rd or 4th change of time. I was really hoping the 1145pm would happen and we would wake up warm. Going to Waffle House to eat. Power is on!!! A warm night ahead. Can’t help but think of all the Ukrainian’s that are spending more than 30 hours without power.
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Post by lulu on Mar 13, 2022 22:53:02 GMT
We had a hard day.
Our “Homes for Ukraine” scheme opens tmrw (you apply through the govt and get matched with an individual or family) then they move in.
We have no spare rooms in our house (honestly we spent hours discussing options and there’s none).
What makes me angry is that in our farm steading there are 8 households…all bar us and next door are couples living in four bedroom homes. For a fact, none of them will offer any of their three spare bedrooms for refugees and they will sit empty.
My grandpa lived in Glasgow during WW2 and he was evacuated when he was little (can you imagine putting our kids on a train and sending them off to a strange family in the countryside??) Randomly, he was evacuated to a farm about 2 miles from our house 😳. Humanity depends on families being willing to show love and provide homes for people affected by war. Lives depend on it.
I hate every second of this.
I’m scared everyday when I watch the news because this is Europe (which is selfish I know, when you think about wars going on all over the world but this is close and it is scary). I’m sad for my kids school friends who have family in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. I’m devastated we can’t take a family and angry that others won’t because they think it’s someone else’s problem. I’m sick of virtue signalling and people doing the least.
I think I’ve ran out of tears and it starts again. I had hard sobs at church today (probably half our church are Eastern European and we pray ALOT for peace) and then I couldn’t stop on the drive home.
I don’t even know why I’m typing anymore - I think I just need a space to let it out ❤️
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Post by luvboston on Mar 13, 2022 23:31:41 GMT
lulu hugs I’m sorry your so upset. But think about this from another perspective some of those people that are leaving the Ukraine we’re not the best people on the planet and having strangers in your house can be dangerous both from a safety perspective and Covid. Also many people in general don’t have the means to bring people into their home I know for sure we couldn’t do it as DH is still on half pay.
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Post by lulu on Mar 14, 2022 7:21:57 GMT
lulu hugs I’m sorry your so upset. But think about this from another perspective some of those people that are leaving the Ukraine we’re not the best people on the planet and having strangers in your house can be dangerous both from a safety perspective and Covid. Also many people in general don’t have the means to bring people into their home I know for sure we couldn’t do it as DH is still on half pay. Thanks luvboston. It’s only women and children and the elderly. The govt runs safety checks on the refugee families on the scheme and checks on the host families (to make sure no one in the UK has entered the scheme to exploit the vulnerable, criminal history checks etc) The government pay you £350 per month to make sure no one is financially out of pocket from helping out - but I think for most, money wouldn’t be a motivating factor in signing up. It’s a war, it’s desperate times and throughout history we have welcomed refugees. While I know my neighbours won’t do it (you never know I might be pleasantly surprised), thousands of families in the UK will do it and I can’t wait to see some positive news stories of people starting to settle into their new lives.
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Post by activebaby on Mar 14, 2022 18:21:31 GMT
Omg that’s adorable of your dh. Love that so much!! I keep hearing Freeman going to the Dodgers but I haven’t followed him much. I am surprised we haven’t heard more deals being made! I expected them to be fierce and fast. I hate waiting lol I don’t really know what to think of Colin. I think the hawks should give him an honest look especially if the other options are going with geno smith or Lock. I feel like his politics will fit in perfectly up here in liberal-ville, haha. The talk around here is since Freeman’s kids playing baseball in our youth league that maybe he is staying. He plays in ds2’s group (not on our team). Other parents are way more knowledgeable than me. Sounds like the mom gossip was wrong 🤣
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Post by activebaby on Mar 15, 2022 23:26:57 GMT
H got an offer!!!! We have to wait for another one still. He is talking about what his counter offer is already. I don’t have the same confidence when I look for jobs. It starts September if he accepts it.
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