Things because I'm bored

mrsconn23

1. I did something to my right hip flexor and it's being annoyingly stiff.  I can't sit in one position for longer than a couple minutes or it starts aching.  IDK if this is yoga or bcbc related. 

2. The kiddo is taking typing this year and logs in to his account onilne to take typing tests at home as assignments.  DH and I took one last night and he did better than me.  He gloated for an hour.  He kept getting on me for looking down.  He's such a sore winner. I bet IRL (not using a stupid timed test script where you can't correct errors), I'm faster and better than he is.  I'm a sore loser.  HA. 

3. I can't play with my new phone yet.  We're not going to activate them until this weekend, when we give the kiddo his phone for his birthday. 

4. I need to start wrapping Christmas gifts this weekend.  I also need to use all of my wrapping paper and not buy any more this year.  It's time to clear out the stores. I need to remind myself of that when I find cute paper I really, really want. 

5. I haven't even started on Secret Satan.  I feel like such a slacker.  I'm hoping to get that going this weekend. 

6. We're supposed to get thunderstorms today and snow tomorrow.  Ahh...The time of year when Mother Nature cannot make up her mind. Fun times. 

DixieNormous330

1) My eye is twitching again. It's totally sleep related. Or rather - lack of sleep related.

2) I've been working on Secret Satan but it's not so easy when family life is getting in the way of making stuff. DD has a bad cold and H is a pain in the butt. Also - I'm doing 3 Secret Satans and making gifts for my bosses and co-workers.

3) Saturday I have a crafting day planned with my friend. No way out of busting my ass on these presents and I'm excited. It also means that H can't give me any grief about not doing something around the apartment.

4) It's the last night of Hanukkah. It didn't feel like Hanukkah at all this year. And H's gift from DD is going to be late. As in we're making it tonight but it won't be done until tomorrow night which means he won't get it until Friday. 

Wzz

1. i am done with secret satan, and plan to mail it out some time next week or so.

 

2. i never in my life have ever walked in my sleep. last night was the first time i sleep walked and now i am scared of what might happen if it happens again. i have no idea if this is a logical worry since i worry about everything. (and a very large percentage of stuff i worry about seems to come true in one way or another)

 

3. i finished 90% of my christmas shopping this week. i only have one more gift to get, and i know what it will be. if i can't get to a store, i can order it online. so i feel like i am virtually finished.

 

4. PSA - this is the best week to stock up on meats. i wish i had a separate chest freezer and larger pantry. does the kid really need his own room?

Oface4eva

1.  I haven't started Secret Satan besides just a thought of what to get.  And saving mailing boxes.  I hope I don't suck it up too badly this year.

2.  My shoulder hurts, and has in certain positions, I hope it's not something serious.  I'm just gonna keep telling myself it's not.  That works, right?

3.  H will most likely be off light-duty next week, this might result in christmas workings...not sure how I feel about that. 

4.  I started up on Twitter again, obviously el jefe is out of the office (broken ribs, what?).

GBCK

Typing vs. word processing is tricky--I do lousy on typewriters (I do OK, I did take 'typing' not 'keyboarding', but I tend to have to many errors and am a slow corrector using the tape) but scarily enough, I'm generally faster at making easy documents than my secretaries--because I know more computer shortcuts.

wzz, I feel like it's in bad form to tell you to go listen to Mike Brubiglia's sleepwalking comedy routines...but I think you should.

I so need to craft for secret santa this weekend.  I have a few ideas...

mrsconn23

HA!  I love Mike Birbiglia.  

thejucheidea

I've been putting off my Japanese homework and now it's due tonight, sigh.

Tomorrow is Krampusnacht!

Today, I'm learning how to drive stick because I have to know how to drive our rental car in Iceland, and the only automatics they had were SUVs, and I didn't want to be driving in winter in a big car because I learned winter driving in a VW New Beetle. Also, gas is $7.65 a gallon there, so fuck if I'm paying for an SUV's fuel 'efficiency'. The hilarious part of it is that the only stick shift car we have in my family is my dad's 1929 Graham Paige, so I'm going to be learning how to drive stick on this in a mall parking lot:

tawillers

1.  I know one part of the SS gift, but need something else to go with it.

2.  DD2 wasn't saying much more than mom, dad, and no at her 2yr appt in August and only picked up a couple words since.  In the last 3 weeks, her vocabulary has exploded.  I think she says 2-3 new words every day.  We are so glad/relieved/proud.  And you can tell she enjoys being able to express herself.

3.  Our garbage disposal started leaking from the bottom last night.  Everything we read online said that fixing that type of leak will cost 75% the cost of a new disposal.  So we installed a new disposal.  It's not an appliance I ever thought about, but dang, the new one is so much quieter.

4.  I have been getting outfits together for family pictures very soon - like this week - and wouldn't you know it, DD1 fell last night and skinned her chin.  ::sigh::

mrsconn23

Taw--

We installed a new disposal last year.  It was so easy.   And the new one is so much better than the old one. 

YAY for language explosion.  She probably didn't need to say much since she has two older siblings to do it for her.   

dharmabunny

1) haven't started SS yet, I have a few ideas.

2) krampusnacht! I have my Xmas cube decorating scheme! Krampus, festivus, Cousin Eddie, cheesy colored flashing lights, fiber optic light up tree!!! It's gonna look like Santa's dive tittybar of choice! No titties. That's NSFW.

3) yeah, that weather coming up. We're gonna be driving in it out of town. Yay!!!! As long as we get snowed in at IKEA, it'll be fine

4) reiterating #3, if December is shaping up to be this wacko (70s for the high, near freezing by Fri), January is going to be the ballsuck.

5) tomorrow my work BFF is making me cake and I'll be picking it up A marbled dark choc and coconut. Ohhh myyyyy.

tawillers

mrs.conn23 said:

Taw--

We installed a new disposal last year.  It was so easy.   And the new one is so much better than the old one. 

YAY for language explosion.  She probably didn't need to say much since she has two older siblings to do it for her.   

It was so easy to install.  I bet repairing the old one would have been a bitch.

Yes on the sibling thing.  She'd just grunt and they'd do whatever she wanted.  Especially Son.  He's such a sucker for these girls.

mrsconn23

tawillers said:

mrs.conn23 said:

Taw--

We installed a new disposal last year.  It was so easy.   And the new one is so much better than the old one. 

YAY for language explosion.  She probably didn't need to say much since she has two older siblings to do it for her.   

It was so easy to install.  I bet repairing the old one would have been a bitch.

Yes on the sibling thing.  She'd just grunt and they'd do whatever she wanted.  Especially Son.  He's such a sucker for these girls.

HA!  Aww.  That's so sweet.  What a good big brother. 

We're in the repeating stage.  We have the same questions over and over...and over day in and day out.  

DefConn has been saying this phrase for at least 2 months..."Papaw kicked a soccer ball at the fence.  He got a timeout."  I have NO IDEA where it came from, neither does FIL.  He just says it randomly, at least once a day. 

He also loves to tell us, "You're being mean to ME!"...with a very squeaky emphasis on "me".  

GBCK

I am jealousE of your choice of stick-learning cars.

tawillers

Well quit being mean to him!!

Ha!  They come up with the weirdest things. 

6fsn

DH laughed when I said I better get a new disposal out of this remodel.

I need to find birthday wrapping paper.  All I have is bags.