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Figgy1

Figgy1

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StarWarsGirl said:
The worst part is always leaving the pets. ;)

I somehow picked up a stomach bug, no idea how since I've been at home the past five days, and Belle has spent basically all day taking care of me. I even went to take a bath, and she couldn't find me and started meowing for me. I let her know where I was, and she settled down outside the bathroom door. :inlove:

I wish I had tomorrow off, but no such luck. It's the last week of our fiscal year, so fun stuff. But we do get the entire week between Christmas and New Years off, so there's that. :)
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Sympathy like, hope you're all better by now. xoxo
 
Figgy1

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Mr Ferret 88 said:
Morning @figmentfan423 ... wheres my lego ???
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Here you go
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DryerLintFan

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MinnieM123 said:
Your daughter always cracks me up! I always look forward to her "latest" in your posts. :happy:

Interesting you mentioned that 21-minute "short" (I'd call that a "LONG") of Frozen. Heard on the news this morning (yes, this actually made the morning news) that there has been a big backlash from movie-goers about the waste of time, and some of them actually thought their movie theater was showing Frozen and not Coco!! This isn't going over well . . . :cautious:
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Yeah we (thankfully) read about that before going!! I think it really worked out well for us to arrive a half hour late. We missed the previews and only had to sit through three minutes or so of the "short"
 
Pixieish

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Gabe1 said:
I have the same issue with both my Mom and my MIL. Oy

As some Mom's age they tend to loose their filters and many just unknowingly insert themselves. Still my Dad never did have a filter, he just always said what came to mind. My Mom's favorite go to line though I'm certain she doesn't realize is YOU LIKE THAT? While she doesn't ever say she doesn't approve she makes it perfectly clear she doesn't LIKE THAT? Why else would someone look at something and say YOU LIKE THAT??? as their only comment???

My MIL is a bit more direct in her disapproval though she backdoors it. More, 'she only thinks about herself' as if her son ever cared which he never did lol or the gentle dig of I don't understand why she would do that?' Never directed at me but in front of me, more to try and change my mind by condemning me to others. Me, I dismissed as classless. I actually have had some fun with that over the years, embracing her disapproval. If MIL found something in my home she hinted at in front of others that she disapproved of I'd spotlight that embellishment more as an asset and watch her cringe. Passive aggressive but fun nonetheless. Anything she disapproved of I would outwardly adore. It was fun to see her broil over it all....

My Mom in her day did have a sense of style so lost now. My MIL was always a hodgepodge of conflicting everything so I always viewed her comments as a veil for her own shortcomings. Even her personal style. A very short, thin, tiny woman dangling 2 inch wreath earrings, jingle bell necklace to a funeral type woman. My Mom's comments these days from my wardrobe to furnishings of the home hit harder. Those YOU LIKE THAT??? comments are mean spirited, no way to couch it. I know it is an age thing, I see it, I understand the fading filter of thought to words, it still stings though. Oddly I don't see these 'comments' ever directed at sons or SILs. Seems some families have aging family Matriarchs want to condemn only those who directly follow in their footsteps. Oddly weird. The aging process is unsettling.
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My mother can be flat-out cruel...to the point that my sister and I don't talk very often, but she was still able to see how bad it was and told my mother to back off. I know she's in a depression, her internal censor comes back as soon as she takes her meds, but she's decided she doesn't want to take them because "they make her fat" (they totally don't...it's her thyroid and it's medicine that affect her weight). I don't think losing one's internal censor is by-product of aging...my grandmother never had a bad word to say to anyone (she was the pinnacle of grace and would "guide" you to make good choices without you being even aware of it), and was a woman who was married to an abusive, drunk husband for most of her life. I wonder if it's a side-effect of feeling powerless as one ages...
 
DryerLintFan

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This morning was rough. The only way I was able to get my kid to school on time was allowing her to wear her princess dress. Hope everyone else is having an easier back to work day than we are.

All my holiday shopping is done and everything is wrapped. So I'm going to be trying really hard to stay away from Cyber Monday deals all day at work, LOL
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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DisneyBound2017 said:
This morning was rough. The only way I was able to get my kid to school on time was allowing her to wear her princess dress. Hope everyone else is having an easier back to work day than we are.

All my holiday shopping is done and everything is wrapped. So I'm going to be trying really hard to stay away from Cyber Monday deals all day at work, LOL
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I can so relate! My son insisted on wearing a beat up, raggedy looking Sonic the Hedgehog shirt...UGH. I'm so jealous you're done shopping! Lucky duck!
 
DryerLintFan

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CherylM said:
I can so relate! My son insisted on wearing a beat up, raggedy looking Sonic the Hedgehog shirt...UGH. I'm so jealous you're done shopping! Lucky duck!
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I keep trying to fight it, but I think the kid is winning. She refuses to go to sleep without a princess dress nightgown. She refuses to wake up and do anything without a princess dress-up gown. It's like living in that Tide commercial where the dad "gets" to wash his daughter's princess dress once a week. That's somehow my life now.
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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DisneyBound2017 said:
I keep trying to fight it, but I think the kid is winning. She refuses to go to sleep without a princess dress nightgown. She refuses to wake up and do anything without a princess dress-up gown. It's like living in that Tide commercial where the dad "gets" to wash his daughter's princess dress once a week. That's somehow my life now.
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I've have to carefully choose my battles...my son's autism makes him basically an expert at "logicking" you to death, so I only dig my heels in when it's something super important...it's so hard sometimes though!
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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RedNoseMickey said:
So should we hope he can't drive?;)


Amen! When I look at my mother now I get sad and scared. It is almost as if the woman who raised me is gone and this look alike has taken her place. I know it is not her fault but it can be so hard to be patient and kind when she is being so difficult and negative.:cry:
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figmentfan423 said:
How's he doing and is he behaving?
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figmentfan423 said:
Maybe you'll just have to stay home, I'm sure he won't be able to drive by then:angelic::angelic::angelic::angelic::angelic:
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I think I am hoping he still can't drive or at least drive long distances. It would be so nice to have an excuse not to go there this year.

Hubs is getting around ok and he says it doesn't hurt unless he accidentally presses down or twitches hard like he did in his sleep the other night. I think he is getting restless with it though. Oh well he will have all the dogs as companions today. And our visiting dogs still seem to be behaving.
 

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