The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Songbird76]

Yep, only 7 years old, but she frequently acts like she's going on 13!

Huh...DS is 7 as well, though he frequently acts like he's going on 5.

 

[Songbird76]

Thanks. Her first apartment, she stayed in a dorm all 4 years of college. Her apartment has a great room, the living room is transitioned from a long galley kitchen on the wall and on the flip side divided by 15 foot counter. It has cabinets on the galley kitchen side beneath and on the living room side of the counter it has an overhang for bar stools depending on size could fit at least 7 or so. Sadly for me she has double the cabinet space that I do. She has these and 3 Black leather bar stools which match the woods in the living room. The kitchen has greenish tones (for her tractor collection, not sure if you were here for her love of John Deer Tractor stories) and living room blues so these will help transition the colors from kitchen to living room. Her bedroom had triple the closet/shelf space than my master bedroom does.

I got to help pick the shades of colors as my DD is somewhat color blind, she sees color but not really shades of color, neither does her Dad. (Many a time I sent him back to change clothes as I have with my DD. My DD in college would send me photos to see if she matched.) We were picking out area rugs for her living room and bed room and she'd find a rug design she liked but I'd be like eeek so not teal that is aqua. This apartment is so freak'n amazing, with vaulted ceilings and a huge shelf 20 feet above the living room which we have found large artwork of Florida beaches and 'Mine Mine Mine' knickknacks to put up there. Fortunately the landlord has a honk'n big ladder we are allowed to borrow. Great 'ole man I've know for years our town historian. The building has been restored but is over 100 years old.

Awww...DS is a bit color blind as well. He always has to ask if something is blue or purple. And he told me one of the bullies wore a brown jacket...I watched for brown jackets for days, then he pointed the kid out to me and it was a green jacket. He just couldn't see the difference. One of my high school math teachers was color blind and his roommates played tricks on him, mismatching his socks, etc. He'd come to school with 2 different colored socks and couldn't tell.

 

[Songbird76]

I feel your pain. I don't have to travel though by plane or ferry tough. I enjoy multiple times a year going by train into Chicago for major shopping. My Little Hamlet doesn't have any retail nor does it even have a grocery store though we do have a 7/11 and several gas stations, only because we have an interstate that intersects our town. Because of the interstate I can get to other areas that have retail without major time devotion but it is annoying to realize your need something you forgot from the grocery store and have to leave town.

It is our towns fault though. This Little Hamlet is stuck in a time warp. Most families here for many generations and stuck between wanting to develop and wanting to remain Mayberry. I've been here for 30 years and I am still an outsider. The Mayberry is what most of us embrace. Our little Hamlet was a very nice place to raise children though, I know everyone and everyone knows us. No chance of the Mom not knowing what their children were up to. Zero privacy in Hamlet.

My home town was like that...we did have a grocery store, but no one shopped there except for the things like bread and milk that you need pretty much daily, or in the case you mentioned that you forgot something. But the closest town to us was 40 miles away, so we mostly did our shopping once every 2 weeks or so and threw everything in the freezer and bought milk and bread from the local store. My mom was originally from Dundee, IL and that seemed like a huge city to us as kids, but what we thought was amazing was that you could drive from Dundee into Elgin without even realizing they were different towns. In Wyoming, everything is so spread out...in one direction the next town was 40 miles away. In the other direction, the next town was 35 miles away, but its population was 7. Not counting that town, the next was 75 miles. We drove an hour and a half to get to any town other than the one that was closest to us. We were used to not having Walmart, target, etc.

 

[Songbird76]

For those who didn't watch the MTV Music Video Awards last night (I never watch it), I saw a few clips on the early morning news. Apparently, Kanye West announced on stage last night that he was going to run for president of the U.S., in the 2020 election.

Well, considering how much of an uproar there was when Clinton admitted he had once smoked Marijuana, I wonder how many people would actually vote for someone who admittedly gets high before he performs.

 

[Songbird76]

When you pay so much for classes, I would be pretty upset that I didn't get anything out of it.

Oh ALL of us were angry. The whole class knew that he didn't have a clue about the material he was teaching. But there were evaluations at the end of the semester and I'm betting he got thrashed. I know I was pretty scathing in mine.

 

[Songbird76]

My FIL was released from the hospital today! He has to take it easy for a while. He's not allowed to drive or ride a bicycle for 4 weeks, and he has to build up walking slowly...no long distances yet, but he's feeling much better, though he tires quickly. So glad they sent him home already!!

 

[betty rose]

THNX Hope you are feeling better

It's a good day today. I made a meat loaf for lunch with potato's sautéed with red, green and yellow peppers and onion. Hubby was very happy, and garlic bread....I'm very happy! I let hubby make meat loaf sandwiches, with salad. No cooking tonight!

 

[betty rose]

You could install one of the addons like "flashblock".
which will replace all videos with a " click to run" .

This will remove the slowdowns caused by the flash program when starting up.

Thanks Cesar R M, off to tell hubby he needs to work on my computer again.

 

[betty rose]

But how do you know my real name ?????

I would rather just think of you as the "FERRET, with the halo!

 

[Figgy1]

My FIL was released from the hospital today! He has to take it easy for a while. He's not allowed to drive or ride a bicycle for 4 weeks, and he has to build up walking slowly...no long distances yet, but he's feeling much better, though he tires quickly. So glad they sent him home already!!

Hopefully life will get back to normal soon. After my FIL got sick it took a while but things are getting more normal

 

[betty rose]

Thank you! I thought it was unfair of her, too, but if my mom couldn't even get her to budge...that being said, she came in the first day of school and told us "I am always right. You are always wrong. Do not dispute me." I had some really great teachers, but I had some doozies, too!

Thumbs down to her @Songbird76.

 

[betty rose]

My FIL was released from the hospital today! He has to take it easy for a while. He's not allowed to drive or ride a bicycle for 4 weeks, and he has to build up walking slowly...no long distances yet, but he's feeling much better, though he tires quickly. So glad they sent him home already!!

I'm so happy for you and FIL.

 

[betty rose]

Hopefully life will get back to normal soon. After my FIL got sick it took a while but things are getting more normal

I'm glad things are going back to normal. xoxo

 

[Figgy1]

Any minute now I'll find out how day one went. I hope my baby is ok. The 7th graders have no clue where to go the first day, there's charts on the wall with their homerooms on it and they get their schedules there.

 

[Figgy1]

I'm glad things are going back to normal. xoxo

THNX he went away for a 4 day weekend and did quite well and he's enjoying riding his lawn mower, he used to curse having to mow. Now it's almost like having a hobby

 

[betty rose]

THNX he went away for a 4 day weekend and did quite well and he's enjoying riding his lawn mower, he used to curse having to mow. Now it's almost like having a hobby

I did all the mowing for years, as hubby traveled a lot. Never had a riding mower. When we moved into our current house 20 years ago, I looked at the grass, and said enough is enough. I took it out and planted greenery, flowers and put in rocks. I've never missed a day of not having grass.

 

[betty rose]

@figmentfan423. I hope you had fun with the other mother's this morning. I used to have a very close couple of friends and we would go to lunch once a week. So nice to get out without responsibilities!

 

[betty rose]

It's nap time, and my computer has slowed down again. Have a good afternoon all.

 

[Figgy1]

@figmentfan423. I hope you had fun with the other mother's this morning. I used to have a very close couple of friends and we would go to lunch once a week. So nice to get out without responsibilities!

THNX we all had a very good time!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

My daughter said this morning "Mom, that boy hasn't said anything to me.....I think it's all daddy's tattoos scared him."

Oh goodness. That's funny.

Although dads can be scary. A couple of weeks before vacation, the house down the street had another party. My parents went out, my dad yelled and threatened to call the police, and then did so. A friend of our neighbor's daughter had been at the party and told our neighbors that some "big scary dude" came out and told everyone he was calling the police. We all laughed at the "big" and "scary" part. My dad is all of 5'5".

Sometimes an angry father solves problems.