MinnieM123
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Good morning to you, too! For dinner last night, I had bacon and eggs and a small order of pancakes! I loves me some breakfast food for dinner, sometimes!
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Good morning.
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Here are a couple of pix of the "snow" on Main Street. It's kinda hard to see....
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Brothers.
Earlier today:
Me: Would you please unload the dishwasher?
Brother: No
Me: Kid, unload the dishwasher
Brother: No! I don't have to!
10 minutes later:
Me: So since Mom and Dad are going to the Ravens game Sunday, do you wanna go to the movies?
Brother: Yes.
Me: But remember, you have to earn it by being nice to me and with good behavior (standard warning whenever I offer to take him to do something).
Brother gets up from the couch and unloads the dishwasher without me asking.
Oh bribery. Sweet bribery.
So I actually bought my first Christmas gift today! I got my Dad some nice leather work gloves, a cool LED flashlight, a tool caddy, and a shoehorn. He never knows what he wants but I know he will like these.
I help my brother with his math homework on a regular basis because of common core. He's in prealgebra, so with me having more recently taken a bunch of algebra (and doing well at it I might add; just not stat, though I would have done better with a decent professor at that!) I understand it even with the common core cr*p in there.
Sometimes I just show him how to do it the way I learned it, and then show him how to fill in what common core wants him to do. And they make these all word problems. For kids who struggle with language. As far as I'm concerned, special ed should be exempt from common core.
I don't get it. At my high school, 88% of students take at least one AP before graduating. 90% of those AP scores were 3 or above (out of 5, for those that don't know; 3 is passing and may earn some college credit), and out my graduating class, we had several who went on to Ivy League schools, a lot like me who were offered a lot of scholarship money, and 95% of the class went on to go to college. In Baltimore County, several high schools were in the top 500 schools in the country. Clearly, something was working with that curriculum. So what should they do? Throw it out completely. Yeah, makes perfect sense.
Sorry for the rant, but it just flabbergasts me.
HAPPY UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER DAY!
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Almost right... It dilutes my sweetness.![]()
I feel ya. I'm so far behind on getting ready for Christmas. I had to take Dec 22 off so I can decorate and make cookies. After tonight, I work Monday thru Thursday then I don't work again until Christmas Eve night.Those are very practical gifts, and I'm sure your dad will appreciate them. Nicely done!
Before I logged on here this morning, I was looking online at the Williams Sonoma web site for their food-related gift selection. I picked out a few things for my brother and sister-in-law (out in Colorado). One thing that i really liked was the gingerbread house, because you can add a name to it. I know my SIL will love this! I also got them various sweet and savory selections, too.
But, overall, with the remaining family members on my list, I'm still only about halfway done with my Christmas shopping. The pressure is building . . .![]()
Actually it is referred to as a "cherub like demeanor".When I was about 4 years old, I remember my elderly, great aunt telling me that she thought I was sweet, just like peaches and cream. Hence, since you're so (self-admittedly), sweet as well, I assume that people also refer to your personality, as peaches and cream, too?!![]()
I believe that in the scientific community it is referred to as "conditioned response". Nothing anywhere near as evil sounding as "bribery".Brothers.
Earlier today:
Me: Would you please unload the dishwasher?
Brother: No
Me: Kid, unload the dishwasher
Brother: No! I don't have to!
10 minutes later:
Me: So since Mom and Dad are going to the Ravens game Sunday, do you wanna go to the movies?
Brother: Yes.
Me: But remember, you have to earn it by being nice to me and with good behavior (standard warning whenever I offer to take him to do something).
Brother gets up from the couch and unloads the dishwasher without me asking.
Oh bribery. Sweet bribery.
I wish that they would stop! They are giving everybody a distorted image of the elderly.That was very pleasant to read. I am happy to hear that our elder citizens share their caring concern for you.
So I actually bought my first Christmas gift today! I got my Dad some nice leather work gloves, a cool LED flashlight, a tool caddy, and a shoehorn. He never knows what he wants but I know he will like these.
I am coughing. Have been coughing for weeks. Will continue to cough for weeks. Maybe months.
It happens every year I get home from Disney.
In 2009, we returned the first week of October, and I can still be heard hacking my guts out while at the funeral home pre-arranging things for my dad in late February. (He was too sick to come, but wanted in on all the details, so we videotaped the whole process.)
Anyways, I am coughing. And I am majorly sleep deprived.
Nobody is working tomorrow. I have chugged some cough syrup. And I have a date with Agatha Christie.
Have a good night everyone; I'm out early. God bless.
Sometimes?Good morning to you, too! For dinner last night, I had bacon and eggs and a small order of pancakes! I loves me some breakfast food for dinner, sometimes!![]()
I slept from 1:30 until just now. I have a bit of a sleep hangover and a cough syrup hangover, but t'aint nothing a cup of coffee or two won't fix!Oh my. Hope you're feeling better, soon.
Kids today have it much harder in schools. They focus more on common core and testing than things they actually need to learn.
@Gabe1 , those dog Christmas pictures with the captions were hysterical! I was laughing out loud here, and my dog came over to see what was so funny. I did my best to explain to him, that his species is a riot!![]()
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Sometimes?
All times. Anytime!
It doesn't matter what time of day or night we go to Denny's, I always get the Grand Slam.
The only debate - with hash browns or without?
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