The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[betty rose]

I'm out today, going to decorate some Christmas Cookies! That should be fun! Hubby likes to eat the results!

 

[Songbird76]

I'm in heaven!

I love the diversity on here...that we are all drawn to different things, but that we still all get along and still have things in common. I guess I'm just really not meant to live by the sea....this picture does nothing for me. I scrolled right past without really even registering what it was until I saw your comment. (Might be partly because boats make me feel sick) I love that about this group...that something will speak so strongly to one person and not even resonate with another....and yet we're still all friends. So cool! Why can't "real life" be more like that??

 

[betty rose]

I love the diversity on here...that we are all drawn to different things, but that we still all get along and still have things in common. I guess I'm just really not meant to live by the sea....this picture does nothing for me. I scrolled right past without really even registering what it was until I saw your comment. (Might be partly because boats make me feel sick) I love that about this group...that something will speak so strongly to one person and not even resonate with another....and yet we're still all friends. So cool! Why can't "real life" be more like that??

It sure is nice on this sight. Like you , everyone on here ; are my internet friends. I'm not always on as much as I used to, but I miss it when I'm busy.

 

[Songbird76]

I'm just the opposite. I love cards. Actually, over the weekend, I finished writing all my Christmas cards (about 18 this year), and put them in the mailbox yesterday. The cards I bought had a pretty Christmas tree, and lots of animals--really cute. I love (fantasy) pictures like that, where all the animals play together (no tigers stalking smaller prey, etc. )

P.S. to @FutureCEO -- Don't have a heart attack that I bought 18 cards -- they came in a box for a good price!

I like making them....I made like 50 of them last year and never sent them. They are still in a box. I'm TERRIBLE about actually SENDING cards....I make them and put them in a box to have on hand so I have them for birthdays or new babies or whatever, and then that's it. I do give them in person, though! This is the last one I made, a couple of weeks ago, for someone in my choir.

 

[Songbird76]

So you say

No no no! This is where you are supposed to break out your Shakespeare! "Me thinks though doth protest too much!"

 

[Songbird76]

I had to wash DS's winter coat this afternoon...I hope it's dry tomorrow morning. A kid in his class pushed him down in the mud. My son tends to speak really fast and pace while he's talking, so it's kind of hard to follow him sometimes, but it sounded like he was either sitting on the ground or something, OR it was after the kid pushed him down, but the kid was holding him down and my son was telling him to stop, and then the kid said something like "Oh, I thought you liked it." and DS was saying "No! I was telling you to stop it!" And when the kid pushed him down, he told the teacher and the kid told the teacher that another kid had pushed him INTO my son, that he hadn't done it on purpose. But DS said the kid had his hands out to shove him and he didn't think the other kid had touched this kid. I don't know what to think....I don't know if the teacher talked to the other boy to see what HE had to say about whether he pushed the kid or not, but it didn't sound like anything was done. Stuff like this is happening every day to my son and yet the teachers always believe it when the kids say they didn't do anything or it wasn't on purpose. Accidents happen, but this is too frequent NOT to be intentional. I'm so angry!! Every day, it's the same story...he took it wrong, it was an accident and he overreacted, the kids have to say they are sorry, they are told not to do it again, and then the next time it happens, they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again...and then the next time it happens they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again. I hate violence, but I am tempted to tell DS just to sock one of them in the gut next time since the school won't do anything about it. I understand that he does tend to be overly dramatic about things, and we are getting help for that, but he also needs the school to help him not get beat up every day so he doesn't have as much to over-react TO! I'd like to see THEM stand in the middle of 3 people kicking a soccer ball as hard as they could at them and see how THEY react...or get pushed in the mud. It's not an over-reaction when you are constantly getting bullied! Obviously my son is not the only one who needs help changing behavior, but he's pin-pointed as the squeaky wheel while the bullies just lie and go on their merry way, free to do it again the next day.

 

[Figgy1]

I love the diversity on here...that we are all drawn to different things, but that we still all get along and still have things in common. I guess I'm just really not meant to live by the sea....this picture does nothing for me. I scrolled right past without really even registering what it was until I saw your comment. (Might be partly because boats make me feel sick) I love that about this group...that something will speak so strongly to one person and not even resonate with another....and yet we're still all friends. So cool! Why can't "real life" be more like that??

That's why I don't spend as much time on the other threads any more

 

[Figgy1]

I like making them....I made like 50 of them last year and never sent them. They are still in a box. I'm TERRIBLE about actually SENDING cards....I make them and put them in a box to have on hand so I have them for birthdays or new babies or whatever, and then that's it. I do give them in person, though! This is the last one I made, a couple of weeks ago, for someone in my choir.View attachment 176821

You're quite talented! Have you ever thought about selling some of them?

 

[betty rose]

I like making them....I made like 50 of them last year and never sent them. They are still in a box. I'm TERRIBLE about actually SENDING cards....I make them and put them in a box to have on hand so I have them for birthdays or new babies or whatever, and then that's it. I do give them in person, though! This is the last one I made, a couple of weeks ago, for someone in my choir.View attachment 176821

You are very talented. So pretty.

 

[Figgy1]

I had to wash DS's winter coat this afternoon...I hope it's dry tomorrow morning. A kid in his class pushed him down in the mud. My son tends to speak really fast and pace while he's talking, so it's kind of hard to follow him sometimes, but it sounded like he was either sitting on the ground or something, OR it was after the kid pushed him down, but the kid was holding him down and my son was telling him to stop, and then the kid said something like "Oh, I thought you liked it." and DS was saying "No! I was telling you to stop it!" And when the kid pushed him down, he told the teacher and the kid told the teacher that another kid had pushed him INTO my son, that he hadn't done it on purpose. But DS said the kid had his hands out to shove him and he didn't think the other kid had touched this kid. I don't know what to think....I don't know if the teacher talked to the other boy to see what HE had to say about whether he pushed the kid or not, but it didn't sound like anything was done. Stuff like this is happening every day to my son and yet the teachers always believe it when the kids say they didn't do anything or it wasn't on purpose. Accidents happen, but this is too frequent NOT to be intentional. I'm so angry!! Every day, it's the same story...he took it wrong, it was an accident and he overreacted, the kids have to say they are sorry, they are told not to do it again, and then the next time it happens, they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again...and then the next time it happens they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again. I hate violence, but I am tempted to tell DS just to sock one of them in the gut next time since the school won't do anything about it. I understand that he does tend to be overly dramatic about things, and we are getting help for that, but he also needs the school to help him not get beat up every day so he doesn't have as much to over-react TO! I'd like to see THEM stand in the middle of 3 people kicking a soccer ball as hard as they could at them and see how THEY react...or get pushed in the mud. It's not an over-reaction when you are constantly getting bullied! Obviously my son is not the only one who needs help changing behavior, but he's pin-pointed as the squeaky wheel while the bullies just lie and go on their merry way, free to do it again the next day.

I'm sorry to hear that. Is there any way to get him away from the little........I'm hoping the parents of those children at least get a call and the situation gets straightened out

 

[betty rose]

I had to wash DS's winter coat this afternoon...I hope it's dry tomorrow morning. A kid in his class pushed him down in the mud. My son tends to speak really fast and pace while he's talking, so it's kind of hard to follow him sometimes, but it sounded like he was either sitting on the ground or something, OR it was after the kid pushed him down, but the kid was holding him down and my son was telling him to stop, and then the kid said something like "Oh, I thought you liked it." and DS was saying "No! I was telling you to stop it!" And when the kid pushed him down, he told the teacher and the kid told the teacher that another kid had pushed him INTO my son, that he hadn't done it on purpose. But DS said the kid had his hands out to shove him and he didn't think the other kid had touched this kid. I don't know what to think....I don't know if the teacher talked to the other boy to see what HE had to say about whether he pushed the kid or not, but it didn't sound like anything was done. Stuff like this is happening every day to my son and yet the teachers always believe it when the kids say they didn't do anything or it wasn't on purpose. Accidents happen, but this is too frequent NOT to be intentional. I'm so angry!! Every day, it's the same story...he took it wrong, it was an accident and he overreacted, the kids have to say they are sorry, they are told not to do it again, and then the next time it happens, they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again...and then the next time it happens they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again. I hate violence, but I am tempted to tell DS just to sock one of them in the gut next time since the school won't do anything about it. I understand that he does tend to be overly dramatic about things, and we are getting help for that, but he also needs the school to help him not get beat up every day so he doesn't have as much to over-react TO! I'd like to see THEM stand in the middle of 3 people kicking a soccer ball as hard as they could at them and see how THEY react...or get pushed in the mud. It's not an over-reaction when you are constantly getting bullied! Obviously my son is not the only one who needs help changing behavior, but he's pin-pointed as the squeaky wheel while the bullies just lie and go on their merry way, free to do it again the next day.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Is it possible to visit the school uninvited and observe the play ground. It's not right that the bullies get to go on bullying. Can you send him to another school? My daughter was bullied in the first grade, the kid who brought the loaded gun to school. I stayed and watched, from a distance for several days....I saw what was happening, and had a parent teacher conference. I told them what was going on....then the kid brought a loaded gun to school. He got expelled, I often wonder what would have happen, if I hadn't notified the teacher. DD is coming up on her 47th birthday. Bullying has been going on for a long time. It's not right that the teacher does nothing. The teacher sounds lazy or frightened to me.

 

[betty rose]

That's why I don't spend as much time on the other threads any more

Me either, I go to the food blog, but that's about it anymore.

 

[Cesar R M]

I had to wash DS's winter coat this afternoon...I hope it's dry tomorrow morning. A kid in his class pushed him down in the mud. My son tends to speak really fast and pace while he's talking, so it's kind of hard to follow him sometimes, but it sounded like he was either sitting on the ground or something, OR it was after the kid pushed him down, but the kid was holding him down and my son was telling him to stop, and then the kid said something like "Oh, I thought you liked it." and DS was saying "No! I was telling you to stop it!" And when the kid pushed him down, he told the teacher and the kid told the teacher that another kid had pushed him INTO my son, that he hadn't done it on purpose. But DS said the kid had his hands out to shove him and he didn't think the other kid had touched this kid. I don't know what to think....I don't know if the teacher talked to the other boy to see what HE had to say about whether he pushed the kid or not, but it didn't sound like anything was done. Stuff like this is happening every day to my son and yet the teachers always believe it when the kids say they didn't do anything or it wasn't on purpose. Accidents happen, but this is too frequent NOT to be intentional. I'm so angry!! Every day, it's the same story...he took it wrong, it was an accident and he overreacted, the kids have to say they are sorry, they are told not to do it again, and then the next time it happens, they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again...and then the next time it happens they have to say they are sorry and are told not to do it again. I hate violence, but I am tempted to tell DS just to sock one of them in the gut next time since the school won't do anything about it. I understand that he does tend to be overly dramatic about things, and we are getting help for that, but he also needs the school to help him not get beat up every day so he doesn't have as much to over-react TO! I'd like to see THEM stand in the middle of 3 people kicking a soccer ball as hard as they could at them and see how THEY react...or get pushed in the mud. It's not an over-reaction when you are constantly getting bullied! Obviously my son is not the only one who needs help changing behavior, but he's pin-pointed as the squeaky wheel while the bullies just lie and go on their merry way, free to do it again the next day.

Maybe purchase some hidden camera and put it on his clothes?
that way there will be REAL proof and you can confront these moronic teachers?

 

[Figgy1]

Maybe purchase some hidden camera and put it on his clothes?
that way there will be REAL proof and you can confront these moronic teachers?

I think that's a great idea! There's cameras on all our school buses and schools. It cut down on kids getting bullied and there's now a stairwell in the high school that gets monitored for other reasons BTW if they had read what they signed the first day of school they would have known about the cameras

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Thank your dd for this year's theme.I'm loving my daily lego fix

You're welcome!! Talking about legos, I scored big on my Cybershopping. I bought two big sets and got a small free on Toysrus and on Amazon they are running $10 off an order of $25. I bought two Disney cookbooks and with the ten bucks off paid just over $2 (yes that's TWO dollars!) on this....

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I'm just the opposite. I love cards. Actually, over the weekend, I finished writing all my Christmas cards (about 18 this year), and put them in the mailbox yesterday. The cards I bought had a pretty Christmas tree, and lots of animals--really cute. I love (fantasy) pictures like that, where all the animals play together (no tigers stalking smaller prey, etc. )

P.S. to @FutureCEO -- Don't have a heart attack that I bought 18 cards -- they came in a box for a good price!

I love cards too. Especially for my family and my ex's that we don't see very often. It's nice go know giving/receiving cards every year says that we still think of them often. Especially since our family is in three continents!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Since you and Mrs. Ferret ain't no wimps, I think you should add a cute, little Christmas tree in there. You could have extra holiday viewing happiness, in two places on your property! I could see you two snuggled together in the summerhouse, holding mugs of hot cocoa, with melted marshmallows on top.

You're a romantic person.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Thanks for the reminder I still have one candy bar for Christmas to buy. Several trips ago we got my father in law some Cadbury bars and now he's hooked on them

Last year my ex bought my daughter a ten pound Reese Cup. Not happening this year!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I'm in heaven!

Juneau, Alaska