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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Gabe1 said:
Honestly I can't remember the chemical but it is in chewing gum. My DD went through buckling over stomach pains. Doc couldn't find anything, allergist could not to cause that type of debilitating pain. She was fine and then buckling. I saw it happen at the table where she was doing homework.
It was the freak'n chewing gum. She stopped chewing gum. Months later when in the Doc's office he was surprised we had figured it out but also relieved 'cause we were getting nowhere with all the Doc's.
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Aspartame?
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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MOXOMUMD said:
When we were younger bats would come down our chimney. I remember opening the doors and and a few windows then being armed with a broom until we could get it out of the house. Same with random birds.
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Ugh, I wouldn't be able to deal with that. Now I would tell the hubs that the dog and I will be at a pet friendly hotel until the bats and stuff were gone. One of my teacher friends told me that when she was growing up bats would often get into her room while sleeping. She would feel a swoosh and just pull up the covers! No thanks!
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Okay, I just had the strangest and terrifying experience and now my heart rate has come down a little. Kapono and I were sitting on the porch and I was on my computer working on my trip report here and editing my personal trip journal when I saw what looked like a bird hit the outside of the screen, then fall. No big deal right, birds hit windows....then it popped up and attached itself to the screen and I thought that was strange so I looked up and it was a bat attached to the outside of the screen!! A bat! During the day!

(Disclaimer I really hate bats, they freak me out, I can't even look at pictures of them and at Animal Kingdom during the Maharajah Jungle trek I literally run through the building that has them with my head down. And I don't run ever, but I want to see the tigers there.)

So I start flipping out and start hyperventilating. And grab the flyswatter to smack the screen to get it to move, but before I can smack it flies off. It flew off towards our neighbors tree across the street. But not before I see its weird body splayed out, and now I'm super freaked out. It's not good to see them during the day right?! I texted hubby, who is down in Illinois to do a friends wedding, and he said it is just a freak thing. I know he is probably right but I'm still freaked out.

Sorry to rant, and thanks for letting me. :eek::jawdrop:
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DisneyBound2017 said:
I'd probably call animal control on this. It could be a freak thing, or it could be rabid. They'd at least want to log the incident in case something else of note happens in the area.
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Yuck and you should make a call.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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donaldtoo said:
Yea, that's always the "fun" part of having a garage sale...repacking all the stuff that didn't sell. But, all that nice cash usually makes up for it...! ;)

And, a belated congrats on y'all's 18th wedding anni.!!! :)
DWifey and I will be celebrating our 29th in Dec....! :)
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Thanks for the anniversary well wishes!
Luckily we pretty much sold most items. I had 3 tubs of girl clothes. Every item sold. I ended up bringing back half a tub of boy clothes and some small toddler toys. Cannot complain.:)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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figmentfan423 said:
I'm so sorry. Have you looked into getting the test to see if you have the gene. One of the people we lost was to BC and she had the gene and found out too late:(. I hope you don't have it and that cluster of people was just a fluke. xoxo
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No, I haven't been tested, but I'm going on the assumption that I have the gene. The thing is, knowing you have it or don't doesn't really do anything to prevent it...it's what you do with that information...getting screened more often, doing self-exams, etc...and since I go on the assumption that I HAVE the gene and am almost guaranteed to get BC at some point, I'm more vigilant about doing the things that I would do if I had that test. The test can't really do any more than what I already do, so that when I get it, it will be found faster and be more easily treated. My mom's was found WAY too late because we were poor and she couldn't afford a mammogram. There was a state program that offered free screenings to low income women over 55....that's when she finally got one and they found the cancer. And of course my grandmothers had it in a time when there wasn't the technology or treatment they have today. Back then, it was a death sentence. My dad's mom died in 1951 and my mom's mom died something like 10 years later. But, today, it is completely manageable if you find it early enough. I turned 40 in December and I've already had 2 mammograms. In most cases, they don't start doing them until you are 50. With my family history, that's not practical. So I'm pretty on top of it.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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figmentfan423 said:
We didn't just get rain, we got a monsoon. Today's go everywhere trip turned into just the library and Shoprite. I'm so very happy I had the guys with me because it's can can time again:inlove::D I stocked up on diced tomatoes, tomorrow crushed like the guy's spirits after lugging several cases:D
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I don't know why, but this reminded me of a video I saw yesterday of Ellen Degeneres and Michelle Obama shopping at CVS. Michelle kept saying "NO! Don't do that!" because Ellen was just....I swear she has ADHD. By the end, Michelle told her it was like shopping with a 3 year old. :hilarious:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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I have to share this story...so sweet. But you need some backstory first. My husband has this joke...he kept eating leftovers from the fridge for breakfast and then I'd go to get them out for lunch and they would be gone. So then I'd be like "Where's the meatloaf?" and DH would be like "Um....the leprechauns ate it. I tried to stop them." So that's the standard excuse now, and it extends to anything DH scarfs...I'm not much of a chip eater, but I buy them for him and he'll say "You might need to get more chips tomorrow....I think the leprechauns are munchy." So...DS has been on a Dorito kick lately and I've been giving him a handful as a snack in the afternoon, so the bag was open, but DH got munchy last night and polished off the rest of the bag. He tells DS not to rat him out, to tell me that the Leprechauns ate them, because then I wouldn't be mad at him and I'd buy another bag. DS tells him no WAY is mommy going to fall for that! DH says "She does!! She falls for it every time!!" DS informs him that Leprechauns don't really exist...I'm not going to believe Leprechauns ate the Doritos. DH tells him I will...I believe in Leprechauns. So last night, DH picks me up from work and tells me about this conversation and tells me to play along when DS asks me to buy more doritos because the leprechauns ate them. He wanted me to know it was not DS who ate them all. So this morning, I'm getting DS some breakfast and he doesn't mention the Doritos at all, even when I bring up snacks. So I look over where we keep the chips and say "Hey! Where are the Doritos? They were right here!"
DS: Daddy ate them all.
Me: Daddy did?
DS nods.
Me: Oh...ok...I thought it must have been the leprechauns again. Usually it's the leprechauns that get into the food.
DS: You mean like....mice?
Me: No...mice are too small...they can't eat that much. Leprechauns are bigger...they can eat a lot.
DS looks at me like I'm nuts. Then: Maybe Snow White has been bringing the dwarfs over to get food.
Me: Maybe....

Then DH comes home from work...gives DS a hard time for ratting him out. "You were supposed to tell her it was leprechauns!! I TOLD you she always falls for it!"
DS: But I'm always supposed to tell the truth, aren't I?

Can't argue with that. So sweet...he didn't want to lie to me, even if it got daddy in trouble. And he thought I was way too smart to fall for a stupid excuse like mythical creatures breaking in and stealing our food. So sweet that he doesn't realize I'm in on the joke.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Gabe1 said:
Oh no. No of us ingest that stuff ever
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Is it xylitol? That is in a lot of sugar free gum. A dog in our area ingested a bunch of it, the dog found a pack of it on the floor, and had severe problems that quickly led to death. I felt really bad for the dog and the owners (it was a former student of mine, the owner not the dog) as they had accidentally dropped the gum and didn't notice.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Songbird76 said:
I have to share this story...so sweet. But you need some backstory first. My husband has this joke...he kept eating leftovers from the fridge for breakfast and then I'd go to get them out for lunch and they would be gone. So then I'd be like "Where's the meatloaf?" and DH would be like "Um....the leprechauns ate it. I tried to stop them." So that's the standard excuse now, and it extends to anything DH scarfs...I'm not much of a chip eater, but I buy them for him and he'll say "You might need to get more chips tomorrow....I think the leprechauns are munchy." So...DS has been on a Dorito kick lately and I've been giving him a handful as a snack in the afternoon, so the bag was open, but DH got munchy last night and polished off the rest of the bag. He tells DS not to rat him out, to tell me that the Leprechauns ate them, because then I wouldn't be mad at him and I'd buy another bag. DS tells him no WAY is mommy going to fall for that! DH says "She does!! She falls for it every time!!" DS informs him that Leprechauns don't really exist...I'm not going to believe Leprechauns ate the Doritos. DH tells him I will...I believe in Leprechauns. So last night, DH picks me up from work and tells me about this conversation and tells me to play along when DS asks me to buy more doritos because the leprechauns ate them. He wanted me to know it was not DS who ate them all. So this morning, I'm getting DS some breakfast and he doesn't mention the Doritos at all, even when I bring up snacks. So I look over where we keep the chips and say "Hey! Where are the Doritos? They were right here!"
DS: Daddy ate them all.
Me: Daddy did?
DS nods.
Me: Oh...ok...I thought it must have been the leprechauns again. Usually it's the leprechauns that get into the food.
DS: You mean like....mice?
Me: No...mice are too small...they can't eat that much. Leprechauns are bigger...they can eat a lot.
DS looks at me like I'm nuts. Then: Maybe Snow White has been bringing the dwarfs over to get food.
Me: Maybe....

Then DH comes home from work...gives DS a hard time for ratting him out. "You were supposed to tell her it was leprechauns!! I TOLD you she always falls for it!"
DS: But I'm always supposed to tell the truth, aren't I?

Can't argue with that. So sweet...he didn't want to lie to me, even if it got daddy in trouble. And he thought I was way too smart to fall for a stupid excuse like mythical creatures breaking in and stealing our food. So sweet that he doesn't realize I'm in on the joke.
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Funny story! :joyfull:
 
DryerLintFan

DryerLintFan

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Dinner tonight was a disaster. Started with a freezer meal I've never had before, and brown rice
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The kid ate a bunch of it but I couldn't stand the taste.

So then when she goes to bed I pour myself a bowl of cereal and eat two spoonfuls before realizing the milk was bad. The milk that expires three days from now went bad and I ate it :cry::cry:

Went to make an egg sandwich and the bread was moldy :cry::cry:

So I gave up completely and now I'm watching Shark tank while eating a freezer waffle microwaved chicken strip sandwich and hoping that milk doesn't make me sick
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Let this be a lesson @StarWarsGirl ... Keep learning to cook or you'll end up like me :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
 

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