Where is everyone?

hmp1

kdsmith43 said:

Y'all. I printed some of those letter road maps that HMP posted. For some STRANGE reason... the printer here at work is fucked up today and the toner isn't distributing even on the pages when others print  :-S

Oops, ha. I think they have an ink friendly version too, right? I did the numbers that way so it is just the outline and the road lines are in black.

pharmer78

@kebel527, I can relate on those Monday mornings, and your coffee fiasco.  FYI a k-cup coffee mixed with powdered hot chocolate mix DOES NOT make a mocha...and my stomach is reeling from it  :-&

MarisaKathleen

My girlfriend does a radio show in Colorado on KBUT.  She's a nomad...lives in Alaska for the summers and works at Denali, spends the winters in either Hawaii, Europe, or this year, Colorado. She's just such a free spirit and I wish I could be more like her.  She says things like "the jam" and is just a genuinely awesome person to know.

Today her radio show is all about awesome women in music.  She opened her set with Ella Fitzgerald & Aretha Franklin, moved on to Erika Badu (however you spell her name), Jonie Mitchell, & is now on to Carole King.  I may or may not have been singing out loud in my office since 11am. 

kelbel527

pharmer78 said:

@kebel527, I can relate on those Monday mornings, and your coffee fiasco.  FYI a k-cup coffee mixed with powdered hot chocolate mix DOES NOT make a mocha...and my stomach is reeling from it  :-&

Yeah, that doesn't sound great.    I make k-cups w/ steamed milk & syrup for a poor version of a latte at home.  DH drinks regular coffee and creamer.  I was very sad when I took a sip and it wasn't my delicious latte.  

kdsmith43

@tinyhumantoe this free monogram printable reminded me of you, had to share ... 

https://chicfetti.com/monograms/fancy-initial-monograms-super-easy-with-our-new-monogram-generator/

MommaP12

I'm here.   I like both here and FB because there are some ladies on the FB group that haven't been here in a while like Cheenomae and others and I can check that on my phone easier so I'll try to do both.  I'm swamped at work so it's hard to check in.  I'm going to be busy through Spring...

@tinyhumantoe what a morning...how can you order food without your wallet??  I feel so bad about your sitter situation too. Hugs.

kelbel527

Oh and my other fun this morning?  Brody asking, "Mom, how does a baby get in your tummy?"  At 6:00 in the morning.  I don't have the energy for that first thing!!

Oh, and then he asked me if you buy it?  I told him, no, you don't pay for babies and then said it's magical.  Then I walked away and found DH in the bedroom laughing hysterically.

tinyhumantoe

pharmer78 said:

@kebel527, I can relate on those Monday mornings, and your coffee fiasco.  FYI a k-cup coffee mixed with powdered hot chocolate mix DOES NOT make a mocha...and my stomach is reeling from it  :-&

DUDE, I have tried this, same result

MarisaKathleen

kelbel527 said:

Oh and my other fun this morning?  Brody asking, "Mom, how does a baby get in your tummy?"  At 6:00 in the morning.  I don't have the energy for that first thing!!

Oh, and then he asked me if you buy it?  I told him, no, you don't pay for babies and then said it's magical.  Then I walked away and found DH in the bedroom laughing hysterically.

I wish you would have said "usually from too much beer...."

PenelopePond

I bought two dozen chocolate chip cookies at Target. I plan to eat them all. Possibly today. Not really, but I'm sure I'll put a good dent in them.

Now to catch up on the thread

kelbel527

PenelopePond said:

I bought two dozen chocolate chip cookies at Target. I plan to eat them all. Possibly today. Not really, but I'm sure I'll put a good dent in them. Now to catch up on the thread

I would have bought cookies and a bottle of wine.  (hugs)

Enjoy the cookies! 

kelbel527

harti09 said:

We (the company DH is attached to) had a wife try to murder her three young children (twin infants and a toddler) over the weekend. It was a pretty horrific scenario. DH had to go into work all day yesterday to deal with the aftermath. He was visibly shaken by having to manage the details. The children were discovered almost immediately and in surgery quickly. Thankfully, they're recovering well. The husband is a walking zombie and the media got wind of it by yesterday evening. It's such a sad story. Our work community is in shock.

Oh my gosh.  That's awful.  T&Ps for the family and the kiddos.  I can't even imagine.  

willy_gert

Oh my gosh @harti09!  I am so glad that they were found quickly!  I can't even imagine how your husband is feeling now and her husband!  WOW, there is just nothing.  Secondary trauma is no joke, so please take care of your husband!  I'll be thinking of you all.  I hate that other people sometimes have to deal with these things!

jenndub

@harti09 That is terrible. I'm so sad for that entire family. And your DH, that would be an awful thing to have to deal with.

hmp1

harti09 said:

We (the company DH is attached to) had a wife try to murder her three young children (twin infants and a toddler) over the weekend. It was a pretty horrific scenario. DH had to go into work all day yesterday to deal with the aftermath. He was visibly shaken by having to manage the details. The children were discovered almost immediately and in surgery quickly. Thankfully, they're recovering well. The husband is a walking zombie and the media got wind of it by yesterday evening. It's such a sad story. Our work community is in shock.

I am so sorry your community is having to go through this. I hope everyone is getting the help they need.

MarisaKathleen

Holy cow @harti09.  That's horrific!

Sending prayers to your DH & your community.  That's so scary to hear about, much less be in the middle of!

kdsmith43

@marisakathleenhttps://chicfetti.com/monograms/?s=flamingo&post_type=any

Ok, I'm done. I love this site though, so much cute FREE stuff to break the printer at work with.

pharmer78

@harti09, I saw that on my newsfeed this morning!  How unbelievably terrible...

tinyhumantoe

@mommap12 don't feel bad about my sitter, I am still bitching about the same stretch of time off that I was complaining about every day last week.  ">

@kdsmith43 that is so cute!

Ok, so I have two stories to show that I'm an awful mom

1.  I was eating a cadbury egg and set half of it on the table.  Miss Food Mooch saw it there, here was our convo:
-Whatchya eatin mommy, whatchya got?
-I'm not eating anything.
::She pointed to the mangled chocolate:: -What's that?
-Poop
-oh MY god.  That IS poop. ::Screams and finds dog and waves her finger:: Oh my gosh Wiggy you pooped on the table, you go outside, oh my gosh.  Daddy Wiggy pooped on the table.  Daddy clean that up!  OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.  Get out of town Wiggy.

Then she continued to talk about it for the next two days to anyone we came in contact with.  "Wiggy pooped on the table"


Story 2:
Yesterday DH gave W a bone to give the dog.  She put in in her mouth and started nibbling on it.  I told her to get it out of her mouth, that dog bones and dog food are made with icky things like poop.  She proceeded to cover her mouth and cry hysterically for literally, LITERALLY 30 minutes.  I felt pretty bad. 


Why is my go to Poop?

tinyhumantoe

@harti09 That is absolutely heartbreaking.  T&P for the family and everyone who was affected.  I hope the kids are okay

MarisaKathleen

kdsmith43 said:

@marisakathleenhttps://chicfetti.com/monograms/?s=flamingo&post_type=any

Ok, I'm done. I love this site though, so much cute FREE stuff to break the printer at work with.

Pinned!  Thanks @kdsmith43!

MarisaKathleen

tinyhumantoe said:

@mommap12 don't feel bad about my sitter, I am still bitching about the same stretch of time off that I was complaining about every day last week.  ">

@kdsmith43 that is so cute!

Ok, so I have two stories to show that I'm an awful mom

1.  I was eating a cadbury egg and set half of it on the table.  Miss Food Mooch saw it there, here was our convo:
-Whatchya eatin mommy, whatchya got?
-I'm not eating anything.
::She pointed to the mangled chocolate:: -What's that?
-Poop
-oh MY god.  That IS poop. ::Screams and finds dog and waves her finger:: Oh my gosh Wiggy you pooped on the table, you go outside, oh my gosh.  Daddy Wiggy pooped on the table.  Daddy clean that up!  OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.  Get out of town Wiggy.

Then she continued to talk about it for the next two days to anyone we came in contact with.  "Wiggy pooped on the table"


Story 2:
Yesterday DH gave W a bone to give the dog.  She put in in her mouth and started nibbling on it.  I told her to get it out of her mouth, that dog bones and dog food are made with icky things like poop.  She proceeded to cover her mouth and cry hysterically for literally, LITERALLY 30 minutes.  I felt pretty bad. 


Why is my go to Poop?

I wish both of these didn't have me completely hysterical right now.  Seriously.  Poor Winnie.  Haven't you learned how to hide your candy like a real parent yet?!

PenelopePond

I REALLY wish it snowed in Florida.  I miss it so much.  It doesn't have to stick around forever, but some would be nice.  Or heck, maybe some actual cold weather.

@hmp1 your siggy pic is adorable!!

@flamingemu I've got all of my crossables crossed for you.  I hope this surgery is successful!!

PenelopePond

@harti09 That breaks my heart.  Good thoughts for all of you.  I can't imagine how hard that has to be

PenelopePond

THT your stories were hilarious.  They don't make me question what type of person you are at all.  And to completely change the subject, another show to find is The Escape Artist.  David Tennant is in that, too   It is FREAKY, but really good.

BeebopandBuddy

Oh my gosh @harti09‌ Prayers for that family and your community.

willy_gert

I had a Monday confession for y'all but I have forgotten it now.

@tinyhumantoe those stories are amazing!

willy_gert

Oh, I remembered!  I read the entire Divergent series, all three novels and the "pre-quel" in about a month.  I am now completely obsessed and have been having dreams about the characters....

I am secretly a teenage girl with raging hormones....  

:-$  shhhh  don't tell!

watercolor5

@harti09 T&P for those poor kids, their parents, your DH and his work community.  Yikes, it's so hard to wrap your head around things like that.  I don't even know how you'd go about supporting the dad and kids in the aftermath.  Please update us on how the kids do after surgery

tinyhumantoe

PenelopePond said:

THT your stories were hilarious.  They don't make me question what type of person you are at all.  And to completely change the subject, another show to find is The Escape Artist.  David Tennant is in that, too   It is FREAKY, but really good.

Haha, DH was totally side-eyeing me for both and I was like, YUP, I screwed up.  @marisakathleen I am a rookie at candy hiding, for sure.

Thank you for the recommendations @penelopepond!  I am making a list!

willy_gert

tinyhumantoe said:

PenelopePond said:

THT your stories were hilarious.  They don't make me question what type of person you are at all.  And to completely change the subject, another show to find is The Escape Artist.  David Tennant is in that, too   It is FREAKY, but really good.

Haha, DH was totally side-eyeing me for both and I was like, YUP, I screwed up.  @marisakathleen I am a rookie at candy hiding, for sure.

Thank you for the recommendations @penelopepond!  I am making a list!

I told DH he needed to work on this, because he made the mistake of pulling out a package of donuts and not wanting to share.  Luci loves those things and we only do them on special occasions.  She had a total meltdown that Daddy was eating HER donuts!  

I just laughed hysterically at them both and then went in the kitchen and secretly ate mine.  

B-)

tinyhumantoe

willy_gert said:

Oh, I remembered!  I read the entire Divergent series, all three novels and the "pre-quel" in about a month.  I am now completely obsessed and have been having dreams about the characters....

I am secretly a teenage girl with raging hormones....  

:-$  shhhh  don't tell!

I read them all in less than a week.  I am not bragging about my reading skills AT ALL, I am admitting that I had my face in those books when I should have been working, sleeping, playing with my kid, etc.  I was a total freak reading them and DH wanted to kill me. 

willy_gert

tinyhumantoe said:

willy_gert said:

Oh, I remembered!  I read the entire Divergent series, all three novels and the "pre-quel" in about a month.  I am now completely obsessed and have been having dreams about the characters....

I am secretly a teenage girl with raging hormones....  

:-$  shhhh  don't tell!

I read them all in less than a week.  I am not bragging about my reading skills AT ALL, I am admitting that I had my face in those books when I should have been working, sleeping, playing with my kid, etc.  I was a total freak reading them and DH wanted to kill me. 

I think that is why it took me longer, I tried to not lose my life to them, but I easily could have.  I may have let Luci watch a few episodes of Puss in Boots yesterday just so I could finish the prequel.

BeebopandBuddy

MarisaKathleen said:

tinyhumantoe said:

@mommap12 don't feel bad about my sitter, I am still bitching about the same stretch of time off that I was complaining about every day last week.  ">

@kdsmith43 that is so cute!

Ok, so I have two stories to show that I'm an awful mom

1.  I was eating a cadbury egg and set half of it on the table.  Miss Food Mooch saw it there, here was our convo:
-Whatchya eatin mommy, whatchya got?
-I'm not eating anything.
::She pointed to the mangled chocolate:: -What's that?
-Poop
-oh MY god.  That IS poop. ::Screams and finds dog and waves her finger:: Oh my gosh Wiggy you pooped on the table, you go outside, oh my gosh.  Daddy Wiggy pooped on the table.  Daddy clean that up!  OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.  Get out of town Wiggy.

Then she continued to talk about it for the next two days to anyone we came in contact with.  "Wiggy pooped on the table"


Story 2:
Yesterday DH gave W a bone to give the dog.  She put in in her mouth and started nibbling on it.  I told her to get it out of her mouth, that dog bones and dog food are made with icky things like poop.  She proceeded to cover her mouth and cry hysterically for literally, LITERALLY 30 minutes.  I felt pretty bad. 


Why is my go to Poop?

I wish both of these didn't have me completely hysterical right now.  Seriously.  Poor Winnie.  Haven't you learned how to hide your candy like a real parent yet?!

This. I eat all candy secretly in the bathroom

PenelopePond

I'm not sure if this will work for everyone, but just incase.  Staples is having a Buy One Get One 50% off on ink.  I needed some, so I added two to my cart.  I used the code, and it took off the second one completely.  So they were BOGO.  Not bad for $62 ink.  The code is 45526 if anyone needs it

ETA: Boo.  Staples caught on.  My order was adjusted after I orderd, and now the second one was 50% off.  I know that was the original deal, but BOGO would have been nicer :P

Pokedot

@harti09 OMG I'm so glad those children were found and are going to be ok. I hope they all get the help them need. T & P's for them all.

So I was just at the grocery store on lunch and ran into my HS boyfriend's Aunt. She's pretty much a twat but she made me feel so good. Ex-bf was a really bad person. Into drugs, cheating (never actually proved but my gut tells me otherwise) and a thief. He stole money from me and my parents. Well it's been 7.5ish years since we dated. She couldn't gush about me more. It was so nice to have his family tell me I was the best thing to happen to him and how horrible he's doing. I don't feel bad he's pretty much what I think of as chewed gum on the bottom of my shoe. Karma's a b*tch.

On another note, I just had to have a double chubby (cheeseburger) from McD's and it was amazing.

kelbel527

@tinyhumantoe - Thank you for making me laugh hysterically at my desk.  Now my coworkers probably think I'm crazy.  

And, we eat dessert after bedtime or quickly while the kids aren't looking.  I don't share.

ETA:  This also really made me want a Cadbury egg.  I love those things. 

Pokedot

 

The Cadbury egg thing reminded me that Friday we went to Culver's for dinner. Bennett wasn't behaving very well and didn't eat so we told him no treat. It worked out well for me to get to concrete mixers to go because DH met us there. So he took the kid, I ordered our ice cream and even beat them home to get them in the freezer. I told DH "nice work on taking the long way." He looked at me crazy and said "Oh it was Bennett's idea. He wanted to see the boats." Duh!

AlinnJo

Oh @harti09‌ I can't imagine what everyone is going through. I'll definitley keep everyone in my thoughts. It has to be so hard on everyone involved, especially if you have little kids of your own. I'm glad it looks like the children will be ok.

willy_gert

I just introduced my employees to Sam Hunt.  If you have not listened to that man sing, you need to.  Seriously, IN LOVE with his voice and songs!