@imrachellea I resisted the Harry Potter for a few years, and when I finally broke down, I binge read all four books (that were currently out at the time) in three days. Haha. But the Bertie Botts every flavor beans seriously freak me out. Just no.
So I've mentioned the jelly bean lab I'm doing with my students this week. They are currently working on another classification activity, so I'm searching for other similar activities and came across another jelly bean one. Was anyone else aware of the Harry Potter jelly beans that are an actual thing stores sell? I've never read a single of the HP books or watched any of the movies (early FFFC perhaps?) but I just had to see what they were...the flavors are seriously things like soap, rotten eggs, earthworms, and boogers. And supposedly, ACTUALLY TASTE LIKE THOSE THINGS! And cruelly are mixed in with regular Jelly Belly (who apparently makes this Bertie Bott's Every Flavour line for HP) flavors. Why? I mean...WHY?!? And then I found this link: https://www.bustle.com/articles/20221-11-disgusting-jelly-bean-flavors-you-wont-believe-exist because apparently they are not the only ones who think this crap should actually be produced and sold.
They have had them for at least 10 years now. I actually am fond of the grass flavor.
@imrachellea I've known about them because my cousin is a HUGE HP nerd and she buys them and offers them all the time. Never tried them because what a waste of calories! Give me real, delicious jelly beans! But I'll admit, sounds kinda fun for a school project, I bet the kids will have fun!
@allaire314 and @elasticheart13 Agree! I can't leave the yellow highlight alone, even when I don't care about the thread anymore.
I almost started a 10 Things Tuesday just to include one that said "I'm side-eyeing a lot of posts today." LOL I also realized most of my other ones would be equally as snarky/whiney to I'll just pass and judge silently over my fettuccine alfredo instead.
I'm listening to the radio at work because my auxiliary cable for my phone went missing again. 38 special's song, "So Caught Up In You" is playing. Their chorus, "So caught up in you, little girl...you're the one that's got me down on my knees" bothers TF out of me. I keep relating it to a pedo song.
@allaire314 I seriously hate clicking new threads because of this... Must fight urge to click the yellows that make my head spin *cough weight gain threads cough*
@fbanke42 I saw that! Are they just dreaming big, as in imagine-if-we-could??? Because they're in for a rude awakening very soon if not!!! I would love to look at houses seriously and we do just fine income-wise together, but we also live in LA and any neighborhood I'd actually want to live in is waaaaaay out of our price-range. And I just refuse to live in the boonie suburbs, even though I grew up in one and all my family live out there. I just love city-life too much so renting it is. Sounds like your ILs need a reality check but they'll get it from the bank soon enough. You just keep on side-eyeing!
Is this really a necessity? I just love the print on this Skip hop stuff so I registered for everything with the print! but honestly, if it's not a practical item, I'd rather someone spend $8 toward something else. It's so cute though.
@jonesl12 we're going with Elena Jane because Ellie is the only name we could agree on and I insisted on a real name. Jane is for DH's mom Juanita, but it sounds "too Mexican" for DH. I'll let you guess which half of my screen name is his mn
So I've mentioned the jelly bean lab I'm doing with my students this week. They are currently working on another classification activity, so I'm searching for other similar activities and came across another jelly bean one. Was anyone else aware of the Harry Potter jelly beans that are an actual thing stores sell? I've never read a single of the HP books or watched any of the movies (early FFFC perhaps?) but I just had to see what they were...the flavors are seriously things like soap, rotten eggs, earthworms, and boogers. And supposedly, ACTUALLY TASTE LIKE THOSE THINGS! And cruelly are mixed in with regular Jelly Belly (who apparently makes this Bertie Bott's Every Flavour line for HP) flavors. Why? I mean...WHY?!? And then I found this link: https://www.bustle.com/articles/20221-11-disgusting-jelly-bean-flavors-you-wont-believe-exist because apparently they are not the only ones who think this crap should actually be produced and sold.
Yes, I've bought them a few times! Like @RoseShadow873 , I also enjoy the grass flavor. However, considering I used to snack on grass as a child, that's hardly a surprise.
I was craving chocolate and peanut butter, so I smothered a tortilla in peanut butter, sprinkled on chocolate chips, and tossed it into the microwave. My life is forever changed!!
@emgee27I'm going to go with them being serious, since they don't think things through at all. The first house I saw them showing my ILs was $335,000. The last one was $445,000. I don't think my parents own a house as expensive as the first, and they make a pretty penny between the two of them. DH and I looked at what was around $200,000 in our next of the woods just to get an idea of quality and size, since that's likely all we would be able to afford. I have no idea how they think they can afford that, since they spend money like its candy and my BIL keeps getting put on extended breaks from working.
@emgee27I'm going to go with them being serious, since they don't think things through at all. The first house I saw them showing my ILs was $335,000. The last one was $445,000. I don't think my parents own a house as expensive as the first, and they make a pretty penny between the two of them. DH and I looked at what was around $200,000 in our next of the woods just to get an idea of quality and size, since that's likely all we would be able to afford. I have no idea how they think they can afford that, since they spend money like its candy and my BIL keeps getting put on extended breaks from working.
It's absolutely nuts what you can get approved for though. My SIL/BIL have tons of debt (college x2, cars x2, and credit card), have 2 kids in daycare and had 2% to put down and still got approved for like $200k in house since they both work full time (~probably a combined 5-6k/month) for the bank they got their mortgage through. I'm so glad MIL is financially savvy and they were willing to listen to her when she recommended they back off that price a lot so they aren't completely drowning now, just struggling.
@emgee27I'm going to go with them being serious, since they don't think things through at all. The first house I saw them showing my ILs was $335,000. The last one was $445,000. I don't think my parents own a house as expensive as the first, and they make a pretty penny between the two of them. DH and I looked at what was around $200,000 in our next of the woods just to get an idea of quality and size, since that's likely all we would be able to afford. I have no idea how they think they can afford that, since they spend money like its candy and my BIL keeps getting put on extended breaks from working.
It's absolutely nuts what you can get approved for though. My SIL/BIL have tons of debt (college x2, cars x2, and credit card), have 2 kids in daycare and had 2% to put down and still got approved for like $200k in house since they both work full time (~probably a combined 5-6k/month) for the bank they got their mortgage through. I'm so glad MIL is financially savvy and they were willing to listen to her when she recommended they back off that price a lot so they aren't completely drowning now, just struggling.
I get that the bank might approve you but month-to-month actual living - how do people think they can swing that and NOT drown?? I'd get nervous not having an emergency buffer in case SHTF. Glad your sibs listened to MIL!
@emgee27I'm going to go with them being serious, since they don't think things through at all. The first house I saw them showing my ILs was $335,000. The last one was $445,000. I don't think my parents own a house as expensive as the first, and they make a pretty penny between the two of them. DH and I looked at what was around $200,000 in our next of the woods just to get an idea of quality and size, since that's likely all we would be able to afford. I have no idea how they think they can afford that, since they spend money like its candy and my BIL keeps getting put on extended breaks from working.
It's absolutely nuts what you can get approved for though. My SIL/BIL have tons of debt (college x2, cars x2, and credit card), have 2 kids in daycare and had 2% to put down and still got approved for like $200k in house since they both work full time (~probably a combined 5-6k/month) for the bank they got their mortgage through. I'm so glad MIL is financially savvy and they were willing to listen to her when she recommended they back off that price a lot so they aren't completely drowning now, just struggling.
I get that the bank might approve you but month-to-month actual living - how do people think they can swing that and NOT drown?? I'd get nervous not having an emergency buffer in case SHTF. Glad your sibs listened to MIL!
Exactly! Blows my mind. I really wish there was a mandatory "how to adult" class in high school. I know way too many adults who have no idea how to budget. Not to mention do taxes, get insurance, change a tire, feed themselves etc.
@mrstrax I totally took a "how to adult" class in jr high. We covered budgeting, basic cooking, basic clothes repair that didn't involve a stapler (as in, how to sew on a button or baste a fallen hem, at least until the end of the workday), hit the high points of child care and healthy marriages, and fake invested a thousand dollars on the stock market to get an idea of how that worked. I'm sure there was other stuff since it was a full year class... But I forgot most of it by the time I was an actual adult,because jr high was too early. My child is taking "college and career preparedness" as a 7th grader, but I haven't seen much that will be of practical use for either...
@mrstrax I totally took a "how to adult" class in jr high. We covered budgeting, basic cooking, basic clothes repair that didn't involve a stapler (as in, how to sew on a button or baste a fallen hem, at least until the end of the workday), hit the high points of child care and healthy marriages, and fake invested a thousand dollars on the stock market to get an idea of how that worked. I'm sure there was other stuff since it was a full year class... But I forgot most of it by the time I was an actual adult,because jr high was too early. My child is taking "college and career preparedness" as a 7th grader, but I haven't seen much that will be of practical use for either...
That's great! We had options within home Ec of full semesters on cooking, sewing, parenting and personal finance; but most people didn't take them, and especially not the people who really needed them most. I wish more parents taught their kids this stuff, but it just doesn't always happen. I feel like it would be a great Junior year class and they could include a unit on applying to colleges/jobs/military.
I'm also a fan of the idea that major colleges should have a 1-2 year "professional athlete" AA level program that focus on personal finance and PR; especially for the basketball players who have to spend a year playing college ball before they can go into the NBA. Over 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy within 5 years or retirement, and that's really not ok when you make millions.
@emgee27I'm going to go with them being serious, since they don't think things through at all. The first house I saw them showing my ILs was $335,000. The last one was $445,000. I don't think my parents own a house as expensive as the first, and they make a pretty penny between the two of them. DH and I looked at what was around $200,000 in our next of the woods just to get an idea of quality and size, since that's likely all we would be able to afford. I have no idea how they think they can afford that, since they spend money like its candy and my BIL keeps getting put on extended breaks from working.
It's absolutely nuts what you can get approved for though. My SIL/BIL have tons of debt (college x2, cars x2, and credit card), have 2 kids in daycare and had 2% to put down and still got approved for like $200k in house since they both work full time (~probably a combined 5-6k/month) for the bank they got their mortgage through. I'm so glad MIL is financially savvy and they were willing to listen to her when she recommended they back off that price a lot so they aren't completely drowning now, just struggling.
Even if they got approved for that amount, there's no way they could afford a $445,000 home. I did the math and they would owe around $2000 on just their mortgage. They don't even make that amount of money each month. The max I think DH and I would want to do is a loan amount of $210,000. Anything above that we couldn't afford or would just be silly, since it would be cheaper to rent a house that size!
I really want a cheap as hell fixer upper that we can make into what we want versus spending a ton of money on move in ready. DH and I love those dumb renovation shows...
One of the classes I teach is a "how to adult" class that's mandatory for all students. It covers household budgeting, career goals, workplace and social etiquette, everyday problem solving, professional dress, and social media management (ie. how to refrain from posting pictures of your drunk, dumb ass on Instagram).
The first thing I do is have them Google themselves, it results in some tears and some "how do I get this off of the Internet?"
@imrachellea I've indulged in those jelly beans many times haha!
@AmadorRose as soon as this stupid stupid stupid diet is over, that is the first thing I making. I love a good cinnamon sugar butter tortilla, but chocolate peanut butter, where has this been all my life?!
@AmadorRose as soon as this stupid stupid stupid diet is over, that is the first thing I making. I love a good cinnamon sugar butter tortilla, but chocolate peanut butter, where has this been all my life?!
That particular 4-letter word is not allowed in my house. Generally I eat food that energizes and makes me feel good but dang it I wanted a Reese's but didn't want to put pants on. I don't suggest burrito-sized tortillas though - I was a little sick of the sweetness by the time I finished. Because we don't waste food in my house.
DH got the rest of his books shipped to the house today and Nala instantly claimed the new box as her home. She always wants to be close to us but never quite close enough to be touched...I never liked cats until we rescued the two we have now, and I adore them. The other kitty saved the house from a bee that found his way into our house...poor guy got stung in the mouth and he's been freaking out all night
I'm actually shocked so many are on board with those crazy jelly beans! I couldn't even bring myself to try them...nope, no way! I'll stick with Jelly Bellies!! Lol
I really don't want to be THAT person, but I want to just go through all of the new weight gain threads, measuring ahead/behind posts, and fundal height posts and remind people to use the dang SEARCH BAR. We don't need the board congested with a ton of repeated subjects that actually DON'T need to be brought back up again... I say the "brought back up again" part because there are a few things that were discussed really early that pertain to end of pregnancy/newborn care. Reminding people to brush up on health care laws, breastfeeding laws, car seat safety, and things like that are important, since a lot of people don't think to search for them. It's also great because every now and again, updated information comes out!
This pregnancy has made me super crabby... It may also be in part to the fact that I'm exhausted and need a break. I haven't had a day to myself since last month (I think).
@fbanke42 I am with you on the super crabby. I think it probably has something to do with the lack of sleep since I continue to wake up around 4am and not fall back asleep. I have zero patience with my youngest stepson right now and I feel a little bad. I need to put on my big girl panties and adult for one more day before he goes back to mom's. But I don't wannaaaaaaa.
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@rebelone I usually bump from the phone but I decided to check it from the laptop today; I had 1400 something notifications since the last time lol.
@allaire314 me too, it's so annoying but. Must. Remove. Yellow. Highlight.
And oh lord, never has tearing towards the ass sounded more appealing than now. I cannot imagine the pain. *shudders*
@allaire314 and @elasticheart13 Agree! I can't leave the yellow highlight alone, even when I don't care about the thread anymore.
I almost started a 10 Things Tuesday just to include one that said "I'm side-eyeing a lot of posts today." LOL I also realized most of my other ones would be equally as snarky/whiney to I'll just pass and judge silently over my fettuccine alfredo instead.
It's a boy! Grow baby, grow! EDD: 4/22/2016
We will name her Riley or Adalyn once we meet her.
Girls names are hard IMO
I also can't help but clicking on threads with the "new " comments lit up. I also always click on the threads labeled " . " or " deleted" lol
ETA: stinking cute picture - loving this print!
Exactly! Blows my mind. I really wish there was a mandatory "how to adult" class in high school. I know way too many adults who have no idea how to budget. Not to mention do taxes, get insurance, change a tire, feed themselves etc.
My child is taking "college and career preparedness" as a 7th grader, but I haven't seen much that will be of practical use for either...
I'm also a fan of the idea that major colleges should have a 1-2 year "professional athlete" AA level program that focus on personal finance and PR; especially for the basketball players who have to spend a year playing college ball before they can go into the NBA. Over 60% of NBA players file for bankruptcy within 5 years or retirement, and that's really not ok when you make millions.
I really want a cheap as hell fixer upper that we can make into what we want versus spending a ton of money on move in ready. DH and I love those dumb renovation shows...
The first thing I do is have them Google themselves, it results in some tears and some "how do I get this off of the Internet?"
@AmadorRose as soon as this stupid stupid stupid diet is over, that is the first thing I making. I love a good cinnamon sugar butter tortilla, but chocolate peanut butter, where has this been all my life?!
The other kitty saved the house from a bee that found his way into our house...poor guy got stung in the mouth and he's been freaking out all night
This pregnancy has made me super crabby... It may also be in part to the fact that I'm exhausted and need a break. I haven't had a day to myself since last month (I think).