Beth gives great advice.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - Jul 23, 2013 7:23:13 am PDT #2191 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2013 7:28:27 am PDT #2192 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I actually have 3 lists going (the theory being that I will do at least one thing from each one every day): (1) shit to get myself employed; (2) shit that needs finished for the wedding; (3) adequate self-care.
I am coming up woefully short on the list for #3. Partly because "walking the dog/going to the gym/doing yoga" is on my list of non-negotiable stuff, like brushing and flossing. [Edit: what I mean by "self-care," I guess, is more than baseline stuff of eating fruits and veggies and personal hygiene, etc. Stuff like...go read a book on the front porch. Or go to the neighborhood pool for a couple of hours, since it is summer.] But I am lousy at self-care, because my jerkbrain tells me that it's self-indulgent bullshit that I don't deserve.
I totally have to clean out my closet and dressers, though. And -- holy crap -- the bookshelves. (I also have a list of stuff that needs to be cleaned, which is basically the whole house. Stupid baseboards. How do they get so dirty? I don't mean dust; I mean actual filth. I am looking at you, Kato.)
meara - Jul 23, 2013 7:29:24 am PDT #2193 of 30002
Hah--whereas my first thought was "don't do too good a job on those to-do lists lest he get liking the idea of a stay-at-home wife!"
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2013 7:31:32 am PDT #2194 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"don't do too good a job on those to-do lists lest he get liking the idea of a stay-at-home wife!"
If we could live on just his salary, I would not be in a hurry to get a job. Totally true.
beth b - Jul 23, 2013 7:36:58 am PDT #2195 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Ah... but new cooking ideas - can also take care of Tim. ditto dust reduction and stuff reduction hair and wardrobe are job hunting stuff
now back to mememememe
Today is my morning off. Usally i go to the coffee shop, grocery store do a little scrubbing somewhere. Today I am hanging with the elctricain. which meant getting dressed fo r work early - I can't really clean becaus e - work clothes. so all I can do is poke at the computer , read or watch tv. Please some one tell my brain not complain. I don't care that there are drill noises , radios and singing comming from the garage. Really, it isn't a horrible way to spend the morning
Lee - Jul 23, 2013 8:07:15 am PDT #2196 of 30002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Man, Suzi, I don't know how I'd deal with that if I were you.
Coming in late on this, but I would also be one of those people going nuclear if someone did this to me and one of my kids. In fact, I kind of want to send Kbug a WTF email (I won't, of course, but I kind of want to)
Pix - Jul 23, 2013 8:12:03 am PDT #2197 of 30002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
What Lee said.
sj - Jul 23, 2013 8:21:31 am PDT #2198 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thirding what Lee said. Suzi, that is just insane.
Teppy, I hope your severance pay is good enough to put your mind at ease for a while.
le nubian - Jul 23, 2013 8:34:07 am PDT #2199 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Suzi,
I'm going to be blunt here, because I'm actually terrified on your behalf. And I get really blunt when I'm terrified (like my mother).
If you do not own firearms currently (and I guess I'm assuming you don't because you don't already have a gun safe), and don't have *significant* training in how to handle guns, then your house and CJ's training is not sufficient to have a gun in the house. I would say that if he were 18 years old. More people die from guns than in motor vehicle accidents.
In my view, given this stat, you have to be MORE vigilant about gun ownership than automobile driving - especially for a minor. Introducing a gun in the home puts *you* more at risk, puts your sun more at risk, and any visitors to your home. Even under the best of intentions, the daily violence from guns is staggering. For instance, at least once a week nationally a police officer injures himself from an accidental gun discharge.
CJ can learn how to handle a weapon without owning one, if that's his aim. He can do so without a weapon being in the house.
Good luck dealing with this, but if your inclination is to shut the whole thing down and confiscate the gun, I complete support you in this.
SuziQ - Jul 23, 2013 8:34:21 am PDT #2200 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
No response from my last text to him, but I don't really expect one. I haven't heard from K-Bug either.
I have no problem saying the words "I'm sorry"...but not to a petulant child. "I'm sorry you don't like me talking to my daughter"?, "I'm sorry you are a manipulative douchenozzle"?, "I'm sorry you can't face me to talk with me in person"?, "I'm sorry you are a freeloader"?, "I'm sorry you can't be a stand up guy and respect my concerns and prove me wrong"?, "I'm sorry you don't understand the basics of respect"?