I got a lot done yesterday in terms of clean up in the house because I was having people over. I had every intention of getting more done today, but I only thing I managed to clean out was the DVR. Apparently I need to have people over every day if I want to be productive.
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
sj - Nov 19, 2013 1:14:21 pm PST #6403 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Cass - Nov 19, 2013 3:42:20 pm PST #6404 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
People coming over is a great motivator for me. Knowing that people could drop by nearly any time is a good motivator for me to keep things at a just barely ready for company. Except the kitchen. That is a disaster randomly. But can be cleaned in 20 intense minutes at worst.
May I offer this to help you get in the Christmas spirit.
I am suddenly feeling some holiday spirit.
erikaj - Nov 19, 2013 3:44:27 pm PST #6405 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Erma Bombeck wrote that,too, that she had parties to fix up her house.
Burrell - Nov 19, 2013 3:47:06 pm PST #6406 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I did not get much done today, other than grocery shopping, cooking, and parent-teacher conferences. Didn't touch anything on the executor to-do list. Decided I would give myself the day off.
Hil R. - Nov 19, 2013 3:50:42 pm PST #6407 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I was planning on cooking tonight (did the grocery shopping for it yesterday), but I got home from work and was totally exhausted for some reason. So, microwaved some frozen burritos for dinner. I'm trying to stay awake until 10, because I know that, if I go to sleep earlier, then I'll wake up ridiculously early. Plus, Supernatural is on at 9. I should straighten up my apartment a bit, since the cleaning service is coming tomorrow, but, well, exhausted. And also cold.
Burrell - Nov 19, 2013 3:50:51 pm PST #6408 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
PS--Franny's teacher describes her as "wonderful, artistic, and creative" (That roughly translates to "yes, your little gifted angel is working at grade level because she could give a rat's ass about grades. Don't worry about it). Isaac's teacher raved about him and called him "really something special." So that went well.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2013 5:10:53 pm PST #6409 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well done, Burrell spawn!
We had our Parent-Teacher Conference today also.
Matilda is slightly behind grade level in reading, and a bit ahead in Math. Which is basically Bizarro!JZ. (Well, JZ was way ahead verbal when she started school and never caught up in Math.)
But he obviously really likes Matilda and wasn't worried about the reading (and she does see a reading specialist several times a week as she tries to "decode" words).
Burrell - Nov 19, 2013 5:13:59 pm PST #6410 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Reading is so idiosyncratic. It takes as long as it takes. I know Franny was an almost!reader for a long long time, then a struggling reader, and then there was Harry Potter.
DavidS - Nov 19, 2013 5:44:20 pm PST #6411 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My take is that Matilda would have benefited from the pre-phonics era as she likes to sight read the word instead of sounding it out. And she just hasn't built up enough words she recognizes by sight yet.
Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2013 6:22:43 pm PST #6412 of 30002
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Pre-phonics? I learned to read in the phonics age. Is phonics back in fashion?