Eventually I hope to start to to do things that I like with friends and my family time will be low-key nothing for holidayWill be great for you to be here in December next year. We are a festive people!
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Dec 23, 2019 5:50:08 pm PST #14955 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
sj - Dec 23, 2019 5:55:23 pm PST #14956 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gifts are all wrapped. Bows and a couple gift baskets will be assembled tomorrow. I let go of the idea of baking or cooking anything this year. I ordered pies from a fantastic bakery and hummus etc from a great Mediterranean market and will bring those and wind to the houses we're going to. Hopefully ltc will love everything.
NoiseDesign - Dec 23, 2019 8:13:03 pm PST #14957 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
For those of you that have large amounts of vacation time banked, check with your employer and see if they allow you to gift them to a fellow employee who might need them. This can be a huge gift for someone that is dealing with a family member in the hospital, or a new employee who doesn't have a ton of accrued vacation time and has a sudden emergency need. Not all employers allow this, but if they do it's a pretty amazing thing to be able to do.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 23, 2019 10:05:36 pm PST #14958 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I tried giving it away too, but they don't do a bank. A department can get together for someone in need, but there is no central bank and they don't just let you give to people not "in need". Two of the really greAt new IT folks are working all the days this Christmas but I can't give to them!
Petunia unwrapped my moms present!!!!
Atropa - Dec 23, 2019 10:20:42 pm PST #14959 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I threw out my back sorting laundry. Badly enough that I couldn't stand up or walk, because bodies are poorly designed. I do not recommend being strapped to a back board and carried down stairs, because that shit is terrifying.
On the one hand, xrays didn't show anything. On the other hand, still in massive pain and can't really walk, so I've been admitted, and am now on a "multi modal pain protocol": Drugs. Steroids, Tylenol, ibuprofen, gabapentin, and hell yeah opiates.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 23, 2019 10:23:05 pm PST #14960 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh no! I hope you feel better soon.
Shir - Dec 24, 2019 1:23:56 am PST #14961 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Mom's surgery went well even with mimi surprise of "oh, yeah, we do need you in the hospital after all to help mom, btw I forgot my charger and my battery is dying". And I just sent the email that's tying me to an advisor for the thesis so it's no longer a "yeah, I guess I'd like to?" and more of a "oh gosh, what did I just sign up for? [something I wanted and worked hard for, silly brain]".
Between these two things that happened on the same 24 hours cycle, I feel very much like a grown up. When did that happen.
Thank you for the ~ma.
-t - Dec 24, 2019 1:30:43 am PST #14962 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Damn, Atropa! I always suspected laundry was dangerous. I hope recovery is swift and easy
Jesse - Dec 24, 2019 2:53:15 am PST #14963 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh no, Atropa! I hope you are back upright shortly.
I think figuring out how to do what you need for holidays without trying to force other people into it is really important. Because obviously, forcing adults into anything is not that easy or fun....
I'm braiding the last of the turkey legs I got for Thanksgiving and didn't need, so that meant opening a bottle of red wine and boy is it tasty.
I realize this is the least of our problems, but -t, were you actually braising???
I am looking forward to my family coming for Christmas today, but I realize I didn't follow the rules for the gift exchange and I think I have to go to the store for another appetizer. Oops.
Steph L. - Dec 24, 2019 3:24:01 am PST #14964 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm braiding the last of the turkey legs I got for Thanksgiving and didn't need, so that meant opening a bottle of red wine and boy is it tasty.
I realize this is the least of our problems, but -t, were you actually braising???
I'm desperately hoping she really braided it!