A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


Jesse - Oct 27, 2020 3:58:13 am PDT #28165 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I get a daily newsletter from WBEZ and it often includes some lighter fare. Friday's had a question about Halloween costumes and one response was, "Our 3-year-old announced he wanted to be tomato paste for Halloween."

I love little kids. There's a funny picture around the internet of a kid about that age who insisted on going as pants for Halloween. (You know, you can criticize google for a lot of things, but it took me one second to find this! [link] )

I'm very glad my circus horse will get the chance to make someone happy again.

That is very cool.


Trudy Booth - Oct 27, 2020 3:58:45 am PDT #28166 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Agreed. Dishes and taking out the kitchen trash are all that matters.


sj - Oct 27, 2020 4:37:21 am PDT #28167 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Waiting for the director of the school to call me back to discuss the horrible thing a boy said to ltc yesterday.


JenP - Oct 27, 2020 4:57:34 am PDT #28168 of 30019

I'm very glad my circus horse will get the chance to make someone happy again.

Very cool!

Hil - you absolutely can leave your house messy. It is ok to do that. Get yourself together, get what you need, take a break.

Concur. Or I'd never go anywhere.

Waiting for the director of the school to call me back to discuss the horrible thing a boy said to ltc yesterday.

Ugh. Not fun, and good luck with getting it sorted out.


sj - Oct 27, 2020 5:03:06 am PDT #28169 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

At least she was suitable horrified when I told her about it at drop off.


Pix - Oct 27, 2020 5:59:54 am PDT #28170 of 30019
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I'm so far behind in this thread, but I'm here because today this has always been a place of refuge and safety, and I'm feeling so raw and angry about RBG being replaced by someone who will do her best to undo everything she fought for in her life.


Laura - Oct 27, 2020 6:06:38 am PDT #28171 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear, sj. I hated that part of parenting. Kids can be so rotten.

"Our 3-year-old announced he wanted to be tomato paste for Halloween."

When DH was coaching little kid t-ball one of the kids asked his dad if he could be Big Owl for Halloween. (That was what the kids called him since he was Coach Al and for some reason Al is hard for kids to say and comes out owl)

There's a funny picture around the internet of a kid about that age who insisted on going as pants for Halloween.

Love it! I am going to miss Halloween. I know our downtown shops will have treats. I haven't seen whether our neighborhood association is doing anything.


Laura - Oct 27, 2020 6:07:58 am PDT #28172 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Right with you, Pix. My anger level last night was horrible. I didn't think I would be able to sleep. They need to expand the courts. Period.


Jesse - Oct 27, 2020 6:08:38 am PDT #28173 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

At least she was suitable horrified when I told her about it at drop off.

Oh good. I hope the conversation goes/went well.


sj - Oct 27, 2020 6:11:26 am PDT #28174 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

The head of ltc's school called, and she is taking it seriously. All parties have been spoken to and ltc know she can go to her teacher if it happens again. I think the school has concentrated so long on getting kids to work out their differences amongst themselves that it never occurred to her to tell her teacher. However, this was not a simple case of sharing a toy etc, and both TCG and I told ltc that no one gets to speak to her that way.