Also you wife can take your son out driving.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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.
sj - Oct 21, 2018 10:25:45 am PDT #958 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Consuela - Oct 21, 2018 11:02:03 am PDT #959 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
msbelle and sj are wise, Gud. You should not be responsible for everydamnthing in your household. That is neither sustainable nor sensible (nor fair!).
ION, I made this cake for my sister's birthday. I really hope it came out; all the constituent elements tasted good, but I'm worried the cakes themselves are dry. No way to know now!
meara - Oct 21, 2018 11:08:27 am PDT #960 of 30019
That sounds delicious Consuela! Even if it's a little dry that's what all the cream is for, right?
I'm going to the film fest later, which will be nice. I have downloaded a bunch of books from the library but haven't managed to read most of them.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 21, 2018 11:10:20 am PDT #961 of 30019
What is even happening?
That looks great, Consuela.
Scrappy - Oct 21, 2018 12:58:26 pm PDT #962 of 30019
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We went to the pet store to pickup dog food and we ended up with a new kitten! I always go over to see where the shelter kitties on display are, even though my DH put his foot down about us having three cats. Well, there was an 11-week-year-old black kitten. lounging on his little bed and as soon as we said hi, he started kneading his paws in the air with great enthusiasm. Mr. "Three Cats Is Too Many" fell in love and now we get to go pick up our new guy later in the week and bring him home!!!!!
Calli - Oct 21, 2018 1:12:37 pm PDT #963 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Hi all. I'm back from Helsinki. It got cold while I was gone, and now if I'm making a lap, the cat is on it Anyway, thanks for the recommendations upthread. I didn't make it to Tallinn, but I did go to Suomenlinna, an island a bit closer to Helsinki. I visited a ton of churches, museums, shops, restaurants, and even met up with a distant family member (her great-grandmother was a sister to one of my great-grandmothers, I believe).
now we get to go pick up our new guy later in the week and bring him home!!!!!
Yay new kitties!
-t - Oct 21, 2018 1:18:31 pm PDT #964 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's so cool, Calli!
Yay new kitty!
Mmm, cake.
Sophia, is creamed tuna different from tuna salad?
Jesse - Oct 21, 2018 2:22:09 pm PDT #965 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kitten!!!
Zucchini waffles?? I'm torn between intrigued and grossed out...
Have you had zucchini bread? It was like that. You don't taste the zucchini.
Theodosia - Oct 21, 2018 2:29:53 pm PDT #966 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Gud, if you don't get the kids to help you cook, et cetera, they're not learning important life skills. (Ideally, your wife should be doing that as well -- why isn't she?) Yes, it's sometimes more work to get the kids to "help" but they're going to end up with pink underwear at college the first time they do laundry on their own -- or worse than that.
(Hive mind: what Britcom had the Chore Wheel?)
Sheryl - Oct 21, 2018 2:49:49 pm PDT #967 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Yay, kitten!