Very good! We knew you could do it! ;)
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Very good! We knew you could do it! ;)
Today's random observation - stale mini Triscuits are REALLY popular with the squirrels and chipmunks - I have a box I had forgotten I had opened earlier this summer, so they are quite stale, but worth running off with to stash for winter, apparently!
The younger you are, the less traffic signals mean to you.
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Why are the commercials you really detest are the ones that you always see?
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How do they fit the talking woman into the dashboard?
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I have all the lids that belong to your plastic storage-ware.
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Why is when I look for tape (or anything else) I can't find it, I go buy another and the first roll appears later?
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Why are egg rolls stuffed with meat/veggies?
Just aced my second math quiz out of 6 for the semester, not to bad:D
BUT, I have a huge Bio and math test on Wednesday morning. I-AM-GOING-TO-DIE. But after, I'll be in the clear for a while ;) So hopefully I do well and ace both and well...not die.
At least this is prepping me for next semester, when I'll have 3 labs. Fun. Spring break and florida cannot come soon enough!
Woo hoo - congratulations, we knew you could do it! Now if the approaching math test were addition and subtraction, I am sure Mikey would help! Example: 1 puggle + 10 cookies = 0 cookies!
Completely random thought - the fact that I am no longer allergic to cucumbers, and can have pickles in a sandwich, makes me very happy! I had forgotten what a tasty addition they can be!
Dill pickles and sweet pickles? Oh that's right, they're all cucumbers.
Yes, which is something that would slip my mind when I saw the pickle dish at family holidays, I'd go to reach for it and then think, "Dang! They're all cucumbers! I can't have 'em!"
I sometimes hear at AA meetings: "You can't turn a pickle back into a cucumber." ;)
Karen, how wonderful you can eat pickles! How many foods can you eat now? I hope you're starting to lose count!
:-| The presidential debate on the topic of foreign policy, game #7 of the NLCS and the Bears game are all on TV tonight! Grrrr!
I'm about to hit rock bottom, but the only way out is up. I gotta remember that.
We love you no matter what, remember that! Then give Mikey a belly-rub - that'll give you a smile!
Thanks Karen, I'm trying to improve the situation. Just seems hopeless sometimes. :(
Aww, whenever it seems hopeless, PM me, and I promise to lend you some!
PTers, can someone please tell me what a "Trunk or Treat" is? A local church is having one tomorrow from 2 to 4. My neighbor mentioned it to me because they need more participants. I have no idea what it is (I assume it's something to do with Halloween though).
Thanks,
Elyse
"A Trunk or Treat is a Halloween event that is often church- or community-sponsored. People gather and park their cars in a large parking lot. They open their trunks, or the backs of their vehicles, and decorate them. Then they pass out candy from their trunks. The event provides a safe family environment for trick or treaters."
It is apparently a big thing! I had never heard of it either - probably popular in places that have bigger church parking lots than we do!
It amazes me how something simple can set someone off, and in the process, they reveal their true colors which aren't pretty at all. Actually, I find it to be quite sad.....:(
Calculators are REQUIRED for 6th grade math..........
Tell me again why people need a register to make change for them?
It would make my life a lot simpler if I was a cashier, or someone regularly dealing with money, to have a calculator at the ready. For years, I was ashamed of my flat out inability to do even simple math calculations. I have been very, very, very poor with math- even basic "simple" math my entire life, and have a difficult time subtracting double digits, even from a hundred. Make it something like 116 - 38 = ??? and it certainly takes me a minute to figure it out.
Really, who cares? It hasn't made me a terrible person, and I have other areas of strength, for sure. But, I bet, in the darkest hour, most of us can admit we just really stink at something.
I care, because my daughter is in the aforementioned math class, and they are requiring students to learn to use a scientific calculator before they have the basics down.
They're using calculators for fractions.
Unsat.
Crawl....walk....run.
In addition, I just had to make corrections on a homework assignment which wouldn't have been required if she was doing things out by hand.
As an addendum....
I can certainly admit that I have issues with certain tasks.
However, pardon the heck out of me for trying to ensure that my daughter actually CAN do math in her head without the use of a calculator.
Being a lawyer may not require the ability to do calculations, but any technical field requires it.
I have to go with LH on this one....it is great to have tools like a calculator but if you don't know how to do it without and understand the why you haven't learned to do the task. What happens if you need to do some calculations and don't have a calculator available? If you always depend on a calculator how do you know if a number looks "off?" You will have to accept what someone else tells you the number should be.
I am not a math whiz but I force myself to do manual calculations periodically just to make sure I still can!
Did anybody see "CSI" tonight, the episode with Nick and the GSD ... I loved at the end when he laid out his rules- Sunday is for watching football and we root for the Cowboys :D Nick you are gonna love being owned by a goggie!
It's not quite 7 AM and there is a bird in the crabapple tree, singing loudly! A cheerful treat on a chilly, rainy morning.
Why is there no "spring" in spring rolls?
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I was looking at the packaging on a tin of food.
The cardboard box it came in says, "delicious recipe on back".
Really?
I guess "Crappy recipe on back" wouldn't fly?:confused:
Why do some PTers come here and never mention their pets or anyone elses......:confused:
I'd like to submit a petition to the Federal Government of the United States:
That the Federal Government add another Holiday to the calendar, said holiday to be a floating holiday falling on the third Monday of the Month of March, and that a similar holiday be proclaimed falling on the second Monday of the month of August.
That these Holidays be officially named "Excuse to sell stuff in (fill in the respective month) Day"
Federal Employees get the day off, with no mail delivery, giving people yet another reason to carp about all the benefits Federal employees get.
Due to the nature of the Holiday, Banks would, of course, have to remain open, as would retail establishments.
Random...I don't usually toot my own horn, but I am an excellent cook. Tonight DH's grandma is coming over so I've got Coq au Vin on the stove and the entire house smells marvelous. I can't wait to eat it.
I had my quarterly lab work done last week. My A1C is great (5.1, yay) but my liver enzymes are through the roof.
They should be between 2-46 and are 877. More blood tests are in the works for tomorrow. I haven't said anything on FB b/c only a couple of people there know about the test results.
I'm anxious. :(
You'll be in our prayers. Hopefully it is an anomalous result, and the other tests all come out closer to normal!
Thanks, Karen. I've been trying very hard not to go into panic mode.
I talked to my neurologist (I had an appointment with him Thursday night) and he said the # IS high but he has seen that # MUCH higher (over 11,000 was his example) so while it is good to be cautious and find the cause, by no means should I go into panic mode.
I discussed it with him b/c of the medication he has me on - and because he & my endocrinologist talk about my treatment so they can talk about any results. (Yes they have my permission to discuss my care, I prefer they communicate together lol... it's awesome that they do! It's great too that they're on such good terms - their children are married and they share a grandchild.)
I'd like to join in the petition, except that I would like to tweak it slightly so the March holiday always falls on the Monday immediately following Easter - which could be in either March or April. Other countries observe Easter Monday as a holiday and I think we should too. No courts, no mail, no banking. Retail establishments and museums are open so it is a lovely three-day weekend.
I think Election Day should either be a holiday, or held on a weekend. It can be tough for some people to go vote. (Although early voting/absentee ballots can help.) Sorry about the politics contamination!:D
My Holiday Proclamations?
"No holiday will be advertised until the holiday preceding it has been celebrated.
This means no mention of sales or promotions, no decorating, music or store displays. The earliest a holiday CAN begin to be exploited is at midnight of the holiday PRECEDING the next holiday.
Milestone birthdays are exempt from the ruling - and they are the ONLY exemption."
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"Christmas CAN be celebrated on Christmas Eve to alleviate the need to go to people's houses and be greeted by hung over friends/families in mismatched sleeping attire, kids who want to show you a toy with annoying sound effects, ask you to play with said toy or asking your to watch them play with sports equipment they are not co-ordinated to use."
Nothing sadder than to have to go to the ER when little Bobby takes his new skateboard down the street and into the bumper of your car, hit it, bleed over it and not have the courtesy to wash it afterwards.;)
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The phrase, "Here, you HAVE TO TRY THIS!" or "IT'S to DIE FOR!" should be banned at any buffet, potluck, company luncheon or family gathering.
No, I don't have to try it, I do not like pearl onions, yams or sweet dressing. I have 'died for' your undercooked pork dish, the recipe you stole from you mom-in-law and refined it into something totally inedible - But, I will have a look at the box of raspberry truffles you just opened!
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The phrase "Hey, come here, I want you to see something/try something" shall also be banned.
I do not care to smoke a stinky cigar, see your new bike or have a shot of booze in the garage. I would not like to be humiliated by an SO or child who sticks their head into the room, grimaces and or asks, "What are you doing?"
The answer is obvious. I am doing something that I cannot/would not do in front of you, go back inside or thanks for saving me.
(Illegal activities such as seeing/handling/operating fireworks, firearms, moonshine/homemade beer/wine, Cuban cigars, modified motor operated vehicles or taking a break from a nagging SO shall be taken into consideration on a per case basis....)
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Holiday greetings shall be limited to holding a person's upper arm and telling them they look good or have not been seen in a while.
There shall be no air kissing, real kissing, hugging or grinding. IF A HUG IS REQUIRED it shall last no longer that 2 seconds.
Men shall not do the fake "bro handshake and left arm clasp" I don't like being touched BY ANYONE.
Women and men shall not wear that cloying parfume, cologne or aftershave at said holiday gathering. You gave me the same shiat last Christmas, I know what it smells like.
You will not be allowed to ask/tell a person, after the hug/kiss/grind, "You've gained weight since the last time I saw you, are you sick" or "You have lost weight since the last time I saw you, are you sick?"
You will also not tell the person you have the same article of clothing in a different color or "bought one for my kid."
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People will not be allowed to yell out a monetary value of a gift certificate or name of the store during the opening of gifts.
"Helen got a 200 dollar gift card to BestBuy!" is annoying, when you gave her a 15 dollar card to Yankee Candle.
Why is it that when I see a Kia Soul driving down the street, humans, not giant rats are driving?