Daily Ooo's: Wednesday February 15

[faerywings]

Halloooooo my O-Fam!

No way....

I have been sitting here for 15 minutes, playing some O-games. Heather aka Catzilla had been sleeping on the side of my desk. Literally, as soon as I started to type O-Fam up there, she wakes up and is now walking all over my keybd and tablet. It is like she *knows*


SMH!! Well, since I can't get much done while she is here, let me say a very big good morning to all!
xoxo

 

[LaurieW]

Morning my lovely O friends! I made it through day 4- the problem with being healthy is it leaves me less time to play- sigh- tomorrow is my day off- however I already have to go to the dentist- grrr. Well, early day at work for me- hope to have energy to stop in tonight!

 

[LSlycord]

Good morning Chris. Naughty Catzilla!:laugh:
Good morning! Way to go on day 4! And I agree, healthiness takes way too much time! But good job at sticking to it!

 

[whatnext]

hi, guys. Laurie, the being healthy thing makes me tired just thinking about it.... but kudos to you! Linda, it DOES take up too much time. better to work on one's MENTAL health and vacation in Hawaii! :laugh:

Chris, my tubby cat would feel it was too much work to jump up to where i was typing. he's currently lying upside down in front of the wood stove, "toasting his buns," as i call it.

i think i need to get out of the house today. no snow predicted (although you never know around here.) the sheer "weight" of my waking hours is starting to wear on me. i need to be diverted. maybe i'll head out for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and take dino bones photos for the Grandmen. we have such a great collection of museums here in Pittsburgh. thank you, Andrew Carnegie!

have the day you wish for. cheers, lovelies.

phylis

 

[faerywings]

I am going to try this again. Gary is now awake and hanging out on the sofa so perhaps Catzilla will be up to walking all over him instead of me/


Hi laurie- I am finding it easier and easier to blow off the "being healthy" -- all these excuses just some to me way to easily LOL But props to you!!!
ITA with Phyllis- make sure you take care of mental health too- its much more fun

Linda S! OMG how excited are you???

Phyllis- how far out of P-burgh are you? We are just far out of NYC (a little less than an hour with no traffic, which is the *key* point) to make it a hassle to get in. But I adore museums of any kind. i have been getting an itch to go back to MoMA and The Met. What a great escape to wander around the museums with your camera. I'd join you (and not talk either, haha!) if I lived closer.

 

[faerywings]

Did you all have a nice V-Day yesterday? I got a super-adorable photo email from my godson, but I can't figure out how to save it since I am using webmail. Anyone know how to do that? Its optimum.net.

 

[Kiliki]

morning all...slightly dissapointed today....we dont usually go all out for valentines day but he usually gets me a card and/or a single rose....this year? nothing! i bought him a card and stuck it into his backpack before work yesterday morning...he didnt even mention it at all until i brought it up....really?!?! grrr then he says pick out a movie so we can snuggle up tonight and watch it....well we watched biggest looser and house last night and then i figured we would do the movie thing...nope....he forgot...the first thing he said after house was over was needing to help out a friend finish something...really?!?! so yeah....he spent the rest of the night doing that....and i brought that to his attention this morning and hes all like well you fell asleep uhh NO....you told me before we even went upstairs that you were gonna do that thing for your friend....so what else do you want me to do?!?! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


on the plus side i lost another pound! bringing my total up to 9!!

 

[whatnext]

Kristy. train that guy NOW. my husband tried that sort of thing a few times during our marriage, and i made it clear that it wasn't going to be allowed. it's hurtful, it's inconsiderate. it makes me really SAD when such a little thing is too much of a bother for people who are supposed to love me. :attention: we women need to stop making this sort of behavior acceptable. i know it sounds stupid to say that you need to FORCE a husband to wake up and smell the roses for V-Day, but some of them just need to understand that V-Day is not an option. the hubby and i just do cards, but he knows that a card had BETTER appear. and since my children are getting more and more inconsiderate every day, i'd like to know that at least ONE family member will come through for me on a day that is supposed to be special

 

[clarabear]

Good morning ladies. You know...Wednesday is my favorite day of the week...but thanks to Addie's school schedule I have started dreading it. Boooo!! Oh well...it is all good. It just means I get the kids home earlier.

So, it is looking more and more like I won't be getting an x-ray job here in Fayetteville. Ugh!! I do have a backup plan but I can't plan on anything until Derek knows what's going on with his Army career. We need to hear about whether they will be offering early retirements or not. I hate waiting...but hopefully next month we will find out. So...the back up plan. As most of you know I am from the Seattle area. Because Starbucks, SEattle's Best, Tully's, etc started there and got everyone all dependent on coffee they also have coffee stands on the corners where there is no big name shop. There are so many of them that the girls started wearing bikinis in many of them as a gimmick to bring in traffic. There may be more bikini baristas than regular ones at this point. But back to my point....all we have here are 3 Starbucks and 3-4 shops and that just doesn't do it. 2 of the Starbucks have drive-thrus and it doesn't make me happy. So, I think if it turns out we are going to be here for a few more years I should open a stand. I just need to figure out how to do it and how to afford it...but most importantly if we are going to be here long enough to make it worth it.


This week i am going to start volunteering again. I had to stop for a little bit because my friend Andrea wasn't able to watch her anymore since her schedule changed. I was all excited because she's moving into my neighborhood but her kids will be going to one of the other schools in our neighborhood. But another mom from Addie's class has offered to watch her once a week and take her to school so I can spend 4 hours there instead of 2.5 hours. I just want to keep up my skills.


So, Valentine's day was good. WE made our Valentines (I got it in my head that we will make them each year) and I let Ethan pick out what he wanted to make this year so we made little sticks of dynamite with a tag that said "You are the BOMB!" They came out pretty cute. I love Pinterest. I just typed in Valentines and let me son go thru and pick stuff. We used smarties, and wrapped them in red paper. They were a hit. I need to put the pic I took on Pinterest. I thought Addie would not be impressed but she wanted them too. So, I decided several years ago that Valentines Day was going to be about the kids instead of about us...so we don't generally go out to dinner and make something fun. So this year was heart shaped pizzas and pink milk shakes and we watched a movie together. It was fun. Of course Derek came home all ready to run out and get the kids something and I threw a little fit that he didn't think of it ahead of time and so said no since we were doing stuff for them anyway and I had been talking to him about it for days. He's such a brat...but he's my brat so I guess it is alright.


Chris - guess what I'm doing this weekend?? RENT is this weekend. YAY!!! I can't wait. We're gonna go to dinner in Raleigh and make a night of it. A friend of mine was talking to a friend of hers that lived up there about places to go out to eat and every place she came up with were places we have here. LOL!! We'll figure it out I'm sure.


Laurie - You rock with your health motivation. I hate being healthy. I have been eating well though which makes me happy but exercise and I do not get along very well. LOL!!


Linda - Are you going to Hawaii? I need a vacation so bad. WE are thinking about going to Gulf Shores, AL in May...but who needs a vacation in May. I love February vacations. That is the best time of year to go on a sunny trip.


Phyllis - that stinks when being awake is stressful. A trip to the museum sounds like a great diversion. Maybe it is time to start trying to plan a vacation so you have something to look forward too. Hugs!!


Kristy - that's h ow my husband is too...only he has ADHD and so that is generally why he's like that. Doesn't make it any less annoying but he has something to blame. LOL!!


OKay ladies...have a fantastic rest of your day.


OH!!!! Did you see? The new designer?? Dido Designs has joined us here at the O and I am so excited!!

 

[whatnext]

Chris, i'm about 10 miles north. so, close. but no public transpo, so everything for me involves driving in and parking.

 

[clarabear]

Phyllis - I am soooooo with you. This year we didn't do anything but we talked about it before hand and we don't have anything that we do each year so for us it wasn't a big deal...but if he did that kind of thing on my birthday?? Ooooooooh...we'd have issues. I'm with you though...if they are expected to do certain things on occasion...they need to do them.

 

[Kiliki]

yeah he doesn't get it no matter how much i talk to him.....and he used to be so good about it too....when we first got together and were dating...he'd always get me a card and flowers...even on just regular days he'd come home with a card saying i love you or just bring me home something...its like the longer we are together the less he feels he has to try cause he "has me" already LOL....its like he thinks he doesn't have to work at keeping me so why do it?!?!

 

[taxed4ever]

Good Morning my fabulous "O" ladies... I am on my second cup of coffee and all rested up so feeling pretty good this hump day!! A little frosty out this morning, but hopefully the sun makes another appearance and melts the frost away! Off to work today and then I hope to get another walk in today. Had a wonderful 1hr walk outside yesterday and it was very refreshing, the birds were singing and an eagle flew right over me so close that it scared the heck out of me, it made me gasp he was so beautiful!!

Chris - I would love to join you and Phylis on a trip to the Museum!! We could all walk around following Phylis and being very quiet LOL. I love museums !! I will have to check to see if a special showing is coming up to our museum in Victoria. :sorry: I can't help you with the webmail thing, hardly every have to use it.

LindaS - Count down is on for your vacation, you must be soooo excited!! Hope you have a great day!

Laurie - good luck at the Dentist! Looking forward to your day off I bet!!

Phylis - Your Abu sounds like mine was, way to much trouble to jump up on anything LOL. I miss my Abu!!! I am in agreement with you that we have to let our men know that we expect certain things from the no if's and's or but's!!

Kristy - I am sorry that you had a disappointing V day, but you can't let him forget how hurt you were by his behavior!! All Men will try this !!

Clara - Starting up a Starbuck's stand sounds like a great plan, but I guess you have lots to look into before you begin that adventure!! Hope you get to keep up with your volunteer work!! Your pink milkshakes and pizza sound great!!

Well better hit the shower and get to work, hope you all have a great Wednesday!! :wave:

 

[faerywings]

UGH! As soon as i got Evil Kitty out of my office, Gary decided to hang out andchat. i was on limited time, so i just posted what I wrote and figured I would try again. Now he is downstairs and "EK" is somewhere, not here, so i am trying to type very quietly.

I don't go for V-Day at all but I am adamant that we do something for Christmas for each other. We don't have lots of money to spend on each other so the last few years we do small stocking stuff and something handmade for each other. Its important for us and for the kids to see that it doesn't have to cost a lot to show that you care about someone.

Clara- I don't like Starbucks (don't hit me!!!) but I love the idea of a coffee shop with some wifi. My BFF and I meet at a place like that called The Fine Grind- its cozy and has a little fireplace and some sofas, plus hi top tables. Its very cute and I could see you doing great with that.
Have fun this weekend!!!!!!! So excited for you-- you'll have to give me a full report when you get back!!!

kirsty-- great job on another pound!

Trudy-Your walk sounds spectacular, every once in a while we'll see some eagles around here, they are so impressive.

Phyllis- is P-burgh a crazy city to drive around in? I refuse to drive in NYC but thankfully Gary can, well, when he used to be able to drive. My BFF is like a maniac in the city, she cracks me up.

xoxo to everyone. I am sorry I am being all cranky today, I am in a moooood..... No real reason why, I just am.

but hope that all of you have a fab day!!

 

[mrstoa]

Hello my dear Ones

Funny I just remember that's how my mother used to address her letters to family "hello, my dear ones".

One wonders why these bits hidden trivia come to mind?

Haven't been around much - out in the back planning Dido's arrival - just love her designs. Can never have enough designers eh?

I do admire those of you who are watching their nutrition and doing healthy things. I gave up years ago - too late to change - but I did give up smoking - not by choice it just became to painful to smoke.... (years ago mind)

I think it's wonderful having your children making gifts at any time - certainly as a grandmother they are treasured.

Clara - sounds like a fun weekend - and you deserve a break - enjoy!

Linda - I love Hawaii - only went one time but loved it - soaked up the sun and such beauty.

Phylis, I feel for you - your expression the "sheer weight" of my waking hours is starting to weigh on me - resonated with me.

Today is not one of my better days and insomnia last night didn't help. Crawling out of bed wasn't an exaggeration this morning.

But the sun is shining so it can't all be bad eh?

lotsa hugs

j

 

[whatnext]

Jacqueline, too bad we don't live near each other. we could hang out in the middle of the night!!

Chris, Pittsburgh isn't too nuts for driving. it's not a GIANT city, so it's not confusing, but the topograpy doesn't make for a grid-like setup. just when you think you're going in a straight line, some hill gets in your way. or a tunnel. or a bridge. but we're pretty considerate drivers, so wild and crazy things aren't always happening when you're on the road. (unless you're on the PA Turnpike, where you can get rammed into by a giant truck at any point.)

guess what i did today?? i forgot to mention it before. i decided that i have retired from ironing dress shirts, after 35 years. it felt great to drive to the cleaners and pick up two weeks worth of shirts and hand them a $20 bill. WHY didn't i do this sooner?? too busy trying to be Super WifeAndMom. well, to *&^% with that. i'm done. no one noticed.

 

[CookingMyLife]

Hi all

A good day so far...my son took an early am bus into DC for a sightseeing day on his own. He said he'd be back before now but I didn't think a bus came out of DC for him to do that. The bus is ok but it has very small windows in the am and pm. When i considered working in DC - more money! - and knew I didn't want to drive and have to search for, find and pay thru the nose for parking - I realized the last bus left DC just past 6pm. Running out the door of a job on the clock doesn't work much round here. I hope he makes a bus otherwise I'll be expecting a phone call sometime.

Last nigh I had a long call from the Psychiatrist who saw my daughter while she was still in the hospital. She had three visits with her and said she seemed to listen. Sadly, the whole 'severe deprivation' in those early years leading to a borderline disorder still seems to need a lot of years of therapy to have a clue on making human relationships. Whether my daughter will ever take that path I have no idea but it's good to know that it is out there for those whose children are willing to take advantage of it. For a lot of adopted children esp those who came from the orphanages of Russia and Eastern Europe these issues really came to light when many of the children reached adolescence.

Right now my daughter is very angry at me and blames any issue on me. I can take responsibility for what is mine, but not for the last 20 years when she's lived on her own. But as they always say, Where there's life, there's hope, so maybe one day she can move on past the blaming and start making her own life in a different way.

Tomorrow am...mammogram...and maybe I can get a pedicure since sandal weather is coming soon for me! eek!

 

[Kiliki]

well he is making up for it....he got a babysitter and is taking me out friday night

 

[whatnext]

YAY, Karl!! NOW we're talkin'!!