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- Oopsie Daisy
- Everyone is welcome! The only real rules here are no spamming shit and no posting personal addresses, phone numbers or other similar info. I don't need that kind of stress. That's it, although it could change if someone gets creative or something. If you don't like what is said here, you can: 1) Say so; 2) Hold it in and stew on it; 3. Address it privately to the person who said it; 4) Snark about it to your friends; 5) Leave. Don't bother me with it, I don't care and I won't get involved. I might, however, talk about you behind your back or post your email/message to me on here. *grins* Them's the rules...all of them. Have fun!
do something good
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 379 of 379 Newer› Newest»fersher: I just spit my Gatorade on the screen. You hit the nail on the head. Anytime the hospital has refreshments or serves cake, she sets a reminder on her email!
HiT - Wow. Just wow. Squeal, indeed!
CK i'm here now - you still here?
I'm here Karen. Just wondering if your thoughts here last night got you into any hot water.
Not yet CK still accessing... no mentions of me anywhere that I've seen... Thank you for wondering about me though! I wish I could remember who was in Mckinny TX but someone .... shit... I don't know - my mind is mush today for some reason!
fersher: She's had the Lap-band done but you can't tell.
Ewww. Someone in MckWanker's comments says, in rebuttal to a guy named John who dared to speak out against the MckDummies, that he (John) needs to think about what he is saying when he says not all men marry for sex. This woman says she has a four year oldson, and she sees his eyes "linger" on things such as photos of women in swimming suits, so while she knows there's notihng sexual going on in his brain right now, she knows he "sees something he likes," and that she understands that that's just how men are geared, visual.
Huh.
Thanks Karen - was afraid it might have been the start of a pandemic.
I think I know the answer to the McKinney question.
Is it Kristin? she's the only one i can think of offhand that is from TX?
Okay ladies...I am going to get little man and I think I am going to get some flowers and have him take them to my mom.
Mom and sis are getting their hair cut.
Nope, I'm spring, tx
Maybe HiT?
HiT - you're not being very nice! I said Miss Piggy because you said she squealed. I didn't know she had a weight problem, as well. Naughty, naughty!
Karen: I'm in Houston.
Outta here girls. See ya later!
Yo, Fersher! ;-)
I'm tired and I've done precisely nothing today. I hate days like that.
Robin, I don't think all men marry for sex but I do think men are far more visual than women as a whole. You don't? And I'm excited about Jerry getting a brother!
That's it, that about as exciting as I have for comments right now. :-P
CK- you still here?
Hi AP! I thought of you this morning when ALL my kitties were at the top of the stairs. Hardly ever happens.
Wasn't Tina from McKinney?
Aww, Erin, did you grab a picture? I love it when they herd.
EL - I'm here!
AP - heck,yeah, I think men are visual. That's why porn, as a market, survives. :-D And I think sex plays a huge part in their lives. I hate the thought of any of them, men or women, marrying for sex as their prime reason.
Ok I have decided that after 3 math assignments it is time to stop and walk away for a few because it was starting to hurt my brain LOL
AP -- ADding on, but a FOUR year old? Eyes "lingering" on swimsuit pictures? ::shuders::
Robin, I agree and I just don't buy it unless they're ugly. Why bother marrying for sex when they could have non-committal sex if it's all about sex?
My son was proof at a young age that men are visual creatures....Not being yucky here but he loved padded bras in the lingerie dept when he was little....Not much has changed now that he is 16.
Robin, at 3 or 4, Jake would have very definite reactions to certain girls and women. He'd blush or get all shy, then stare at them when they weren't looking. Always darker skinned girls with long, dark hair. I wonder where he got *that from? *innocent look*
CK- I was goning to say what AP did. I think Tina was from mckinney
Hmmm. Well, I've never had boy children, so maybe I'm just talking out my ass here. Wouldn't be the first time! :-D
EL - that sitemeter doesn't lie. But she's gone.
"Not being yucky here but he loved padded bras in the lingerie dept when he was little....Not much has changed now that he is 16."
ROFL....I'm sure he'd love you sharing that.
I seem to recall thinking it was funny that Tina was one of the most vocal anti-Mck ones and yet she came from a town with their last name.
HEHEHEHE I could share worse stories but I wont do that to him :)
He was very young when he did that but I know even now he would be "Hell yeah I did...Tig ol Biddies are awesome. I am a pimp...OHHHH YEAH." No I dont kid he would say that.
Hell reminds me....anyone have a son who insists on referring to girls as "bitches"? That boy hits my nerve with that one!!!
"Hell reminds me....anyone have a son who insists on referring to girls as "bitches"? That boy hits my nerve with that one!!!"
No. But I've heard mine call certain males that. He'll say one of them is "being a little bitch girl" in reference to them being upset or whiny about something.
I just went to read the new macdaddy post. I can't even get through the first paragraph. He lost me when he used the word "ya". I don't know what is worse- him being the author, or him not being the author.
Fersher, if you are still here, I need to talk to you about raising chickens. Seriously.
I am still at work. Bah!
EL I tried to read the first post of his but couldnt stomach much past the first paragraph...I havent tried again :)
Leaving for home now, but wanted to say I have left SIPS as well. I just feel sad about many things that have happened there lately, and I can't continue.
Just wanted to say that.
Hi Bella! In spite of my mean-spirited comments about chickens, I do know some about raising them, so if Fersher doesn't answer, I can try.
Bella you are not alone know that.
Have a good trip home and remember tomorrow is Friday :)
Thanks for sharing that Bella.
RIM, I'll hit you up later tonight, I am out the door~
Just have some general chicken keeping questions, lol. We might try, starting this summer.
I would love to have chickens but I think the dogs would torment the chickens and see them as fabulous chew toys
Hi Bella! It's good to see you today. I get your sadness. I'm with you on that. How's your cold?
I'm out for a while, Mexican food (fish tacos - yay!) with friends, including my work spouse, who I divorced today. But then we got back together. :-)
Then back to Survivor and Ice Skating. Yay!!!
Hey ladies!
Why am I so freakin' tired?
Cuz you're a mom? That's my excuse.
LOL I dont know why you are so tired but my brain is busted from math homework :)
Hey Kristin...I'm always tired. How are you tonight?
Hey Christy - just tired. How are you?
I'm watching Survivor and just watched Boston Rob pass out. I've passed out a few times and it is really like that. you get scared and emotional and start crying..my heart is pounding b/c I know that feeling and it sucks!
Now I'm on the olympics and the girl who wiped out the other day is on right now. They are saying she is pretty bruised up. Poor girl.
Lindsey Vonn started skiing at a little metro ski area just south of Minneapolis. Like, REALLY little.
We are proud.
Hey CK! How are you?
Thats cool!
I'm good. You?
Husband cooked, dog pulled mouthfuls of stuffing out of his dog toy. He's still wearing some of it (hanging from his mouth). I'm laughing at him and he doesn't know why.
Does anybody else's dogs do this?
Hi Christy, Shannon and EL. How are you bitches doing? (just borrowing some language of AP and Shannon's charming sons).
CK - my dog does it on occasion. She will usually play with it for awhile 1 wk - 1 month and then she will rip it apart.
LMAO I am good CK....Hi Kristin, did you get the good son today?
And yes CK my dogs are not happy until they have gutted their toys
CK, those *are charming words aren't they. I'm good.
Damn! :(
Hi everyone :)
RiM, Fersher: I am looking to have chickens this summer. Just a few. I am wondering what you do with them in the winter? Do they need to be in a heated pen when it's cold?
I want to make a chicken tractor, so I can move them about the yard, and keep them safe from cats. Or, should I just build a freestanding chicken coop, and have a heater in the chicken box?
You both are from places with winter, so help a girl out.
Why? Why? Why? do they like to gut the damn toys?
CK, my dog can't have soft toys. They are a waste of money for us, as they are all completely decimated in about 15 minutes, even the "tuff" toys.
We make do with a Kong, rawhide, and those knotted ropes. :)
Hi Bella -
I wish - my dog won't touch rubber toys.
He's only 10 1/2 pounds, but man he can do a lot of damage. Dachshund - big dog in a small body.
So we thought we'd gotten smart - Kevlar dog toy.
Yes, Kevlar - it's used to make bullet proof vests.
Well, it lasted longer than plush, but he got into that one too.
Bullet proof, maybe, but not doxie proof. I guess he could take down a cop if he wanted.
Dachshunds are ratters, right? Like terriers? I bet he has a strong "prey drive". Like they want to tear apart small animals.
Since he is small, have you tried these?
https://www.vipproducts.com/retail/files/index.php/categories/view/27/tuffys-pet-toys
These last a week or so with Ozzy, so maybe they will thwart your guy?
Awwww - Lindsey caught a tip.
The snowboarder girls look about the same age as some of my fourth grade students.
Thanks Bella - how big are they?
He's in the hound breed - major scent hound - mini doxies were bred to chase rabbits into rabbit holes. (the standard size were bred to catch badgers).
I think they come in different sizes, none are very small. I would say the smallest is about 6-8 inches in length.
Ozzy LOVED the pig on that site, but I can't justify buying a $25 dollar toy all the time, even though he is my furbaby.
Shannon, do your dogs destroy soft toys too? What do you give them?
Bella - I found some "junior" size ones - between $9-11. We're gonna try one - thank you!
Bella my dogs destroy EVERYTHING they find is a toy. With soft toys they go for the eyes or the nose and then will nibble to get the fluff and pull it out piece by piece. Hell for Christmas I got them the biggest real bones the pet store had and within 1/2 an hour they had them gone to splinters.
The big red Kong balls are the only thing I have found that they cant destroy. Two of the dogs have even littered the the back yard with firewood that they insist on chewing on.
Shannon, you should buy soup bones from the butcher...give them to them raw. They will love it, and since they are raw, they will not splinter. They will love worrying the marrow out of them. Just do it outside, or throw a towel down, because it will get messy. And, they are great for the teeth!
I will have to do that because those things are hella expensive in pet stores. I would probably have to make them eat them outside though or there will be raw bone on the couches, chair, in my bed LOL
Ordered 2, Bella. Plus I found a coupon code for $7 off. Which covered the shipping plus 2.00.
Thanks again.
Great, CK. Let me know how they work out for the little terror, lol!
CK my friends have a doxie too....he is also one who cannot stand fluff in his toys. He will worry it out of every corner until he has nothing but a flat toy :)
Hi just checking in. Happily I have my September placement confirmed in writing.
Yeah FT!
Hola, FT. Nice to see you.
Hi FT and all! Glad that worked out FT!
The fish tacos I had for dinner? So freaking good!
SW, what type of fish did you use?
FT that is awesome!!!!!
Evening SW and FT.
Fish tacos - mmmm....
SW I have never had a fish taco....what are they all about anyway?
Bella & Shannon,
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=18869
Plush toy that has the stuffing removed already. Do you think he'd be pissed?
LOL where is the fun in a destuffed already toy?
Bella, it was at a restaurant, and I want to say halibut. Hi CK!
Shannon, the ones I had tonight were strips of grilled (or fried, mine were grilled) fish in a soft taco, with tartar sauce, pickled onions, and a slaw to add to the taco.
Watching Survivor. No spoilers, but Jerri Manthey does not need to wear those bathing suit bottoms again. She's past the age for those.
In my next life I want to be a snowboarder.
Hi everyone!
I love Boston Rob. Always have, always will.
Congrats on the teaching for next year!
I can ski, CK. I have *tried to snowboard. Tried, as in, eating snow and ice every four feet all the way down a hill. I don't have the balance for it.
I'll stick to skis!
And Ozzy would be P.O.'d about a destuffed toy, lol! I can see the look he would give me, lol!!
I can ski too, Bella. Love it when it's not TOO cold out. Hubby and I used to have $$ to go to Colorado, Salt Lake City and Lake Tahoe - that's skiing!
I've heard how hard it is - I wish I'd tried when I was younger.
Snowboarding talk makes me miss Sue.
Me too CK. We need Sue.
Yay, FT!
Hey there, Bella!
I've never snowboarded, skied, surfed or skateboarded. I waterskied a few times when I was younger.
Does anyone know if Panera caters?
I'm going to their site now, but if anyone knows off the top of her head, it would be helpful.
Oh. Yes, they do.
Hi BD!
Is your navel infection snowboarding away into the great beyond? Are you feeling better?
Damn the appendix!
Useless organ, causing so
much pain for BD.
The return of the haiku. Ahhh.... Things are good in the world once again.
Navel discharge is
less fun than naval discharge:
trust me on this one.
Even better - haiku duets. Off to watch Private Practice.
To answer, yes, it's getting better. Still kind of gross, but the swelling has reduced and the pain is more localized, which is good. I still don't have a name, though. The only thing I think is "Gooey Geyser," which is from Dora the Explorer, which makes sense because it's on in my house 24/7.
Thanks for asking, Bella. :)
Panera caters, but I'm not sure I love the options.
Has anyone ever catered a brunch? Who did you use, if so? Let me know and I'll see if they have a San Diego branch.
I worked for a surgeon....I know what an infected laproscopic incision looks like....YUMMY!!
The belly button is most likely to get infected, as it's a dirty hole. So, don't feel like you have been persecuted in any way.
BellaDonna's Dirty Hole. Sounds like an awesome Key West bar.
"Ahhh.... Things are good in the world once again."
Agreed, CK! Or I did agree, until I heard "gooey geyser"! Ick! :-)
I'm not a fan of Panera. Do you have Corner Bakery? It's much better.
BD, can't help you with the catering, but what event is the brunch for? Somebody getting married?
I've been to that bar. Drink from bottles only, people.
I'm actually kind of anal about my belly button (thank GOD it did not become an outie while I was pregnant), so I was very disappointed in myself. Thanks for letting me know there's a support group for people like me.
My best friend and I want to open a British pub called the Beastly Rectum, so that we can print t-shirts that say "I Got Hammered in the Beastly Rectum."
Yes, we are basically 10 year old boys.
BD's Dirty Hole
beats the hell out of BD's
gross Gushing Geyser
Never heard of Corner Bakery, Bella.
I'm giving a baby shower, and the mom-to-be requested it be brunch. I'm cooking all the food, and was thinking maybe I'd bring some in, but probably won't. I'll just go with my original, back-breaking menu. :)
In other news, I'll be mass-producing miniatures of myself to affix to your dashboards.
SW:
You're damn right it does. Just ask Mr. BD. :)
Those haikus totally make me feel better.
I've always wondered about the pregnancy belly button thing (having never been pregnant). How can it pop so far out, then go back in like normal? Doesn't compute. Is there a belly button ligament that connects it to your innards, and that ligament pulls it back in place?
Belly Button Ooze
and dirty hole posts. I swear,
I used to be hot.
SW:
I don't know, but it freaks me out. It's like some sort of turkey timer. My belly button kind of flattened, but never reversed.
BD, cooking for a party? ::perk::
Share the menu, please! I love this stuff!
I want to be a part of the Sacred Heart BellaDonna League....now complete with realistic oozing bellybuttons!
(Catholic reference for BD on the dash. Google Sacred Heart Auto League for a laugh, if you don't know what it is!)
The haikus make me
want to laugh and cry. Good Lord
I've missed this so much.
Lordy, Survivor was good! The heroes are getting villianous! Gotta love it!
My belly button
is my stigmata, ladies.
Call me Brunch Martyr.
I'll pull up the menu for you, SW. Give me a minute. This is in May, so may be revised/refined.
How many people at the brunch, BD?
Brunch:
Mimosas, Bellinis and Bloody Marys (Pimm’s Cups?)
Bottled water
Orange juice and sparkling cider
Coffee, tea and hot chocolate
Soda (regular and diet)
Muffin basket
Strata
Coffee Cake with Candied Walnut Struesel Topping
Eggs Benedict
Individual Eggs Florentine (quiche form)
Breakfast meats (sausage, bacon)
Fresh fruit and veggie tray
Salads (green salad, caprese, spinach salad)
Chocolate covered strawberries
Bread pudding
Cupcakes: vanilla, chocolate Frosting: German chocolate frosting
Cake: White cake with cannoli layer, whipped cream frosting
20-25 people, SW.
The muffins might go, I think. I might make corn muffins instead, which I know are not breakfast food anywhere but the Northeast, for some reason. I figure we won't need the muffins with the coffee cake. I might also make individual coffee cakes and throw in either a sweet or savory cheesecake (the latter with pesto).
Jeebus, that menu makes me want to get knocked up, just for the food.
Wow! That's a fantastic menu! May, you say? If we book our plane tickets now, ladies, we may be able to get a good deal!
I love savory cheesecake.
I love to cook, but since I have an intolerance to egg yolk, I never eat egg dishes, so brunch is not my best bet. I've made strata for the mom, and the coffee cake, so I know those are safe bets. :)
That's a huge menu, BD. Do you have help?
BD - you are an overachiever. Three egg dishes? Four kinds of deserts? I'm so very impressed.
Me too, CK. Starting to be embarrassed about the bragging I do about my little parties.
::blushing::
SW:
Nope. I'm doing it myself. You don't understand...I love this. I start days in advance.
I figure those who don't like the strata will like the Benedict or the florentine. I might end up combining, and making a florentine strata, esp. if I make individual coffee cakes.
Like I said...I have months to revise this. You can tell how much I love it by the fact that this shower is May 8, today is Feb. 18, and I'm already fiddling with it. :)
I do get it. I love cooking for parties. But I've never cooked quite that many things at once. Maybe about half that, and buy the other half. LOL
You're my new hero. Or you will be. As soon as your belly button stops gushing. Yick.
SW:
No way! I love looking at the photos from your parties, and reading about the supper club! Don't you dare!
Isn't it the funnest thing to open up a Word document and start typing out a menu, BD?
Print out the recipes.
Then the grocery lists? Love that stuff!
Hold the catered quiche.
BD is making her own
Hot, sweet navel goop!!
If I ever move to Southern California (and my sister wants me to; she's in Orange County) we need to open BD & SW Catering.
::canceling my plane tickets::
Thanks a lot, Bella.
The three largest parties I ever did:
In 2000 I was guest chef at a wine cellar in Mandeville, LA. I cooked for 75, but I had a staff.
In 2003 I hosted a party for Super Sunday (which I will find a link to explain). Overall, I had 75 people in and out of the apartment (as a home base). I made all the food, although they were finger/snacky foods, primarily.
In 2006, a week after my laparoscopy for endo, I hosted a dinner party for 20. It had to be that weekend, b/c husbands were on leave from Iraq for R&R. That was a sit down meal.
This? Is nothing.
Wow, BD. Impressive!
Where did you get your training BD? Just picked it up, or did you go to chef's school?
http://www.mardigrasindians.com/supersunday.html
I lived right on Bayou St. John, as mentioned in the article.
SW, I did not go to school. I just learned, and read, and paid attention to other people when they cooked. I did have the benefit of knowing a LOT of people who were in the service industry when I lived in NO, and I asked a lot of questions.
My SIL (the one I adore) is a chef in Portland, and I love exchanging recipes and ideas with her.
BD, very impressive. I bet SW wants you in her dinner party rotation!! :D
BD- That looks awesome! I make a french toast strata with cream cheese in it. It is yummy.
FT- Congrats on the job in writing! So happy for you.
Hi EL :)
That's cool, BD. I'd never heard of Mardis Gras Indians before. I bet you make good bread pudding, huh? You may have shared your recipe before, but I wasn't smart enough to nab the SIP recipe post before I left. ::smacking forehead::
Hi Bella!
Hey EL! Can I get the recipe for your French Toast strata? I'm always looking for new stuff. :)
I would love to be in SW's dinner party rotation. :)
"BD, very impressive. I bet SW wants you in her dinner party rotation!!"
Hell, Bella, I want to kidnap her, chain her in my basement, and have her cook for me every day. After, of course, the belly button thing is all better.
Hi Erin!
I didn't either, SW.
Sure, I can post it, but I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. I do make my own bread for it, though. :)
BD- You make it like a regular strata, but use cinnamon swirl (Or cinnamon raisin) bread. Cut cubes of cream cheese and dot the mix. Same egg ammts, and soak time. Serve w/syrup. I also add some brown sugar crumbled in.
"I do make my own bread for it, though."
Yeah, that part? Not gonna happen.
No hurry on the recipe. I don't have any cooking planned for quite a while. I've been spending too much money entertaining and need to cut the hell back.
Hey, AP, can we have a recipes thread here?
Okay, ladies, I've enjoyed the heck out of the cooking talk, but it's almost my witching hour (10:00), so I'm out. Have a great evening!
Will be watching skating from bed. Everybody remember to voodoo hex the Russian, K?
It would be like Misery, with food.
::BD in a wheelchair, cooking...SW breaking her legs with a sledgehammer to keep her immobile, then handing her a KitchenAid mixer...."Cook! COOK!!!"::
I need to get off, as well...these papers ain't gonna grade themselves.
BBL.
EL: the helping with the speech was a favour. The placement I mention is in my own classroom in the school I'm at, which I've never had before, so I am excited. Thank you!
I'm going to head off too. I'm still tired from so little sleep, I got about 2 hours.
Goodnight, everyone.
And, I am sleepy, too. Goodnight!
FT- I didn't know about the speech, but I saw you got your next years placement 'in writing'. Yay for doing crafts too. Goodnight people going to bed!
EL: oh I see now what you meant, LOL! Thanks again. Off to bed then.
Whoa, BD, I'm impressed and also feeling woefully inadequate just looking at that menu! And yes, I'd love the recipe thing if someone can tell me how to make the links in the sidebar and set it up. Help?
"How are you bitches doing? (just borrowing some language of AP and Shannon's charming sons)."
LOL! CK, in fairness, I think mine would rather pluck his tongue out than say that to females. He just says it to boys.
FT, congratulations! I know you figured it would happen but am glad it did.
HI! anyone up? i am trying tofigure out the female announcer on the men's skating is... anyone?
Karen, no clue on that but can someone explain Curling to me? I stumbled across it today in the Olympics coverage and sat fascinated while what appeared to be chubby housewives pushed a thing around with mops while never touching the thing itself. I'm thinking I found my sport!!
I found it on Google - Sandra Bezic - she is a former olympic skater and she sounds exactly like a former co-worker... such a smooth soothing sweet voice I think... Just like my friend Miss Meg from NY!!!
LOL I don't know but Patti watches it too - I think it looks crazy! but I've never seen women doing it... just the men, they look even worse for some reason... I do not have a clue what the point of that is, but i'm not sure how its considered a sport...
They never break a sweat. They all wear makeup and it stays fresh. One sort of bowls the thing down an alley and a couple of others mop, mop, mop at it without touching it to get it into a bullseye.They call it "ice" that they are on but it isn't. The soles of their shoes have things like microfiber dustmoppy pads. It's fascinating!
its not ice??? i thought it was, and the little things were brooms? maybe i'm thinking of the wrong thing? gonna have to look that stuff up...
Crazy sport that you don't sweat during!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling
Huh. So it *is ice? Those who walk on it much have special shoes since no one skates. They have pads on their shoes. I do know they call the moppy things "brooms" but they don't look to have bristles. Maybe they're just really short, though. Here's my question that I have from both watching it and your article.
"Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place, but without touching the stones."
Without touching the stones. So, how do they move them with that moppy motion without touching them? I can't figure that part out.
I *think that they are mopping down the ice (rubbing it to get it to melt maybe?) *just enough to make the little stone thingy go in the direction that they want it to - but what i don't get is what is the stopwatch for?
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