Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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Ack I'm 22 pages behind!
I'm in book-mourning as I've just finished the latest book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones for you tv people) and the next one isn't even finished being written. Boo!
I'm not sure if book-mourning is a real phrase, but I know several people on this thread will know exactly what I mean.
If that isn't a real phrase it definitely should be. I know I've felt it before and I probably will again.
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Ack I'm 22 pages behind!
I'm in book-mourning as I've just finished the latest book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones for you tv people) and the next one isn't even finished being written. Boo!
I'm not sure if book-mourning is a real phrase, but I know several people on this thread will know exactly what I mean.
If that isn't a real phrase it definitely should be. I know I've felt it before and I probably will again.
I have as well. I wanted to read that series but I'm waiting until it's done.
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@kelly_c_77 I hope you have a super great birthday!! And congratulations on your one year of logging!!0
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »Susieq_1994 wrote: »Ack! Spikey was SO cute! Thanks for sharing!
He was, wasn't he?
Once he got older he used to climb up the pipes into the top of his cage (there was a detachable carry case with a lid there that I could open) and wait for me to pick him up and cuddle him and give him treats. I was so sad when he died that I couldn't go anywhere near his cage for over a year--it just stayed there in a corner. My sister had to bury him for me because I just couldn't do it. 
He was super cute! I do not care for hamsters because they tend to bite!
I feel the same way about rodent boys cage now......it is in the corner of my living room, just sitting there.....
He only ever bit me twice--once when he was just bought and not used to human touch, and another time when I didn't wash my hands first and smelled like food. Hamsters have very poor eyesight, so fingers can get mistaken for food sometimes. I even had to force feed him medicine through a syringe for five days once, and he hated it but never bit.
Yeah my hamsters never bitten me, not even once! It's largely down to their temperament I think, but its also to do with how they're treated from when you get them, if you're careful with handling them from a young age they tend to be calmer Sounds like you took good care of yours @Susieq_1994 if he only got you twice!
Food smells on hands is something I'm always careful with too haha, Artemis does this really cute thing that I call a 'test nibble', he sort of holds your finger with his paws and sniffs it/puts his teeth on it, so you can feel them but he doesnt bite, he's never made a mark doing it, it's very strange haha.0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Susieq_1994 wrote: »Susieq_1994 wrote: »riderfangal wrote: »riderfangal wrote: »riderfangal wrote: »ok guys I am on the fence about something. I got asked out on a date this weekend. I don't date because in reality I don't have a lot of free time and I am certainly not wanting to take any time away from my son. But in spite of all this I am considering going. What's a girl to do?
Do you like date asker guy? If the answer is yes, then I say GO FOR IT!
I do like said guy lol
Well, then, buy yourself something pretty (sexy, but tasteful) and go and enjoy yourself. If you just get a meal and decent conversation but it doesn't go anywhere, at least you have a pretty new dress to wear later. But if it DOES go somewhere, I think we all expect to be invited to the wedding.
Hmmm sexy sounds like something I haven't done in a long time And of course you would all be invited honestly I feel closer to you guys lately than most of the people IRL
You HAVE to show us your choices before choosing though. I LOVE helping people pick out clothes and I've NEVER helped anyone get ready for a date before, well, besides myself of course.
The bold part: me too!
Mo, I just ordered a couple of dresses from Modcloth for a wedding and I'm not sure which I want to wear! It's an afternoon ceremony but evening reception at a mountain lodge, so I went for more "fun" than "formal"...
This pink one
Or this black embellished one (comes with straps)
When they actually arrive it might turn out that I hate the fit of one or both, but I couldn't decide and had to order both. All my cocktail dresses are either very winter-y (long sleeves, heavy fabrics, etc.) or too big, or make me look like a waitress (because I have an extensive collection of black cocktail dresses that I wore while bartending.)
There's a crazy four-hour gap between the ceremony and cocktail hour, though, so we were going to change, go for a hike, and come back and change back, so maybe I'll wear the pink one for the ceremony and the peacock one for the reception? Is that attention-grabby or weird?
I love love LOVE that peacock dress! But... I'm old school, so no black (or white) at weddings for me. Or is that concept passé now?
Black is very commonly worn at evening weddings here (at least the formal, hotel ballroom or whatever kind.) But I've read it's less common in the American South and in smaller cities/rural areas (where it's more traditional, I guess.) I even see black bridesmaids dresses quite often now.@peleroja both of those dress are AWESOME!! I'd wear the formal one for the ceremony and the fun one for the reception where you'll be dancing the night away!! That's just my opinion though, both dresses are fabulous, you have excellent taste!!
I thought the polka dots were more "daytime" than evening - I guess maybe I think it's weird to wear a black dress like that for an afternoon thing? Especially for an outdoor ceremony?
This is not my realm of expertise, though, because I normally just go to work events and wear the same couple of navy or black super conservative dresses, all high neck and sleeves and stuff.
I agree with you: I'd wear the pink one for the ceremony and the black one at night. That one would be super fun to dance in and if anyone even implies that you're taking attention away from the bride maybe tell a little white lie and say you spilled something on the pink one.
Or, maybe I'm a terrible person for thinking this way? Personally, I don't care about weddings being ALL about the bride. They eat up an enormous amount of my time on a weekend, so I'm going to look good and enjoy it!
I'm pretty much that person too because I mostly hate weddings so it's hard to have a good time. Even my own was hard to deal with and it was tiny and very nontraditional. But the whole spend a whole weekend, drive (or fly) for hours, get an expensive hotel room, wait around forever between the ceremony and reception, eat a mass-produced hunk of chicken or "prime rib" at a table full of people you barely know with a glass of mediocre Merlot, sit through hard-to-hear speeches and bouquet tossing and dances and "funny stories" while drunk randos get gropey and terrible music plays...is just not my idea of a good time.
I attend happily for people I really care about because I love them, but I'm always kind of shocked when I hear someone say they like weddings. Everything about them (apart from the actual ceremonies, which are usually nice) makes me unhappy.
Could NOT agree with you more! My husband and I are really role reversed in almost every aspect, including this one. He LOVES weddings. He gets way too excited and spends way more time figuring out what he's going to wear than I do. I dread them.
And, I've worn black to the past two weddings we've gone to. It's easier to wear for an all-day thing that involves food and drinks. Much more forgiving if someone bumps into you and causes a spill.
Arab weddings are WAY worse, especially the house weddings. They generally last for THREE DAYS. There's no room because there are three hundred plus people stuck into a house that's meant for a family of 5-6 people, and everyone sits on the floor inside or outside on rugs--it's this huge mass of bodies squished so tightly that you can't even breathe and it's swelteringly hot, and the music played is TERRIBLE and so loud that you feel like your eardrums are going to blow up. Through all of this, you're supposed to smile, look happy, pretend your make up isn't running, and wait for... 3 A.M.ish when it's finally considered "okay" to go home without looking rude.
... And some are seven days. You're expected to buy a new dress for every single day, otherwise you're not showing the bride proper respect. No, I'm not kidding. I've backed out of house weddings for years because of these reasons--I don't even care if everyone hates me and thinks I'm the rudest relative in existence. The torture isn't worth it!
Wow. I could never. Never. An overnight trip is bad enough (especially when combined with the bridal showers, stag and stagettes, etc etc that all seem to be whole weekend things now too) but SEVEN DAYS? Whyyyyyyyy?
I don't know! Tradition. -_- And there's no such thing as wedding cake in traditional weddings, by the way. You usually get a plate of maraq (A tomato based curry/sauce of sorts with different add-ins) with chicken/meat and potatoes + a pile of bread OR an enormous communal plate of cold restaurant-catered rice with meat or chicken. NO CAKE. >.<
The maraq sounds like it could be pretty good. Is it? I'm not saying it is worth going to a wedding in order to eat it, but is sounds good.
It is good, delicious in fact; but it's cheap everyday fare, which was my main point--nothing special to make it worth the torture!
Yum. Does this look about right? http://www.yasalamcooking.com/chicken-maraq/
Not quite. The one I'm referring to is thicker and MUCH more oily, and so bright red that it stains your fingers when you dip your bread in it. It's hybrid Arab-Pakistani fare. It usually has whole chunks of chicken rather than cubes, like bunches of drumsticks and thighs just thrown in, along with enormous chunks of potatoes as a filler (because potatoes are cheap).
It's a food you might expect to eat when dining with lower-income families, actually--my own extended family (my dad's side) has never served it. The weddings on my step-father's side (They're second and third generation Balochis, so their foods and traditions are closer to Pakistani than Omani--never let a Balochi person hear you say that, though!) are the ones who tend to serve that food. Swahili Omanis (Zanzibari Omanis--Zanzibar used to be a part of Oman, a long time ago, so there are tons of people who were originally from Zanzibar that settled in Oman and now identify as Omanis) tend to serve fried African finger foods, and traditional Omanis almost always serve gigantic platters of rice with meat or chicken. So it does tend to differ by culture, even among Omani people. 0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »Susieq_1994 wrote: »Ack! Spikey was SO cute! Thanks for sharing!
He was, wasn't he? Once he got older he used to climb up the pipes into the top of his cage (there was a detachable carry case with a lid there that I could open) and wait for me to pick him up and cuddle him and give him treats. I was so sad when he died that I couldn't go anywhere near his cage for over a year--it just stayed there in a corner. My sister had to bury him for me because I just couldn't do it.
He was super cute! I do not care for hamsters because they tend to bite!
I feel the same way about rodent boys cage now......it is in the corner of my living room, just sitting there.....
He only ever bit me twice--once when he was just bought and not used to human touch, and another time when I didn't wash my hands first and smelled like food. Hamsters have very poor eyesight, so fingers can get mistaken for food sometimes. I even had to force feed him medicine through a syringe for five days once, and he hated it but never bit.
Yeah my hamsters never bitten me, not even once! It's largely down to their temperament I think, but its also to do with how they're treated from when you get them, if you're careful with handling them from a young age they tend to be calmer Sounds like you took good care of yours @Susieq_1994 if he only got you twice!
Food smells on hands is something I'm always careful with too haha, Artemis does this really cute thing that I call a 'test nibble', he sort of holds your finger with his paws and sniffs it/puts his teeth on it, so you can feel them but he doesnt bite, he's never made a mark doing it, it's very strange haha.
He must be figuring out whether it's food or not. That sounds adorable! When Spikey figured out what fingers were, he was always extremely gentle when he would take food from my hands with his teeth. So I don't think all hamsters are bitey; his vet did nickname him "bitey Spikey" though, because he kept trying to bite her--he didn't like being examined at all!
I was very careful about hand-raising Spikey by the book--I did tons and tons of research. Gave him his space, didn't force him out of his hidey-holes or nest, started out stroking him with a toothbrush, then moved on to one finger, then started to handle him when he wasn't scared and gave him bits of food to tempt him.
The first bite was because I got over-excited when I first brought him home and poked my finger into his little house. Then he was all like "GET OUT OF HERE*CHOMP*" 
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Ack I'm 22 pages behind!
I'm in book-mourning as I've just finished the latest book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones for you tv people) and the next one isn't even finished being written. Boo!
I'm not sure if book-mourning is a real phrase, but I know several people on this thread will know exactly what I mean.
If that isn't a real phrase it definitely should be. I know I've felt it before and I probably will again.
I totally get book-mourning, especially after a series. (I'm looking at YOU, Rick Riordan!)0 -
Ate too much for breakfast. Had a refried beans and steak burrito, then for some dumb reason decided to make myself a pop tart ice cream sandwich. Full now. Hopefully for a long time.0
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@Susieq_1994 I thought of you yesterday. My community is having a week-long festival and one of the tents is called "Ramadan Tent - All are Welcome" It offered a shaded place to sit and water for those who needed it. There was a nice lady and a gentleman to give answer to questions about Ramadan and Islam to anyone willing to ask.
I know that its not a confession but it made me happy.0 -
Just wondering - any word yet on why this thread is broken?0
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AngryViking1970 wrote: »Hey, has anyone noticed the new "verified" indicator in the food entry database? I was just modifying my breakfast (because I had cheese and kielbasa instead of yogurt) and a bunch of them have little green check marks next to them.
All of them seem verified on my list except the ones I've entered for my private use. I admit that I haven't actually checked (or used) a vast majority of the new verified ones though.
I wish they had a feature that we could fix the spelling errors.
I always cringe when I see yogart.0 -
For those that love maple & bacon I seen at Wal-Mart Snyders had Maple Bacon pretzel pieces.
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kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »AngryViking1970 wrote: »Hey, has anyone noticed the new "verified" indicator in the food entry database? I was just modifying my breakfast (because I had cheese and kielbasa instead of yogurt) and a bunch of them have little green check marks next to them.
All of them seem verified on my list except the ones I've entered for my private use. I admit that I haven't actually checked (or used) a vast majority of the new verified ones though.
I wish they had a feature that we could fix the spelling errors.
I always cringe when I see yogart.
Best is avacado.0 -
@Susieq_1994 I thought of you yesterday. My community is having a week-long festival and one of the tents is called "Ramadan Tent - All are Welcome" It offered a shaded place to sit and water for those who needed it. There was a nice lady and a gentleman to give answer to questions about Ramadan and Islam to anyone willing to ask.
I know that its not a confession but it made me happy.
That's really nice!! What a welcoming way to give dawah. (I've mentioned it before, but giving dawah means to educate others about what Islam is all about or to invite them to learn more about it.) It makes me happy, too! 0 -
Just wondering - any word yet on why this thread is broken?
I thought it had been fixed? @LBuehrle8 said it was back on page one. I still don't know what was going on with it, though!0 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »For those that love maple & bacon I seen at Wal-Mart Snyders had Maple Bacon pretzel pieces.
I LOVE those Snyder pretzel pieces, especially the honey mustard and onion, but I've not seen the maple bacon. I guess I'm going to Wal-Mart after work today!0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Just wondering - any word yet on why this thread is broken?
I thought it had been fixed? @LBuehrle8 said it was back on page one. I still don't know what was going on with it, though!
Not for me
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kelly_c_77 wrote: »Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birday dear kelly_c_77, Happy birthday to you.
Awww!!!! You are so sweet! Thank you!
Thank you!!!
Happy Birthday!!!!! Hope you have a great one!!0 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »For those that love maple & bacon I seen at Wal-Mart Snyders had Maple Bacon pretzel pieces.
I LOVE those Snyder pretzel pieces, especially the honey mustard and onion, but I've not seen the maple bacon. I guess I'm going to Wal-Mart after work today!
Honey mustard and onion pretzels pieces are my favorite. Man, I can eat a lot of those...0 -
orangesmartie wrote: »Had a horrendous journey home. Feeling low today, cried all the way, traffic sucked. Got home and have had a bowl of ice cream with clotted cream on top.
Sorry it was such a rough day for you!
On the positive side, that food sounds like an awesome source of dairy and probably decent protein 0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »Just wondering - any word yet on why this thread is broken?
I thought it had been fixed? @LBuehrle8 said it was back on page one. I still don't know what was going on with it, though!
It was back on page one yesterday
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Happy Birthday @kelly_c_77 !!0
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »Just wondering - any word yet on why this thread is broken?
I thought it had been fixed? @LBuehrle8 said it was back on page one. I still don't know what was going on with it, though!
Not for me
Me neither. And while the regulars most likely have it bookmarked and can always find it, we won't be getting any more newbies, which is sad. There are a lot of former newbies who have stuck around to become valued members of the "community".
@Lois_1989 the 5:2 cookbooks I was referring to are by CookNation, and the titles seem to start with "The Skinny...." plus a reference to either 5:2 or low calorie value.
And forgot to mention my other 500 day staple: a tin of tuna or salmon. They run around 120 cals with 26 grams protein. I'll throw in a ton of chopped veggies, mix it all up with a drizzle of salad dressing, and there's dinner. (have I mentioned that I HATE all aspects of food preparation? lol)0 -
Stepdaughter was a no show. Again. A friend at my work suggested showing up where she works since she won't return messages from either one of us. I hate that it's come to this.
I wish I had words of wisdom. I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this. I suspect step daughter is very messed up right now but that does not make your path any more clear. (HUGS)
Thanks. When I was talking to Mr. Mo, he said that the way she's acting right now reminds him of the way her mom acted when they were together. Thanks for the hugs.
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@Lois_1989 I have a ton of recipes that come in at 350 calories and under that can be modified to be less, if you're interested. Off the top of my head, here's a short list:
- Half a serving of my cauliflower mixed fried "rice" - 190 calories, quite a large serving of food, very filling.
- Chicken hummus wrap - 340 calories, the tortilla wrap can be replaced with a low-carb wrap at only 60 calories apiece to bring it down to 270ish calories.
- Chicken pizza wrap - 350ish calories, you can replace the wrap and reduce the cheese or even use a lower-fat cheese.
- White beans in tomato sauce with turkey franks - 270 calories per serving, very filling
- Chickpea burgers in a 120 cal burger bun - 280 calories, also very filling--for less calories, the patty can be eaten over salad or in sandwich thins.
- Chili wrap - ~300 calories, depending on how much chili you put in. I stuff it with lettuce as well, to make it bigger. Again, calories can be reduced with a low-carb wrap.
Send me a private message if you want the recipes for any of them. As you can tell, I kind of eat a lot of sandwiches. 0 -
Stepdaughter was a no show. Again. A friend at my work suggested showing up where she works since she won't return messages from either one of us. I hate that it's come to this.
I wish I had words of wisdom. I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this. I suspect step daughter is very messed up right now but that does not make your path any more clear. (HUGS)
Thanks. When I was talking to Mr. Mo, he said that the way she's acting right now reminds him of the way her mom acted when they were together. Thanks for the hugs.
This is probably part of the reason he's spoiling you so much, makes him appreciate what he now has with you.
Though that's not to say even if he's not angling for it you shouldn't show your own appreciation...
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@kelly_c_77 Happy birthday!! Hope you have a great day.
I have to say I think you are one of the sweetest people on this thread, you always seem to remember things other people say and be checking up on them. Enjoy your dinner out.
Same is also true for @riderfangal - you seem totally sweet too. Have fun on your date. I've only just caught up.0 -
Happy birthday @kelly_c_77!0
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