Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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@kellyjellybellyjelly I'm not left handed but my father, brother and youngest niece are.
I remember having to remind my mother of that fact when she wanted to buy Emma and Joey baseball gloves and almost bought Emma the wrong hand. Then she asked me if it made that much of a difference.0 -
orangesmartie wrote: »Morning Patricia
I'm having some early morning cuddles with Charlie while he watches Madagascar.
It's Mr Smartie, Mrs smartie, and i's anniversary today. They drove down on Friday night to surprise me. Got the fright of my life when I heard my front door opening at 1am.
We took Charlie, and my 9 year old niece to the zoo yesterday and had a lovely day in the sunshine.
Lazy day plans today and I have a table booked at a restaurant in Uxbridge for tonight. We start a new year together today. We've got a lot of work to do to repair our relationships, but half the battle is that we each want to.
My weight is the same for the fourth week running and I confess I am seriously PO!
Give yourself a break on the weight. You've lots of stress recently, you've started a different workout program, and it's not going up. In your shoes, I would call that a win. 0 -
Glinda1971 wrote: »@kellyjellybellyjelly I'm not left handed but my father, brother and youngest niece are.
I remember having to remind my mother of that fact when she wanted to buy Emma and Joey baseball gloves and almost bought Emma the wrong hand. Then she asked me if it made that much of a difference.
Oh my word! I laughed until I cried. I can't Imagine trying to throw a baseball right-handed and have it hit the target. In spite of my fine motor woes, I still throw balls lefty.
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Glinda1971 wrote: »@kellyjellybellyjelly I'm not left handed but my father, brother and youngest niece are.
I remember having to remind my mother of that fact when she wanted to buy Emma and Joey baseball gloves and almost bought Emma the wrong hand. Then she asked me if it made that much of a difference.
Oh my word! I laughed until I cried. I can't Imagine trying to throw a baseball right-handed and have it hit the target. In spite of my fine motor woes, I still throw balls lefty.
I actually used to play softball with a girl who learned to catch with her left hand and couldn't catch with her right. She also threw with her left. It always looked strange to see her catch the ball, take off her glove and throw. I didn't want that to happen to Emma.0 -
Glinda1971 wrote: »MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Glinda1971 wrote: »@kellyjellybellyjelly I'm not left handed but my father, brother and youngest niece are.
I remember having to remind my mother of that fact when she wanted to buy Emma and Joey baseball gloves and almost bought Emma the wrong hand. Then she asked me if it made that much of a difference.
Oh my word! I laughed until I cried. I can't Imagine trying to throw a baseball right-handed and have it hit the target. In spite of my fine motor woes, I still throw balls lefty.
I actually used to play softball with a girl who learned to catch with her left hand and couldn't catch with her right. She also threw with her left. It always looked strange to see her catch the ball, take off her glove and throw. I didn't want that to happen to Emma.
I went to grade school and played softball with a girl like that too! It was so odd!0 -
Thank you! Yes, it was lovely. Very lazy and relaxed; just nice family time really.Susieq_1994 wrote: »I'm back from vacation (will try to post a couple of pictures later) but just wanted to say Hi! There's no way I can catch up, so I'm just going to jump right back in there.
It's great to see some old faces back on the thread!
Welcome home! Glad to have you back. Did you have a super great time?
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I lived on guacamole in Mexico! (By which I mean I ate lots of other things too, but managed to get some guacamole in at pretty much every meal!)girldownsouth wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »I dropped a big blog of peanut butter onto the crotch of my black pants. I tried to clean it off, but peanut butter isn't the most cooperative, so I will most likely have this awful stain on the crotch of my pants all day.
I really don't like the word crotch.
Tehe I've done this with avocado before
I'm not a huge fan of the word crotch either but as much as I dislike it it makes me giggle!
This reminds me.....I bought Wholly Guacamole today, single serve, spicy.....I have not tried it yet, but when I do, it is the first time ever.....I know to eat it with nacho chips, but do I also use salsa? Cheese dip? Anything else?? LOL
I am not a fan of Wholly Guacamole. I will eat it as it is definitely not the worst out there, but it is not the best either (I usually make my own). So if you don't like it that does not rule out you liking a different guacamole in the future I hope.
The spicy is ok, probably it will be spicy enough but you can have a bit with guac, the next with salsa, and so on. My daughter's first solid food was guacamole at an authentic restaurant. She still loves it.
I tried it tonight....it was o-k....I did not finish the whole serving and I cut it with dill pickle dip, lol.
I tried it in the US. I thought most guacamole there was better than the stuff you get in the supermarket here, even that. But Chipotle guacamole, I wish I could eat some right now!
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Hope today is better!Italian_Buju wrote: »I am super cranky now cuz I had a pissy day
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The thunderstorms in Mexico were truly insane. Our last night there, there was a HUUUGE storm which went around us and out to sea. We stood and watched for ages - the lightening strikes lit up the whole ocean (it seemed). Biggest storms I've ever seen, but only at night!girldownsouth wrote: »We have a BIG thunderstorm going through right now. There was a tornado around the city about an hour ago but it didn't touch down, fortunately. I moved my car into the garage and covered my plants just in time - there was hail the size of golf balls for about 5 minutes! EEek!
That IS scary. I'm glad you're alright. Did you happen to get any pictures of the hail. I'm fascinated with summer thunderstorms, but I know they're nothing to play around with.
I love storms, but it probably is because we don't get anything really dramatic here. That hail sounds insane.
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Absolutely!MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »orangesmartie wrote: »Morning Patricia
I'm having some early morning cuddles with Charlie while he watches Madagascar.
It's Mr Smartie, Mrs smartie, and i's anniversary today. They drove down on Friday night to surprise me. Got the fright of my life when I heard my front door opening at 1am.
We took Charlie, and my 9 year old niece to the zoo yesterday and had a lovely day in the sunshine.
Lazy day plans today and I have a table booked at a restaurant in Uxbridge for tonight. We start a new year together today. We've got a lot of work to do to repair our relationships, but half the battle is that we each want to.
My weight is the same for the fourth week running and I confess I am seriously PO!
Give yourself a break on the weight. You've lots of stress recently, you've started a different workout program, and it's not going up. In your shoes, I would call that a win.
Hope things work out for you and your SOs. Any news on your sister's baby?
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Thank you! Yes, it was lovely. Very lazy and relaxed; just nice family time really.Susieq_1994 wrote: »I'm back from vacation (will try to post a couple of pictures later) but just wanted to say Hi! There's no way I can catch up, so I'm just going to jump right back in there.
It's great to see some old faces back on the thread!
Welcome home! Glad to have you back. Did you have a super great time?
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I lived on guacamole in Mexico! (By which I mean I ate lots of other things too, but managed to get some guacamole in at pretty much every meal!)girldownsouth wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »Italian_Buju wrote: »I dropped a big blog of peanut butter onto the crotch of my black pants. I tried to clean it off, but peanut butter isn't the most cooperative, so I will most likely have this awful stain on the crotch of my pants all day.
I really don't like the word crotch.
Tehe I've done this with avocado before
I'm not a huge fan of the word crotch either but as much as I dislike it it makes me giggle!
This reminds me.....I bought Wholly Guacamole today, single serve, spicy.....I have not tried it yet, but when I do, it is the first time ever.....I know to eat it with nacho chips, but do I also use salsa? Cheese dip? Anything else?? LOL
I am not a fan of Wholly Guacamole. I will eat it as it is definitely not the worst out there, but it is not the best either (I usually make my own). So if you don't like it that does not rule out you liking a different guacamole in the future I hope. The spicy is ok, probably it will be spicy enough but you can have a bit with guac, the next with salsa, and so on. My daughter's first solid food was guacamole at an authentic restaurant. She still loves it.
I tried it tonight....it was o-k....I did not finish the whole serving and I cut it with dill pickle dip, lol.
I tried it in the US. I thought most guacamole there was better than the stuff you get in the supermarket here, even that. But Chipotle guacamole, I wish I could eat some right now!
Yum. I love good guacamole. We have good guacamole here. Visit anytime.0 -
Absolutely!MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »orangesmartie wrote: »Morning Patricia
I'm having some early morning cuddles with Charlie while he watches Madagascar.
It's Mr Smartie, Mrs smartie, and i's anniversary today. They drove down on Friday night to surprise me. Got the fright of my life when I heard my front door opening at 1am.
We took Charlie, and my 9 year old niece to the zoo yesterday and had a lovely day in the sunshine.
Lazy day plans today and I have a table booked at a restaurant in Uxbridge for tonight. We start a new year together today. We've got a lot of work to do to repair our relationships, but half the battle is that we each want to.
My weight is the same for the fourth week running and I confess I am seriously PO!
Give yourself a break on the weight. You've lots of stress recently, you've started a different workout program, and it's not going up. In your shoes, I would call that a win.
Hope things work out for you and your SOs. Any news on your sister's baby?
I agree with that. Be loving and gentle with yourself.0 -
If we're still all part of the bat cave in a year or so I say we make plans to take a trip to meet!! Everyone's always saying come visit
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What really winds me up is the number of people who work in the industry and still don't say it right!0 -
@LBuehrle8 Ok, you're off to the UK very soon. Here's your food list! Some Harry Potter related, some just British stuff that you have to try. In no particular order. (And to the Brits: Yes, I know that nobody in the UK eats like this really! Some of these are just things I miss and enjoy when we visit. Feel free to add to Laura's list!)
Treacle Tart
Bangers & Mash
Cream cake from a bakery
Curry from a proper curry house (ideally at 11pm after the pub closes)
Sherbert lemons
Bacon sandwich
'Full English' breakfast
Cornish pasty
Trifle
Chocolate Frog
Spotted Dick & custard
Pork pie
Crumpets
Cream Tea
Fish and chips (ideally eaten with fingers on a beach)
Butterbeer
Sunday roast (pubs are good if nobody wants to cook)
Toad In The Hole
More curry
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Absolutely!MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »orangesmartie wrote: »Morning Patricia
I'm having some early morning cuddles with Charlie while he watches Madagascar.
It's Mr Smartie, Mrs smartie, and i's anniversary today. They drove down on Friday night to surprise me. Got the fright of my life when I heard my front door opening at 1am.
We took Charlie, and my 9 year old niece to the zoo yesterday and had a lovely day in the sunshine.
Lazy day plans today and I have a table booked at a restaurant in Uxbridge for tonight. We start a new year together today. We've got a lot of work to do to repair our relationships, but half the battle is that we each want to.
My weight is the same for the fourth week running and I confess I am seriously PO!
Give yourself a break on the weight. You've lots of stress recently, you've started a different workout program, and it's not going up. In your shoes, I would call that a win.
Hope things work out for you and your SOs. Any news on your sister's baby?
Social services had a meeting on Wednesday, which my mum attended. They are challenging the report used by the social worker, because it contains a lot of inaccuracies. It looks like they copy and pasted the assessment report from 3 years ago when Charlie was due (not that a huge amount has changed). Anyway, the child will have a child protection plan, and we are pretty much sure that the baby will be coming to us, if not immediately after birth, fairly soon after. Thats more about how we feel about my sister's parenting than anything else. But baby is due 30th September. My sister has booked a caesarian (because she's lazy....). And we on holiday 10-24 September.
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If we're still all part of the bat cave in a year or so I say we make plans to take a trip to meet!! Everyone's always saying come visit
You can meet the south east based of us when you come over.
And hopefully @girldownsouth and I will be heading to Tennessee next year (training and baby permitting) so we could congregate round there?
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George W style 'noo-cou-ler'?girldownsouth wrote: »
What really winds me up is the number of people who work in the industry and still don't say it right!
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Flippin'eck, what a mess. Huge hugs to you and your mum. So glad that you have each other.orangesmartie wrote: »
Absolutely!MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »orangesmartie wrote: »Morning Patricia
I'm having some early morning cuddles with Charlie while he watches Madagascar.
It's Mr Smartie, Mrs smartie, and i's anniversary today. They drove down on Friday night to surprise me. Got the fright of my life when I heard my front door opening at 1am.
We took Charlie, and my 9 year old niece to the zoo yesterday and had a lovely day in the sunshine.
Lazy day plans today and I have a table booked at a restaurant in Uxbridge for tonight. We start a new year together today. We've got a lot of work to do to repair our relationships, but half the battle is that we each want to.
My weight is the same for the fourth week running and I confess I am seriously PO!
Give yourself a break on the weight. You've lots of stress recently, you've started a different workout program, and it's not going up. In your shoes, I would call that a win.
Hope things work out for you and your SOs. Any news on your sister's baby?
Social services had a meeting on Wednesday, which my mum attended. They are challenging the report used by the social worker, because it contains a lot of inaccuracies. It looks like they copy and pasted the assessment report from 3 years ago when Charlie was due (not that a huge amount has changed). Anyway, the child will have a child protection plan, and we are pretty much sure that the baby will be coming to us, if not immediately after birth, fairly soon after. Thats more about how we feel about my sister's parenting than anything else. But baby is due 30th September. My sister has booked a caesarian (because she's lazy....). And we on holiday 10-24 September.
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kelly_c_77 wrote: »I forgot to share my latest NSV with you.
I went to a baby shower Saturday, and there was homemade cupcakes, veggies and dip, nuts, chocolate covered pretzel sticks, watermelon, pistachio salad, and candy. I filled 2 small plates with veggies and little bit of dip, 1 pretzel, watermelon, mixed nuts, (just a few) 4 buttermints, (which I shared with Mr. Mo) and a small scoop of pistachio salad. I totally skipped the cupcakes!!! I didn't even feel like I was missing out because everyone that ate one, had blue lips and tongue.
Nice! What is pistachio salad? Sounds yummy.
Instant pistachio pudding mix is combined with whipped topping, miniature marshmallows, crushed pineapple, and nuts. This particular salad had a few too many marshmallows for me. I'm sure everyone makes theirs different, but this one was pretty good and not super heavy.
It amazes me what you Americans call salad...0 -
girldownsouth wrote: »kelly_c_77 wrote: »I forgot to share my latest NSV with you.
I went to a baby shower Saturday, and there was homemade cupcakes, veggies and dip, nuts, chocolate covered pretzel sticks, watermelon, pistachio salad, and candy. I filled 2 small plates with veggies and little bit of dip, 1 pretzel, watermelon, mixed nuts, (just a few) 4 buttermints, (which I shared with Mr. Mo) and a small scoop of pistachio salad. I totally skipped the cupcakes!!! I didn't even feel like I was missing out because everyone that ate one, had blue lips and tongue.
Nice! What is pistachio salad? Sounds yummy.
Instant pistachio pudding mix is combined with whipped topping, miniature marshmallows, crushed pineapple, and nuts. This particular salad had a few too many marshmallows for me. I'm sure everyone makes theirs different, but this one was pretty good and not super heavy.
It amazes me what you Americans call salad...
...well....not all of us think of those as "salads". 0 -
@LBuehrle8 Ok, you're off to the UK very soon. Here's your food list! Some Harry Potter related, some just British stuff that you have to try. In no particular order. (And to the Brits: Yes, I know that nobody in the UK eats like this really! Some of these are just things I miss and enjoy when we visit. Feel free to add to Laura's list!)
Treacle Tart
Bangers & Mash
Cream cake from a bakery
Curry from a proper curry house (ideally at 11pm after the pub closes)
Sherbert lemons
Bacon sandwich
'Full English' breakfast
Cornish pasty
Trifle
Chocolate Frog
Spotted Dick & custard
Pork pie
Crumpets
Cream Tea
Fish and chips (ideally eaten with fingers on a beach)
Butterbeer
Sunday roast (pubs are good if nobody wants to cook)
Toad In The Hole
More curry
Steak and kidney pie
Kippers (for breakfast!)
White aka "mealie" pudding (which is neither a custard nor a dessert, it's more of a sausage thing)
Deep fried Mars bar
@orangesmartie happy anniversary and sure hope you guys can work things out!
@kellyjellybellyjelly my father is a lefty. I mouse and shoot pool left-handed.0 -
I shoot pool left handed too! My left handed friend taught me how to shoot.0
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Congratulations @bkhamill! She is beautiful.
@kellyjellybellyjelly, I'm left-handed as well and one of those people who can't do ANYTHING right-handed, so I get it.
Glad you had great vacations, all you vacation-ers!0 -
orangesmartie wrote: »@raelynnsmama52512 I'm so glad everything is starting to fall in to place for you and you feel it easier to cope going forward. I'm not religious either, but I truly believe the universe has a plan
Thank you! I'd been wondering how you were doing! ❤️
@bkhamill She is adorable! Congrats!!0 -
So TMI alert but here's a thought (you've been warned).
As previously bemoaned, a lovely side effect of pregnancy is the slowing down of one's bowel and all the delightful consequences associated therewith.
While I finally managed to 'lighten my load' earlier today after a few days of stalling, it occurred to me that perhaps this is nature's way of readying the body for birth. I swear I had to do breathing exercises to get through it!
I feel better now...
As I don't have children and therefore have never given birth, this scares me
Aaah I didn't mean to put anyone off. Pregnancy has thus far not been too bad. I haven't puked once! Also now I'm at the stage where people officially know, I feel I can stick my gut out as far as I like (even if it is primarily due to too much lunch rather than baby). There are positives too!
I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end.
I'm just waiting for the clock to run out and hoping my health conditions mean early menopause!
Eeek. Be careful what you wish for...
Well, the tubal ligation thing didn't work out (lots of scar tissue in my abdominal cavity due to earlier things...) so that's my best hope. I have a couple of coworkers who said that honestly, aside from the hot flashes, theirs wasn't so bad, so I'm hoping it works out that way for me too.0 -
Also checking in as another lefty! True story, when I was in elementary school, being left handed was apparently not acceptable and my teachers actually tried to force me to write right handed. Needless to say, it didn't go well, and eventually they gave up. Raelynn hasn't completely shown which hand is more dominant, but she does tend to use her left hand quite a bit. It must be a family thing since my mom and I are left handed and SIL is left handed too lol!0
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@LBuehrle8 Ok, you're off to the UK very soon. Here's your food list! Some Harry Potter related, some just British stuff that you have to try. In no particular order. (And to the Brits: Yes, I know that nobody in the UK eats like this really! Some of these are just things I miss and enjoy when we visit. Feel free to add to Laura's list!)
Treacle Tart
Bangers & Mash
Cream cake from a bakery
Curry from a proper curry house (ideally at 11pm after the pub closes)
Sherbert lemons
Bacon sandwich
'Full English' breakfast
Cornish pasty
Trifle
Chocolate Frog
Spotted Dick & custard
Pork pie
Crumpets
Cream Tea
Fish and chips (ideally eaten with fingers on a beach)
Butterbeer
Sunday roast (pubs are good if nobody wants to cook)
Toad In The Hole
More curry
I screen shotted this and sent it to the SO! Thanks Tubbs!!0 -
orangesmartie wrote: »If we're still all part of the bat cave in a year or so I say we make plans to take a trip to meet!! Everyone's always saying come visit
You can meet the south east based of us when you come over.
And hopefully @girldownsouth and I will be heading to Tennessee next year (training and baby permitting) so we could congregate round there?
I'm not too far from Tennessee! If I haven't up and moved to the UK by then next year I'll definitely head down!
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