Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
So my question for the day is, what normal thing have you done recently that someone (family or otherwise) has thought was wrong or odd?
I make a hot breakfast for my kid(s) every day before school. I grew up basically with cereal for breakfast, so I wanted to make sure my kiddos had a balanced meal before school. My adult daughter is a good breakfast eater on her own now (not that you NEED to have breakfast in the morning, but she values a meal with higher nutrition over cereal, etc. as her first meal of the day).
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Hmmmm. I keep thinking lemon, white choc and raspberries and some kind of chocolate flavour. But then what about peanut butter, would enough people want peanut butter. Red velvet? I personally love tiramisu, I could continuously eat tiramisu until I'm sick, but as a wedding cake?
or mint chocolate? mmmmm mint chocolate.
It's too difficult.
Lemon and white chocolate raspberry were the first two that popped out at me. I would pick those and hazelnut praline.
But I don't tend to be a chocolate cake person, for the most part.
Answer to the "ordinary thing you did" question: I am returning to full time work after a long period of part time and temp jobs...so to the consternation of my five year old niece and 70 year old father, I bought makeup! It's been a very long time since I wore any. Women still do, right? This IS a normal thing...because they looked at me like I was from another planet.3 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »Hmmmm. I keep thinking lemon, white choc and raspberries and some kind of chocolate flavour. But then what about peanut butter, would enough people want peanut butter. Red velvet? I personally love tiramisu, I could continuously eat tiramisu until I'm sick, but as a wedding cake? or mint chocolate? mmmmm mint chocolate.
It's too difficult.
Lemon and white chocolate raspberry were the first two that popped out at me. I would pick those and hazelnut praline.
But I don't tend to be a chocolate cake person, for the most part.
Answer to the "ordinary thing you did" question: I am returning to full time work after a long period of part time and temp jobs...so to the consternation of my five year old niece and 70 year old father, I bought makeup! It's been a very long time since I wore any. Women still do, right? This IS a normal thing...because they looked at me like I was from another planet.
I don't, but most of my coworkers do. I am blessed to look just like my mother, but the last time I wore a full face make up willlingly was for her funeral. That was over twenty years ago, but when the shock wore off, I couldn't do it without crying for several months. Now it's weddings, (some) funerals, and theater. And if it's for theater, I don't even think of her because I am trying to make myself look like someone else.2 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »nickssweetheart wrote: »Hmmmm. I keep thinking lemon, white choc and raspberries and some kind of chocolate flavour. But then what about peanut butter, would enough people want peanut butter. Red velvet? I personally love tiramisu, I could continuously eat tiramisu until I'm sick, but as a wedding cake? or mint chocolate? mmmmm mint chocolate.
It's too difficult.
Lemon and white chocolate raspberry were the first two that popped out at me. I would pick those and hazelnut praline.
But I don't tend to be a chocolate cake person, for the most part.
Answer to the "ordinary thing you did" question: I am returning to full time work after a long period of part time and temp jobs...so to the consternation of my five year old niece and 70 year old father, I bought makeup! It's been a very long time since I wore any. Women still do, right? This IS a normal thing...because they looked at me like I was from another planet.
I don't, but most of my coworkers do. I am blessed to look just like my mother, but the last time I wore a full face make up willlingly was for her funeral. That was over twenty years ago, but when the shock wore off, I couldn't do it without crying for several months. Now it's weddings, (some) funerals, and theater. And if it's for theater, I don't even think of her because I am trying to make myself look like someone else.
I don't wear make-up to work, I don't like my co-workers enough to go through the effort.
Why would I lose 10+ minutes of sleeping for them? That is a whole snooze! I'll wear eye-make up if Danny and I are going out for the evening, I'll only go whole face for special occasions.
I was eyeballing the hazelnut praline as well. Well, basically I think I've considered every flavour apart from the Lavender
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Lavender is trendy and definitely not 1920s. Don't do it..3
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Lavender is trendy and definitely not 1920s. Don't do it..
I just don't like Lavender. To eat or smell. Another company I looked at did elderflower and pear I think it was, I would have picked that, but they came back really expensive. 
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Lavender is trendy and definitely not 1920s. Don't do it..
I just don't like Lavender. To eat or smell. Another company I looked at did elderflower and pear I think it was, I would have picked that, but they came back really expensive.
I like it occasionally, but I can see why other people don't. I voted for two chocolates and a peanut butter, which is what I would eat, if I could still have Guinness. (I miss Guinness more than anything else with gluten.)2 -
Thursday confession: after the horrendous fight between the 21 and 18 year olds and a trip to the ED, I told my 11 year old that if he would come to self-defense class for me, I would let him skip the last day of school today. He needs to know how to react if that happens again. He went and is now sleeping in. (He said he wants to come next week, too.)
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Thursday confession: after the horrendous fight between the 21 and 18 year olds and a trip to the ED, I told my 11 year old that if he would come to self-defense class for me, I would let him skip the last day of school today. He needs to know how to react if that happens again. He went and is now sleeping in. (He said he wants to come next week, too.)
Your kids have finished for the summer holidays? I think self-defence classes are a really good idea for anyone, and it's great he wants to go again, he must have enjoyed himself!0 -
I would really like to take a self defense class. I do a lot of solo running and it worries hubby to bits. I have pepper spray, but honestly I am pretty ill-equipped when it comes to depending myself other than being aware and willing to rely on adrenaline and feisty nature to claw my way out of something.3
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Ok, group poll for wedding cake flavours, because I can't choose
3 tiers, so pick 3 flavours
Vanilla sponge
Chocolate sponge
Lemon Sponge
Carrot Cake
Rich chocolate cake (gooey apparently)
Red Velvet
Lavender Cake
Coconut and Malibu
Hazelnut Praline
Peanut Butter
Cappuccino
Marble cake
White Chocolate and Raspberries
Tiramsu
Chocolate and Baileys
Chocolate Orange
Mint Chocolate
Salted Caramel and Chocolate
Chocolate and Guiness
Who needs that much choice for cake flavours?!
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clicketykeys wrote: »MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »So my question for the day is, what normal thing have you done recently that someone (family or otherwise) has thought was wrong or odd?
Getting up at 5 in the freaking morning to exercise. Even *I* think it's odd and wrong XD but I do it often enough that it's normal. *sigh*
3:45 for me
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
So my question for the day is, what normal thing have you done recently that someone (family or otherwise) has thought was wrong or odd?
That story is hilarious.
My daily normal I think most people think is odd/wrong. Up at 3:45, to the gym by 4:30. Shower at gym and to work by 7:00. Maybe back to the gym after work, if I need to finish up my workout. Home, dinner, in bed by 7:45.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Ok, group poll for wedding cake flavours, because I can't choose
3 tiers, so pick 3 flavours
Vanilla sponge
Chocolate sponge
Lemon Sponge
Carrot Cake
Rich chocolate cake (gooey apparently)
Red Velvet
Lavender Cake
Coconut and Malibu
Hazelnut Praline
Peanut Butter
Cappuccino
Marble cake
White Chocolate and Raspberries
Tiramsu
Chocolate and Baileys
Chocolate Orange
Mint Chocolate
Salted Caramel and Chocolate
Chocolate and Guiness
Who needs that much choice for cake flavours?!
That's freaking tough...
Oh, man. I didn't see chocolate and bailey's. I change my salted caramel vote to that.2 -
I took tomorrow off because Tuesday was a 16 hour day. FOUR DAY WEEKEND for me! Woo hoo!2
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MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Thursday confession: after the horrendous fight between the 21 and 18 year olds and a trip to the ED, I told my 11 year old that if he would come to self-defense class for me, I would let him skip the last day of school today. He needs to know how to react if that happens again. He went and is now sleeping in. (He said he wants to come next week, too.)
Your kids have finished for the summer holidays? I think self-defence classes are a really good idea for anyone, and it's great he wants to go again, he must have enjoyed himself!
Yes, today is the last day. He is off for all of June and July and classes start again on the first Monday of August. He does have band camp for a week in June and one in July. That's the band director keeping her kids practicing over the break - - or trying.
I would have made him go again, so I am glad he wants to go back.0 -
It's this kind of day...
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SUPER GREAT.1
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Confession: I think I did the most ridiculous (yet surprisingly delightful) food thing ever. I grated a boiled egg. Grated. An. Egg.
I've been in a salad mode this week and working really hard to find a macro balance as I ease myself into strength training, which means upping my protein intake by close to 50g per day more than what I've typically had. Anyway, I was reading a salad recipe that recommended grating a boiled egg into the salad. Of course this is nutso, right? So today I tried it on my boiled egg that I eat as a snack in the AM and color me pink and call me silly, it's so good. It's still a boiled egg, but eating it stringy-like with a fork makes is super satisfying.
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »Confession: I think I did the most ridiculous (yet surprisingly delightful) food thing ever. I grated a boiled egg. Grated. An. Egg.
I've been in a salad mode this week and working really hard to find a macro balance as I ease myself into strength training, which means upping my protein intake by close to 50g per day more than what I've typically had. Anyway, I was reading a salad recipe that recommended grating a boiled egg into the salad. Of course this is nutso, right? So today I tried it on my boiled egg that I eat as a snack in the AM and color me pink and call me silly, it's so good. It's still a boiled egg, but eating it stringy-like with a fork makes is super satisfying.
I confess - I'm dubious. Did you grate the yolk, too?0 -
Ok, group poll for wedding cake flavours, because I can't choose
3 tiers, so pick 3 flavours
Vanilla sponge
Chocolate sponge
Lemon Sponge
Carrot Cake
Rich chocolate cake (gooey apparently)
Red Velvet
Lavender Cake
Coconut and Malibu
Hazelnut Praline
Peanut Butter
Cappuccino
Marble cake
White Chocolate and Raspberries
Tiramsu
Chocolate and Baileys
Chocolate Orange
Mint Chocolate
Salted Caramel and Chocolate
Chocolate and Guiness
Who needs that much choice for cake flavours?!
I want to eat ALL the flavors!!!
My vote is
Red velvet on top -- red for the burning love
Tiramisu second layer
Cappuccino bottom
My wedding cake (yesterday was my 5th anniversary BTW) was a rich chocolate with a cream cheese filling and a blended cream cheese butter cream frosting. Blended due to may wedding in Atlanta - would have melted otherwise. OMG it was the BEST! I heard multiple guests stating best wedding cake ever.
There was A LOT of cake left over. My wedding planner took the leftovers to the local fire hall and gave it to the firemen
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quiksylver296 wrote: »fitoverfortymom wrote: »Confession: I think I did the most ridiculous (yet surprisingly delightful) food thing ever. I grated a boiled egg. Grated. An. Egg.
I've been in a salad mode this week and working really hard to find a macro balance as I ease myself into strength training, which means upping my protein intake by close to 50g per day more than what I've typically had. Anyway, I was reading a salad recipe that recommended grating a boiled egg into the salad. Of course this is nutso, right? So today I tried it on my boiled egg that I eat as a snack in the AM and color me pink and call me silly, it's so good. It's still a boiled egg, but eating it stringy-like with a fork makes is super satisfying.
I confess - I'm dubious. Did you grate the yolk, too?
YES! You have to go slow and carefully, but it was simply charming. It's like blendy boiled egg goodness. Use the large grates, not the teensie ones.
ETA: I have another one to grate for lunch. I'll take a picture!1 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »Hmmmm. I keep thinking lemon, white choc and raspberries and some kind of chocolate flavour. But then what about peanut butter, would enough people want peanut butter. Red velvet? I personally love tiramisu, I could continuously eat tiramisu until I'm sick, but as a wedding cake? or mint chocolate? mmmmm mint chocolate.
It's too difficult.
Lemon and white chocolate raspberry were the first two that popped out at me. I would pick those and hazelnut praline.
But I don't tend to be a chocolate cake person, for the most part.
Answer to the "ordinary thing you did" question: I am returning to full time work after a long period of part time and temp jobs...so to the consternation of my five year old niece and 70 year old father, I bought makeup! It's been a very long time since I wore any. Women still do, right? This IS a normal thing...because they looked at me like I was from another planet.
I can remember my mum doing this on a rare occasion when I was little and we looked at her like shed grown a second head. She looked nice, it was just different!1 -
Cake vote:
Something chocolate because chocolate
Something vanilla because nobody dislikes that
Something that's your favourite because you're paying!5 -
Something not odd I find myself explaining? Almost everything but my child is two years old so that's life. Today we had a tantrum because I wouldn't let him pick up a dog poop, because I didn't pick him up while breastfeeding his sister, and because he took his slipper off and wanted me to put it back on without touching his feet. That's the abridged version.7
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Grated egg:
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »Grated egg:
Ooooh it almost looks like two types of cheese! I might try it, I need to find ways to eat egg. At the moment I only like soft boiled so the yolk is still runny, and omelette.1 -
Ok, group poll for wedding cake flavours, because I can't choose
3 tiers, so pick 3 flavours
Vanilla sponge
Chocolate sponge
Lemon Sponge
Carrot Cake
Rich chocolate cake (gooey apparently)
Red Velvet
Lavender Cake
Coconut and Malibu
Hazelnut Praline
Peanut Butter
Cappuccino
Marble cake
White Chocolate and Raspberries
Tiramsu
Chocolate and Baileys
Chocolate Orange
Mint Chocolate
Salted Caramel and Chocolate
Chocolate and Guiness
Who needs that much choice for cake flavours?!
I want to eat ALL the flavors!!!
My vote is
Red velvet on top -- red for the burning love
Tiramisu second layer
Cappuccino bottom
My wedding cake (yesterday was my 5th anniversary BTW) was a rich chocolate with a cream cheese filling and a blended cream cheese butter cream frosting. Blended due to may wedding in Atlanta - would have melted otherwise. OMG it was the BEST! I heard multiple guests stating best wedding cake ever.
There was A LOT of cake left over. My wedding planner took the leftovers to the local fire hall and gave it to the firemen
Oooh a second vote for coffee flavours. I might get away with Tiramisu....
I was wondering what to do with leftovers. Firemen or police sounds like a great idea!1 -
I confess that, due to my being allergic to egg yolks, the photo of grated boiled egg made me feel queasy and I am glad we are on a new page. . Off to work now. Have a good one.1
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I confess that I am terrible at correcting coworkers without making them feel stupid. But this time, I am not even sorry. Unnamed coworker standing at printer when I walk up:
"It's not printing. I don't know why."
Me: (looks at flashing red light on paper tray) "It's out of paper."
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