tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post3981410028001764654..comments2023-11-03T06:44:41.540-04:00Comments on Wednesday whining: A Deal in the Works WhiningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-83762537663871915292014-09-20T20:28:33.526-04:002014-09-20T20:28:33.526-04:00This is apparently a ManOfTheHouse job, which I co...This is apparently a ManOfTheHouse job, which I could totally do, but then we'd hear unfavorable reviews. That is an excellent tip!kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-86308013305202138942014-09-20T19:33:26.956-04:002014-09-20T19:33:26.956-04:00kathy a, that toilet oopsie should be easy to fix....kathy a, that toilet oopsie should be easy to fix. Just remember that the handle is threaded backward from everything else in the world (so it's left to tighten and right to loosen, otherwise every time you flush, it would fall off).<br /><br />Awards in a bit...esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-10582812393756207142014-09-20T18:56:43.551-04:002014-09-20T18:56:43.551-04:00QWP, yay for the quiet time!
Old skool: the litt...QWP, yay for the quiet time!<br /><br />Old skool: the little arm behind the handle for the toilet flusher, that connects to a chain that connects to the flap in the tank? It broke. kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-79218034291470952522014-09-20T10:49:04.246-04:002014-09-20T10:49:04.246-04:00AW: it's Saturday morning, I have a cup of tea...AW: it's Saturday morning, I have a cup of tea, and I'm utterly, blissfully, alone. The only living creature in the entire house (upstairs neighbours and their dog are away, and Mr. Q and Li'l E are shopping). Perfect. I hope you all are finding rest on this weekend, somehow.Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-82470138608750918832014-09-19T21:03:24.214-04:002014-09-19T21:03:24.214-04:00Run, Q, run! Run, Q, run! kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-81388503661633400542014-09-19T20:56:39.157-04:002014-09-19T20:56:39.157-04:00KLee, that's ridiculous.
QWP, step away! Step...KLee, that's ridiculous.<br /><br />QWP, step away! Step away!<br />esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-11947228466123726612014-09-19T20:28:58.221-04:002014-09-19T20:28:58.221-04:00Oh my goodness, KLee, I'm rounding up the poss...Oh my goodness, KLee, I'm rounding up the posse. <br /><br />AW: Mr. Q is home! Right now, I am not giving my toddler a bath (because he is).<br /><br />W: you guys, please make me step away from the internet. I'm entangled in a Train Wreck Book of Faces thread about child discipline, in light of current events in sports. Things seemed to have come to a civil understanding when an older Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-44731564824846739482014-09-19T20:19:57.828-04:002014-09-19T20:19:57.828-04:00"Tattle pants" is definitely prize-worth..."Tattle pants" is definitely prize-worthy. ;)kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-23251787388280852142014-09-19T20:13:52.276-04:002014-09-19T20:13:52.276-04:00Some days, do you wish that your coworkers had jus...Some days, do you wish that your coworkers had just stayed the hell home?! I got called into my principal's office today because a supposedly grown-ass woman went to tattle on me. Never mind the fact that she doesn't even do HER OWN damn job, she had to go put on her tattle pants and try to get me in trouble. Really? Have you been around five and six year olds so long that you're KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-64440261820127958842014-09-19T18:33:46.463-04:002014-09-19T18:33:46.463-04:00Esperanza, Nellie Oleson's mom was called Harr...Esperanza, Nellie Oleson's mom was called Harriet! I never saw the series, but can well imagine the character shivering in exasperation. Don't imagine you're alone there.<br /><br />Daughter's work is going well, I think -- but every other day, she is exasperated about all these loose untended ends that the guy who retired left behind. Or to be more precise, that she is the onekathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-51206938218119041312014-09-19T10:37:26.491-04:002014-09-19T10:37:26.491-04:00(((Liz))) (((MM)))
I hope you got some rest QWP....(((Liz))) (((MM))) <br /><br />I hope you got some rest QWP. <br /><br />Sounds awesome kathy!! Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-32238050493049211292014-09-18T18:28:51.973-04:002014-09-18T18:28:51.973-04:00Here, have a quality choc graham. Or some twix? ...Here, have a quality choc graham. Or some twix? I am pretty sure that cures exhaustion delirium, at least in the short term. ;) kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-55085206171184256732014-09-18T16:45:27.984-04:002014-09-18T16:45:27.984-04:00Oh, that sounds really nice, kathy!
(((Liz)))
W:...Oh, that sounds really nice, kathy!<br /><br />(((Liz)))<br /><br />W: E woke up at 5 this morning. I'm exhausted. I tried to nap when she did, but there a steady stream of phone calls (and I couldn't shut off the phone because my parents are coming over soon) and other nonsense. I'm basically delirious this point.Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-54664685121723140062014-09-18T13:14:13.916-04:002014-09-18T13:14:13.916-04:00AW: Not one, but 2 artistic events in early Octob...AW: Not one, but 2 artistic events in early October! A college friend took up welding a few years ago, and is about to have the first solo art show of her sculptures! And another college friend is featured in a documentary about art he made while looking into a large feline species in a distant place, viewing followed by an art show and reception! A very happy coincidence, and I'll get tokathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-23745931038383297832014-09-18T12:45:38.526-04:002014-09-18T12:45:38.526-04:00((( Liz ))) omg, hope all is OK with MM. And you...((( Liz ))) omg, hope all is OK with MM. And you -- are you doing the anti-allergy stuff, using your inhaler before it gets bad? [I'm assuming inhaler.] xoxox<br /><br />KLee, yeah, they do come in sizes. It helped me get things under better control to have a BP machine at home -- which I used obsessively for a while, keeping results in a little notebook along with notes about what mightkathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-88508804818746943682014-09-18T12:40:00.479-04:002014-09-18T12:40:00.479-04:00((Liz)) ((MM))((Liz)) ((MM))esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-42784647781155638822014-09-18T12:00:12.401-04:002014-09-18T12:00:12.401-04:00Muffin Man had a slightly scary episode on Tuesday...Muffin Man had a slightly scary episode on Tuesday, for which we are having doctors appointments out the wazoo today. More on that later maybe.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I'm having my usual autumnal allergy attack where my lungs try to escape out my mouth during coughing fits. #Ouch.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687247995782738654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-18127498043706005892014-09-18T11:58:16.998-04:002014-09-18T11:58:16.998-04:00(((KLee))). Do they have a BP cuff that fits you? ...(((KLee))). Do they have a BP cuff that fits you? Or are they using the wrong size? Because it shocked the crap out of me to find out that those things come in sizes.<br /><br />QWP, I believe mightily in the warm damp washcloth for tidying up oopses after sleep has arrived. Also, trimming fingernails is easier when the victim...er I mean child...is asleep.<br />Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687247995782738654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-43919776316427410132014-09-18T10:30:12.675-04:002014-09-18T10:30:12.675-04:00KLee, ugh about the MD visit. Hope they can get i...KLee, ugh about the MD visit. Hope they can get it under control without much more trauma! <br /><br />QWP, I'd just count that as a potty training victory! But should there be a future sleepytime need, a washcloth or a baby wipe will clean a little something or another up without rousing the drowsing.<br /><br />kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-40486834406120083512014-09-18T10:28:46.815-04:002014-09-18T10:28:46.815-04:00(((KLee))) Home is much better than the doc's ...(((KLee))) Home is much better than the doc's office with squeezing machines. Ugh. <br /><br />(((QWP))) You're doing fine. Hope the cramps are better today. <br /><br />Mmmmm....tacos. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-57019991257992335232014-09-18T08:38:45.110-04:002014-09-18T08:38:45.110-04:00KLee, sorry for the doctor's office trauma. As...KLee, sorry for the doctor's office trauma. As if sitting there with that thing squeezing your arm is going to reduce your blood pressure.<br /><br />QWP, don't sweat it.<br /><br />AW: a delightful thunderstorm with beneficial rain<br />W: right at going-to-school timeesperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-72501863263789526912014-09-18T00:53:18.301-04:002014-09-18T00:53:18.301-04:00(((KLee))) I've been there, and I'm glad ...(((KLee))) I've been there, and I'm glad that you're at home and resting instead of still being squeezed by the machines. <br /><br />I'll catch up on all the rest of the whining in the morning, but I'm home alone and had to share a combination of antiwhine and gross whine:<br /><br />So, Mr. Q is out of town for the next two nights, at the big high school retreat. E and I Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-52829172524319780162014-09-17T22:41:09.049-04:002014-09-17T22:41:09.049-04:00Late-breaking whine -- what was supposed to be a s...Late-breaking whine -- what was supposed to be a simple checkup at the doctor's office today turned into a marathon session including SIX plood pressure checks and four prescriptions. <br /><br />We are monitoring what was a seriously elevated blood pressure, and changing meds in hopes that will bring it down. On the upside, the doctor was very personable, and made me feel like a person, KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-59723866212384478612014-09-17T20:31:48.564-04:002014-09-17T20:31:48.564-04:00The line between burrito and taco is pretty blurry...The line between burrito and taco is pretty blurry around here. Her preference is beans (refried, except I just cook and then mash them), grated cheddar, corn tortilla folded over once. Only slightly warmer than room temp.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-31016805016112827002014-09-17T19:39:18.701-04:002014-09-17T19:39:18.701-04:00* Our burrito night features soft taco sized torti...* Our burrito night features soft taco sized tortillas. Because burrito sized are ridiculous.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com