tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post5532907191146273316..comments2023-11-03T06:44:41.540-04:00Comments on Wednesday whining: WW: Spoils of Pseudonymity EditionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-48751995687958857082009-01-29T08:06:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:06:00.000-05:00Esperanza -- we have been give press releases from...Esperanza -- we have been give press releases from BOTH bakers that the Girl Scouts use that our peanut butter supply is safe. <BR/><BR/>http://www.abcsmartcookies.com/cookies.asp<BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>http://www.littlebrownie.com/ <BR/><BR/>Both have updates on their websites that our peanut butter is safe, so eat your cookies with no worry!<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps you feel better about it KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-21361565120074725412009-01-29T02:11:00.000-05:002009-01-29T02:11:00.000-05:00Sue, time to slip a pair of nice white boxers into...Sue, time to slip a pair of nice white boxers into Thong Man's gym bag with a note threatening to hand him a cluestick if he ever wears yoga pants or a thong again. Because thongs on men? NASTY. <BR/><BR/>Congrats Dr Redzils. I am happy you are joining the ranks of Doktors that cannot practice medicine and know nothing about dentistry. Like me! <BR/><BR/>Sue, so sorry about your church family. margalithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782326504951603071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-26579971539844423692009-01-28T21:39:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:39:00.000-05:00esperanza -- it appears the GS cookies are safe!! ...esperanza -- it appears the GS cookies are safe!! http://chatham.mync.com/site/Chatham/news/story/24990/girl-scout-cookies-not-affected-by-peanut-butter-warning/<BR/><BR/>i have no current suppliers, so i'll have to watch for girls at the supermarket to score my supply of thin mints.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-42605090020816083492009-01-28T21:25:00.001-05:002009-01-28T21:25:00.001-05:00klee -- i think you'll have a blast with the littl...klee -- i think you'll have a blast with the little girls! and who says you have to give up crafts? ;)kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-49765027277051898442009-01-28T21:25:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:25:00.000-05:00kathy a - I couldn't agree more. After all, it's f...kathy a - I couldn't agree more. After all, it's for the greater good.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-52783553341143326792009-01-28T21:22:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:22:00.000-05:00sue -- isn't there a dress code or something in yo...sue -- isn't there a dress code or something in yoga class? such as, you *must not* wear stuff that makes your classmates want to peel their eyes out, because dude, we don't *want* to know you that well; and also, you're tromping on karma 'n shit here, and we're in yoga because we DON'T NEED THAT.<BR/><BR/>ahem. yoga dude's big brother taught a massage class i once took, for an extremely very kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-40307510326872688032009-01-28T21:09:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:09:00.000-05:00I tremble to even write this. I've been watching ...I tremble to even write this. I've been watching the peanut butter thing on the news. And I ordered my Girl Scout cookies already. Whine: now I am VERY worried that I will not be able to eat my peanut-y GS cookies. I do not like Thin Mints. I like those peanut sandwich kind. Please, pixies, tell me they are safe.<BR/><BR/>And I've got to quit coming back and reading about thong man.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-35353467795654114682009-01-28T20:21:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:21:00.000-05:00Eyeball bleach at the ready KLee...I forgot to men...Eyeball bleach at the ready KLee...<BR/><BR/>I forgot to mention that he placed his mat NEXT TO MINE when we started class. <BR/><BR/>Could this day have been any worse? Oh, I don't think so..... *shudders*<BR/><BR/>The grief, the worship committee meeting of doom (I don't think it took that long to write the terms of the Geneva Convention)and then the super-enhanced view of Thong Man. <BR/><BR/>Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-33212214215714145892009-01-28T20:12:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:12:00.000-05:00Sue, that is just VILE.And KLee, I know that it'll...Sue, that is just VILE.<BR/><BR/>And KLee, I know that it'll go much better this time around. (BTW, did I tell you that one of MM's friends has an older sister with exactly the same first name as your daughter? Same spelling and everything.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-5330799870220139982009-01-28T20:10:00.000-05:002009-01-28T20:10:00.000-05:00Sue, I am so so sorry about that family. Thinking...Sue, I am so so sorry about that family. Thinking of them. And thinking of you comforting them in the near future.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Redzils, many many many congrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-60507484076813391932009-01-28T19:52:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:52:00.000-05:00I just barely remembered that today was Wednesday!...I just barely remembered that today was Wednesday!<BR/><BR/>Congrats to Doktor Redzils! You class up the joint! :) We can drop "Well, my DOCTOR friend said..." into conversation now!<BR/><BR/>Sue -- Bleargh! Someone pass the bottle of eyeball bleach to Sue stat! And, so sorry about the family and their baby. It is such a heartrending thing to happen to them. They have our love andKLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-83066257820969561622009-01-28T19:25:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:25:00.000-05:00Sue, just stop. Ew. Yuck. Blech. I can't even ...Sue, just stop. Ew. Yuck. Blech. I can't even type enough comments about that. You win something big. That's just so wrong. And to top off your last couple of days, just not fair. Something is wrong in the universe.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-325931821578109662009-01-28T19:15:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:15:00.000-05:00Okay, so just when I thought the week could not ge...Okay, so just when I thought the week could not get any worse, I had the longest meeting in history ALL afternoon. Argh. <BR/><BR/>Then, because I had JUST enough time to get to yoga class after said meeting, I foolishly thought "The yoga will help me relax after this stressful day". <BR/><BR/>Remember Lycra Yoga Pants Guy? <BR/><BR/>Do I even dare to say it?<BR/><BR/>THONG.<BR/><BR/>I rest my Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-54017397689809628952009-01-28T15:01:00.000-05:002009-01-28T15:01:00.000-05:00Woo-hoo Redzils!!!Sue, hugs and sympathy for the f...Woo-hoo Redzils!!!<BR/><BR/>Sue, hugs and sympathy for the family.<BR/><BR/>Amy is definitely the winner of the Mullet. And, Amy? Tell your mom and MIL that if they wanna visit, they gotta get off the pot.<BR/><BR/>Madeleine, that is a way cool thing you do there! Would you like to have me or one of the other pixies send you an email you can show your boss for versimilitude?<BR/><BR/>Whine: Snow Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-80458188711827153692009-01-28T14:16:00.000-05:002009-01-28T14:16:00.000-05:00Hugs to Sue. And sympathy to the jungle-gym Amy. ...Hugs to Sue. And sympathy to the jungle-gym Amy. That would be one of the reasons I quit--the Sweet Baboo thought it was great fun to climb/hang on to me while I was attached to the pump. And congrats!!!! to Redzils. What great news.<BR/><BR/>On to whining...I seriously need to get busy working this week. I'm going to a conference tomorrow and Friday, so need to have the sermon done by...esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-17809590630083036842009-01-28T13:54:00.000-05:002009-01-28T13:54:00.000-05:00madeleine, my daughter would never nag a faculty p...madeleine, my daughter would never nag a faculty person! she is fairly shy, reserving the displays of angst for parents only. and she knows this is her mess-up.<BR/><BR/>privately, pixies, i'd be pretty relieved if she doesn't get into this program. i worry about her readiness to be so far away, for so long [although i've been biting my tongue]. there are other programs she can apply for -- kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-77121419005200986042009-01-28T11:58:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:58:00.000-05:00Amy gets votes for sheer volume of whines this wee...Amy gets votes for sheer volume of whines this week. Holy moly. <BR/><BR/>Yay Dr. Redzils!!!! <BR/><BR/>kathy a. - it's so hard to watch our adult children learn things the hard way, isn't it?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-85641026222592453932009-01-28T11:42:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:42:00.000-05:00Amy, that is a caboodle of good whines. And one ex...Amy, that is a caboodle of good whines. And one excellent anti-whine.<BR/><BR/>kathy a., I am wishing your daughter much luck with her application. As the wife of a rec-writing faculty person, my advice is: be polite, admit she made the deadline mistake, and then DON'T NAG. My Love was repeatedly nagged recently by a student who had given him very little warning on a deadline and, boy, was he Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389653184198589623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-33674693378940670752009-01-28T11:34:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:34:00.000-05:00nominate amy for elevated risk of mullet, for "Hav...nominate amy for elevated risk of mullet, for "Have you ever seen a jungle gym with a milk fountain?"<BR/><BR/>also, much sympathy on the grandma guilt and associated crazies.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-36001732453014617052009-01-28T11:31:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:31:00.000-05:00AW: my work productivity has sucked for some time...AW: my work productivity has sucked for some time now, but i think i'm getting back on a roll! <BR/><BR/>W: daughter has wanted for years to spend a year abroad in japan. the program she wants is now rather iffy because of grades. the app. is due monday. last night she called in a panic because she *just* realized she needs 2 faculty recs, plus has to write 3 essays. <BR/><BR/>AW: she kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-47464964943212788362009-01-28T11:17:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:17:00.000-05:00I am full of petty whines, but I will only treat y...I am full of petty whines, but I will only treat you all to the top three bugging me at this moment.<BR/> <BR/>First, a MIL whine. She has made it clear since the tot was a baby (she's 4.5 now) that she will not come over to visit unless everyone is the picture of health. That worked when the tot was small because, by pure luck, the tot didn't catch a single virus until she was 11 months old, so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-42917325924157451662009-01-28T11:07:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:07:00.000-05:00madeleine -- isn't your list of bookmarked sites a...madeleine -- isn't your list of bookmarked sites a friend indeed?<BR/><BR/>((( sue ))) how awful. my heart goes out to that family. please don't think you are useless; they are going to need your loving care for a long time.<BR/><BR/>WOOO HOOO, DR. REDZILS! doing the happy dance.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-49215588622438806672009-01-28T10:43:00.000-05:002009-01-28T10:43:00.000-05:00Amy, thanks for the suggestion -- the proverbial "...Amy, thanks for the suggestion -- the proverbial "friend" may do the trick.<BR/><BR/>Sue, that is heartbreaking. I'm glad you will be able to be there for them, next week and in the future. They will need loving care for a long time to come.<BR/><BR/>REDZILS! Doktor Redzils, I mean. Well. Great big smiles! And I'm glad you are having a fun week of fun in teh city. And good luck on Friday!Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389653184198589623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-28845541388491315692009-01-28T10:02:00.000-05:002009-01-28T10:02:00.000-05:00This is a banner anti-whine week for me:I PASSED M...This is a banner anti-whine week for me:<BR/><BR/>I PASSED MY DISSERTATION DEFENSE. And it was fun. So, now I am Doktor Redzils, Phud.<BR/><BR/>I've taken the week off to celebrate with my mom, who is visiting, so am having a great time and doing no work.<BR/><BR/>I have a job interview at a University an hour and a half from where the boyfriend lives, via phone on Friday.<BR/><BR/>And, we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-61579951723797253072009-01-28T09:31:00.000-05:002009-01-28T09:31:00.000-05:00Awesome Madeleine! You completely rock the cat box...Awesome Madeleine! You completely rock the cat box (as a bloggy buddy of mine would say).<BR/><BR/>Whine: The second child of a young couple in our church was stillborn yesterday. They had to break the Mom's tailbone to get the baby out. I think it was one of those situations where the baby was too far down the birth canal to rescue him by c/s and the cord was around his wee neck. It's just so Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.com