tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post8628929406760167959..comments2023-11-03T06:44:41.540-04:00Comments on Wednesday whining: Fresh Hot WhinesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-72262303293659323112014-06-13T23:45:03.425-04:002014-06-13T23:45:03.425-04:00Jared!!!!!
((((QWP))) too many sickies in your h...Jared!!!!! <br /><br />((((QWP))) too many sickies in your house.<br /><br />Right back at you esperanza! <br /><br />AW: good family visit with my dad and step-mom tonight.<br /><br />W: I will be scarred for the remainder of my life after seeing the underwear on their clothesline. One of them is wearing leopard pattern *eew* bikinis. We don't know which of them it is. Don't want to knowSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-67215659953258215202014-06-13T19:30:18.244-04:002014-06-13T19:30:18.244-04:00AW: Big huge announcement: The Annual Fireworks 5...AW: Big huge announcement: The Annual Fireworks 5K will be held in Richmond, IN on Saturday, June 28, featuring a special guest starter: Indiana's fourth most famous celebrity, Jared From Subway!<br /><br />Jared From Subway!<br /><br />That is all. You may return to your regularly scheduled whining.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829912497096632377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-88416679448304989002014-06-13T18:51:32.699-04:002014-06-13T18:51:32.699-04:00Um, obviously the awards aren't happening yet....Um, obviously the awards aren't happening yet.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-48697441923475985022014-06-13T16:34:51.729-04:002014-06-13T16:34:51.729-04:00Esperanza, love you back.Esperanza, love you back.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-2754051582422514382014-06-13T15:11:24.603-04:002014-06-13T15:11:24.603-04:00Thanks, guys. I appreciate all the love. And, Go...Thanks, guys. I appreciate all the love. And, God knows -- I could have it so much worse. I'm very grateful that, as stressful as all this is, that this is ALL I have to deal with right now.<br /><br />Andy, my heart goes out to you. Divorce is never easy. I'm so sorry that you're hurting. I wish there was something I could say that would help.<br /><br />KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-35513389051731580702014-06-13T14:15:44.928-04:002014-06-13T14:15:44.928-04:00I don't say this often enough:
I love all of ...I don't say this often enough:<br /><br />I love all of you. Don't know what I would do without you.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-7264270039400019962014-06-13T11:21:37.095-04:002014-06-13T11:21:37.095-04:00What Liz said, KLee.
That invite ended up taking ...What Liz said, KLee.<br /><br />That invite ended up taking forever. Not used to the format. Fretting over language and design. Ordering matching hard-copy cards, for those w/o email. Wait wait waiting for my beloved to come look at it, since he is really the host. <br /><br />I do not think my sweetie has ever done invitations in his life. I am totally in charge of things like that, holidaykathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-87189636776301445702014-06-13T00:47:55.628-04:002014-06-13T00:47:55.628-04:00Klee, I know it's not the the specific love y...Klee, I know it's not the the specific love you want today, but I love you for who you are. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687247995782738654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-82324758770203470572014-06-13T00:46:20.106-04:002014-06-13T00:46:20.106-04:00Hugs to all. Hugs to all. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687247995782738654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-29666084093629968572014-06-13T00:01:17.087-04:002014-06-13T00:01:17.087-04:00Kathy, is the zookeeper very fond of rum? Perhaps...Kathy, is the zookeeper very fond of rum? Perhaps a bribe would help your daughter.<br /><br />KLee, my post-graduation summer was pretty easy, but I was child number 4, and the most independent of us too, so I was already a foot and a half out the door. Also, Mom and I didn't really see eye-to-eye on much at the time, so a period of separation was very good for us both, I think.<br /><br /Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829912497096632377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-53905216733205994982014-06-12T22:01:10.677-04:002014-06-12T22:01:10.677-04:00ooh, the zoo interview sounds good!
QWP, y'al...ooh, the zoo interview sounds good!<br /><br />QWP, y'all have had too much sick! But getting out of Required Fun (my goodness, but that's a wonderful description. I know just what you mean) is a good thing. And you can't go wrong with sauteeing in bacon.<br /><br />Andy, sorry your mom is taking it out on you. esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-10654231856785489182014-06-12T21:21:48.393-04:002014-06-12T21:21:48.393-04:00A person really shouldn't eat my advice, unles...A person really shouldn't eat my advice, unless maybe it is sauteed in bacon. ;)kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-906425257577786232014-06-12T20:56:16.653-04:002014-06-12T20:56:16.653-04:00Crossed appendages kathy for daughter kathy!!
(((...Crossed appendages kathy for daughter kathy!!<br /><br />(((KLee))))<br /><br />((((esperanza)))) <br /><br />Andy - for eat advice from kathy...keep the calls short.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-22826545267475528132014-06-12T20:48:00.944-04:002014-06-12T20:48:00.944-04:00Kathy is right: your mom's feelings are her ow...Kathy is right: your mom's feelings are her own, and are not your responsibility. Andy, I'm sorry that you're dealing with this lack of support, on top of everything else. (But I recall that your dad has been helpful, right?) <br /><br />(((esperanza))) What a nightmare. Enough. <br /><br />KLee, I remember too well being the recently-graduated honour student, clashing with my mom Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-24399077611082668822014-06-12T20:32:20.355-04:002014-06-12T20:32:20.355-04:00That's your mom's stuff, Andy. Not yours,...That's your mom's stuff, Andy. Not yours, even if you have to listen to it. (Which, actually -- you don't have to listen every time she calls. "Thanks, Mom. I'm sad too. Sorry I have to run -- have X to do!")kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-52905838063580749782014-06-12T20:19:08.782-04:002014-06-12T20:19:08.782-04:00I love my mom more than anything, but she is not t...I love my mom more than anything, but she is not taking my divorce well. I am getting thrice-weekly calls about how sad it is, and how she knows people who have worked back from the brink of divorce, and why would she do this anyway, etc etc and on and on. Not. Helping.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829912497096632377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-69747290249519106262014-06-12T19:15:06.071-04:002014-06-12T19:15:06.071-04:00((( Esperanza ))) With you. Enough.
The HS val...((( Esperanza ))) With you. Enough. <br /><br />The HS valedictorian death, that is pretty much the greatest fear of parents [like KLee] everywhere. xoxo<br /><br />No jinx pact, right? The zoo interview went well! Knocking wood, waving garlic. 100 applications; 3 interviews granted. It just happens to be exactly what daughter was doing at a volunteer job, down to the specific software. kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-60608505285658173432014-06-12T18:57:14.760-04:002014-06-12T18:57:14.760-04:00Please inform the Universe that I have about had i...Please inform the Universe that I have about had it with bad news. First, the fireplacing cancer death last week. Next, a fireplacing cancer diagnosis in Pillar of the Church (and a good guy). Now, valedictorian of the local high school killed in a head on, 70 mph collision with a tractor trailer last night. Enough.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-86533034648562674512014-06-12T18:54:50.600-04:002014-06-12T18:54:50.600-04:00KLee, summer after my senior year, before I went o...KLee, summer after my senior year, before I went off to college, was hands down the WORST summer ever, before or since. So hard negotiating the changing relationships. Hugs.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-36339095497564946872014-06-12T16:52:35.836-04:002014-06-12T16:52:35.836-04:00((( KLee ))) This time -- between childhood and a...((( KLee ))) This time -- between childhood and adult independence, but especially between graduation and the chick flying off to college -- is fraught emotionally, on all sides. I think there is a whole process of building a new adult relationship between parent and child, and that is often not so smooth.<br /><br />When she is staying with you, I think it is reasonable to get enough kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-88338335714560470422014-06-12T15:53:10.572-04:002014-06-12T15:53:10.572-04:00I'm here with a late (and extremely whiny) whi...I'm here with a late (and extremely whiny) whine --<br /><br />Offspring was headed out to spend some time with friends yesterday -- she'd worked 6 days in a row and was ready for some fun time. I asked her how late she would be -- she said she didn't know, but not too late. Her actual words were: "Not like 3 in the morning or anything..." So, as I got ready for bed last KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-22349135664771656042014-06-12T15:48:59.087-04:002014-06-12T15:48:59.087-04:00Yay for voting!
Things are good with the young en...Yay for voting!<br /><br />Things are good with the young enthusiastic person. <br /><br />I've just designed an e-invitation to a memorial gathering for MIL. Then I realized I do not have a lot of e-addresses for the extended in-laws. In the immortal words of Emily Litella, if it's not one thing, it's another.<br /><br />AW: daughter has an interview! At the Zoo, where as kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-57152814840132789352014-06-12T15:03:50.090-04:002014-06-12T15:03:50.090-04:00Amen.
Amen.<br />Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-87408948520146441412014-06-12T13:01:38.055-04:002014-06-12T13:01:38.055-04:00Good luck with the Puppy/Minion research assistant...Good luck with the Puppy/Minion research assistants kathy. Always nice to have help.<br /><br />AW: Voted in our provincial election this morning. Since the first time I voted at the age of 18, every time I leave the polling station I get a little emotional. No country's system of electing its government is perfect - ours included - but dang, what a privilege it is to vote freely.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-76754622568168269032014-06-12T11:27:49.978-04:002014-06-12T11:27:49.978-04:00Esperanza, just saw that I missed your arcade game...Esperanza, just saw that I missed your arcade game story before. Takes my breath away.<br /><br />Andy -- congrats on the advancement, and good luck with sorting!<br /><br />QWP, how large is Elvis? There was a turtle named Shelly [get it?] at my kids' elementary school -- tres popular classroom pet, and the kids got to trade off taking her [him?] home over breaks. Pretty low maintenance, kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com