tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post9012908899033709271..comments2023-11-03T06:44:41.540-04:00Comments on Wednesday whining: Little o' this, little o' that....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-1871534630622011202013-09-22T09:43:58.608-04:002013-09-22T09:43:58.608-04:00I love me a good consignment sale deal. I'm he...I love me a good consignment sale deal. I'm headed to one this afternoon, as a matter of fact. Hoping your friend's good juju rubs off on me, QWP!esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-28284420545437294922013-09-21T23:27:45.520-04:002013-09-21T23:27:45.520-04:00ooh, that is a score!ooh, that is a score!kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-73335603225090735032013-09-21T23:25:30.486-04:002013-09-21T23:25:30.486-04:00A last minute AW: a wonderful friend of mine (who ...A last minute AW: a wonderful friend of mine (who gave me my previous diaper bag as a present, and heard that it was falling apart already) found me a fancy-schmancy designer diaper bag at a consignment sale for $4! The thing is gorgeous, lightweight, much easier on my back than the old one, and insanely well built. This thing's going to be my purse once E's out of diapers.<br /><br />My Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-88335080448424537272013-09-21T19:29:14.996-04:002013-09-21T19:29:14.996-04:00Hi, NL! sorry about the sores and the stressies, ...Hi, NL! sorry about the sores and the stressies, but good some things are going great!<br /><br />QWP, I like your parents. <br /><br />I'm having a failure of ceremonial inspiration, probably caused by trying to finish this stupid work thing today. So, awards will appear sometime. kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-56833664888456320312013-09-21T17:56:17.614-04:002013-09-21T17:56:17.614-04:00(w) mouth full of canker sores.
(w) work=stress...(w) mouth full of canker sores.<br /><br />(w) work=stress right now<br /><br />(aw)) some moments have been awesome<br /><br />--Neighbor LadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-16301737578066838522013-09-20T21:15:34.619-04:002013-09-20T21:15:34.619-04:00College niece is doing a good job of bucking the s...College niece is doing a good job of bucking the stereotypes regarding her generation!<br /><br />W: We are not doing the Go To Grandma's To Avoid Separation Anxiety Thing again. Two straight nights of bad sleeps and anxious baby.<br /><br />AW: Mr. Q is home! And E went to bed half an hour early!<br /><br />W:I made an error with shipping instructions and accidentally had the case for my Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-79656032866146684732013-09-20T15:26:20.500-04:002013-09-20T15:26:20.500-04:00Yay, for college niece! Yay, for college niece! kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-44876964395777495732013-09-20T14:50:43.407-04:002013-09-20T14:50:43.407-04:00AW: just heard from College Niece again, in a than...AW: just heard from College Niece again, in a thank you text for the package I sent. She sounds awesome, studying hard, playing hard. So, so happy for her. I know that college happiness is far from automatic, and she is way far away from home, so I am so relieved.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-84242485039880145682013-09-20T11:49:15.786-04:002013-09-20T11:49:15.786-04:00Cluesticks, Esperanza.
I wonder if part of the ...Cluesticks, Esperanza. <br /><br />I wonder if part of the problem with clueless parishioners is that church is (to them) a place of awe where beautiful things happen seamlessly; whereas, to a pastor, the building leaks, the furnace is on its last legs, somebody barfed in the bathroom, and the guy who's supposed to handle X just went on a 2 month vacation?<br /><br />Regular citizens saw thekathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-75724835842322496672013-09-19T17:09:05.263-04:002013-09-19T17:09:05.263-04:00W: mail order prescription "service." Ug...W: mail order prescription "service." Ugh. Why can I not take my Rx to my local pharmacy, where they greet me by name when I walk in the door? Yes I'm thankful to have prescription insurance, but I deeply resent that they dictate what pharmacy I use. (They won't pay for Rx at local pharmacy, only mail order).esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-9067428534119077102013-09-19T16:31:38.437-04:002013-09-19T16:31:38.437-04:00Seriously. I've never seen grown ups need more...Seriously. I've never seen grown ups need more direction and hand-holding than that crew. Wonderful people, just completely accustomed to being told what to do. One wonders how they managed in other arenas. Like putting their clothes on in the morning.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-19499769016275940652013-09-19T15:29:01.854-04:002013-09-19T15:29:01.854-04:00Oh, the posse has a few words for the Strategic Pl...Oh, the posse has a few words for the Strategic Planning Meeting folks. Good thinking, Sue, about the crayon buckets! Sounds like you might need to buy more plastic recepticals....<br /><br />Esperanza, that is very funny about the guy who couldn't wrap his head around a bucket in the sanctuary. kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-83357140772312412052013-09-19T15:05:33.263-04:002013-09-19T15:05:33.263-04:00oh, Sue. I've done that more than I want to re...oh, Sue. I've done that more than I want to remember. One memorable Sunday in Retired Military Congregation, someone came running in to inform me there was a leak in the sanctuary. I replied that he should get a bucket. (Thinking to myself, you needed *me* to tell you that? Former enlisted people like to have bosses). He said, "you want a *bucket* in the sanctuary?" Well, yes, in esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-74683104930320480442013-09-19T14:52:50.105-04:002013-09-19T14:52:50.105-04:00I'm really terrible at giving directions and e...I'm really terrible at giving directions and even worse at receiving them and ending up in the right place. <br /><br />kathy a - that is hilarious! "A giant bowling pin looks exactly the same from al directions." Thanks for providing the Funny for the afternoon!! <br /><br />W: I've spent the day centering big pails under leaks in the roof of the sanctuary. Had to dump out Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-79677873235278024702013-09-19T13:50:41.457-04:002013-09-19T13:50:41.457-04:00Liz -- yay about the endorsement! I also endorse ...Liz -- yay about the endorsement! I also endorse Liz, though I'm not local -- we just need more people fighting the good fights. WAKE UP, big endorsers!<br /><br />Sue, hope the week's settled a bit. <br /><br />QWP, hope the grandparental time is good! It seriously takes a village.<br /><br />Esperanza, your whine about directions gave me a total flashback to when we lived in Japan kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-80048124066412721032013-09-19T09:16:01.721-04:002013-09-19T09:16:01.721-04:00AW: Finally got a specific endorsement I'd bee...AW: Finally got a specific endorsement I'd been waiting for.<br /><br />W: Other specific endorsements are taking for bloody ever. Hey 3M1LY'S L1ST! Endorse me!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687247995782738654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-10256297246019952712013-09-18T20:29:25.207-04:002013-09-18T20:29:25.207-04:00Also, daughter got to see a rescued sea lion relea...Also, daughter got to see a rescued sea lion released today, at the volunteer job. Yay! kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-25887143451301039102013-09-18T20:26:52.334-04:002013-09-18T20:26:52.334-04:00Incoming son -- ate all the leftovers, took dad...Incoming son -- ate all the leftovers, took dad's tablesaw, and poof! Off to night school after work. <br /><br />Daughter has a phone interview tomorrow; and at her volunteer job (where she is doing all kinds of employable things), the person taking over for her boss turns out to have [a] grown up in my childhood town, [b] gone to college in Oregon, the state of my daughter's college, kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-30390579210228536932013-09-18T19:45:31.241-04:002013-09-18T19:45:31.241-04:00Sweet continues to live up to her nickname.Sweet continues to live up to her nickname.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-23605687657946776792013-09-18T19:14:45.517-04:002013-09-18T19:14:45.517-04:00street name: yes.
Sweet, out of the blue: "T...street name: yes.<br /><br />Sweet, out of the blue: "Thanks, Mommy. Thanks for helping me grow up." I'm melting, I tell you, melting.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-3361623918751450202013-09-18T17:33:32.710-04:002013-09-18T17:33:32.710-04:00Eh, you tried. Did you mention the street name or...Eh, you tried. Did you mention the street name or any landmarks? <br /><br />I think it's good to try to help, even if some of the specifics get a little messed up. kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-87296607946509397762013-09-18T17:18:00.226-04:002013-09-18T17:18:00.226-04:00Gave someone from out of town really bad direction...Gave someone from out of town really bad directions today. I told him to turn left at the second light, when I should have said the fourth light. I then realized I haven't given anyone directions since we moved here 4 years ago. esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-44793395714610680472013-09-18T13:05:16.378-04:002013-09-18T13:05:16.378-04:00Esperanza -- yay for surviving tuesday, and with g...Esperanza -- yay for surviving tuesday, and with good BP, even.<br /><br />QWP -- yuck on the perfumery!<br /><br />Liz -- show 'em how it's done, sister!<br /><br />AW: very enjoyable coffee and chat with a colleague I hadn't met before. Need to do that sort of thing more often.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-69916015266129064232013-09-18T12:25:45.803-04:002013-09-18T12:25:45.803-04:00I say we arm this week's Cluestick Posse with ...I say we arm this week's Cluestick Posse with perfume.esperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508921986071164221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118512024199280584.post-3990740058429102062013-09-18T10:32:54.876-04:002013-09-18T10:32:54.876-04:00Liz, I'm so sorry about all of the repercussio...Liz, I'm so sorry about all of the repercussions of the shooting for everyone. How awful for your co-worker and for you. ~sigh~ When will it stop?<br /><br />Yay for good mammos and healthy bp!!! Also for swimming, despite the crowds. We have a healthy bunch of Pixies this week!! <br /><br />QWP - that store makes my head esplode. Seriously, they stopped the perfume snipers, but the entire Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.com