COLD DARK ROOM

Momof4 said:

It’s been a long morning here.

Took one kid to the doctor for fever, body aches etc then get a text from the other that his eye hurts and swollen.
So I took one kid home, grabbed the other from from school for his appt. Got both lunch from different places, grabbed both their meds and came home with wrong hamburger my daughter wanted and no sauce for her fries! I’m the worst mom ever.
So I went outside and talked to my husband who’s in China. He was up at 3am bored.
I’m still calm just tired.

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These are all reasons why I'm so glad I live alone! Kids are all gone and married, with one even moved out of state! Husband is gone. All the company I need is my sock-eating dog and shedding cat!!

I'm not making light of your kids being ill. So sorry about that. What was wrong with the eye? Does your daughter have flu?

Momof4 said:

It’s been a long morning here.

Took one kid to the doctor for fever, body aches etc then get a text from the other that his eye hurts and swollen.
So I took one kid home, grabbed the other from from school for his appt. Got both lunch from different places, grabbed both their meds and came home with wrong hamburger my daughter wanted and no sauce for her fries! I’m the worst mom ever.
So I went outside and talked to my husband who’s in China. He was up at 3am bored.
I’m still calm just tired.

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Why does all this happen when husband goes away?

My kids used time these things for JoesDad’s business travels too. Then he’d arrive home with jetlag and wonder why I was less than sympathetic

Good Evening all... looks like lots going on by everyone. I saw the newest Calendar Thread from Yvonne and Josh with the list of pix contributors and it looks like the CDR is well represented. Go Team!

Today - Finished up more painting of trim on our house, cut all the grass, we trimmed back a lot of our perennial garden jumble, and raked up lawn debris. Tomorrow the rain from the remnants of Hurricane Wila will be here as it zips across West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and out to the Atlantic. Wila is the hurricane that slammed into the western coastal towns of Mexico earlier this week as a CAT 4 storm.

• Willa was expected to produce storm total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, with local amounts to 18 inches, across portions of western Jalisco, western Nayarit, southern Sinaloa, and far southern Durango in Mexico,” the NHC said, adding that landslides and flash flooding are likely.

A pix of the path Wila took as it slammed into Mexico

JoesMum said:

Why does all this happen when husband goes away?

My kids used time these things for JoesDad’s business travels too. Then he’d arrive home with jetlag and wonder why I was less than sympathetic

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Totally get it!!
I hear about the long flight or bad food blah blah!

Yvonne G said:

These are all reasons why I'm so glad I live alone! Kids are all gone and married, with one even moved out of state! Husband is gone. All the company I need is my sock-eating dog and shedding cat!!

I'm not making light of your kids being ill. So sorry about that. What was wrong with the eye? Does your daughter have flu?

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I get your personality Yvonne!![emoji3]

One had an ear infection but I thought it was strep. She slept 18 hours straight. Her throat looked bad but the test was negative.

My son has a Stye.

I just got done playing the mean nurse!
One has never swallowed horse pills and the other was cooperating when putting the ointment on his eye. It was all kind of comical.

I’m watching tv until the Spanish tutor comes .
This little 7lb peanut is so cozy and warm.

Bee62 said:

Now you know ! I can try to make a huge collage of their pics.
I have had more than 30 cats but now they are getting old and die one after another. My oldest is 18 years old but very healthy. In the past I gave a lot of stray cats and their kiddies a home but now when I am getting older too I don`t take new cats. I don`t want that they overlive me. There will be no one that could look after them when I am dead.

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a great thing you have done.. Felines are definately special in my book with unequivocal personalities.. can’t wait to see ALL your pics.. LOl

Yvonne G said:

You know how you always say that your clothes drier eats socks? Well for a week or so I was thinking my clothes drier ate one of my pink socks. This a.m. I picked up dog poop:

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I had no idea Misty ate cloth.


Thanks, Kathy.

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LMAO! Gotta love puppy surprises!! At least she gave it back...[emoji848][emoji90]

JoesMum said:

I went to lunch with a friend and former colleague who is going through a rough divorce. I knew there was domestic abuse involved, but what came out today was far worse. Things are finally moving in the right direction for her, so it was good to see her looking a bit better despite the difficulties awaiting her in the future.

We did manage to have a giggle as well

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I’m so proud she has a good friend like you!! Sounds like she needs it.

Yvonne G said:

No worry. . . I thought the drier ate it. When I shoveled up that poop and noticed something pink inside, I used the shovel to break apart the poop. Amazing how clean the sock is. Almost like it was never mixed with the poop inside the dog.

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Gross!!! But it sounds exactly like something I would say

Momof4 said:

It’s been a long morning here.

Took one kid to the doctor for fever, body aches etc then get a text from the other that his eye hurts and swollen.
So I took one kid home, grabbed the other from from school for his appt. Got both lunch from different places, grabbed both their meds and came home with wrong hamburger my daughter wanted and no sauce for her fries! I’m the worst mom ever.
So I went outside and talked to my husband who’s in China. He was up at 3am bored.
I’m still calm just tired.

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(Sigh) Mama told me there’d be days like this.....

I wish 2 bottles of wine for you with the best cheese ever.. sounds like you have super Mom powers

JoesMum said:

Why does all this happen when husband goes away?

My kids used time these things for JoesDad’s business travels too. Then he’d arrive home with jetlag and wonder why I was less than sympathetic

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DITTO!!

Momof4 said:

It’s been a long morning here.

Took one kid to the doctor for fever, body aches etc then get a text from the other that his eye hurts and swollen.
So I took one kid home, grabbed the other from from school for his appt. Got both lunch from different places, grabbed both their meds and came home with wrong hamburger my daughter wanted and no sauce for her fries! I’m the worst mom ever.
So I went outside and talked to my husband who’s in China. He was up at 3am bored.
I’m still calm just tired.

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I feel for you. Just like some adults don't make good sick patients, some kids don't either. You're a great mom. Whining or complaining from the sick kid(s) is amplified due to not feeling good. When your daughter looks back on this (at some point in the future) and realizes just how many things you've had to handle today, she will appreciate it... and how awesome her mom is!

It's a difficult lesson for some kids (and some adults) to learn... Sometimes you just have to make the best of a less-than-ideal situation.

JoesMum said:

Why does all this happen when husband goes away?

My kids used time these things for JoesDad’s business travels too. Then he’d arrive home with jetlag and wonder why I was less than sympathetic

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Sometimes the four-legged kids time it that way, too!

Hi guys! Just checking in! It's been a long time since I've posted on the TFO. I started to miss you guys! Ginger is doing great, we had our three year adopt-versary in July D) How are you guys doing? Oh, and btw, Happy Early Halloween!

GingerLove said:

Hi guys! Just checking in! It's been a long time since I've posted on the TFO. I started to miss you guys! Ginger is doing great, we had our three year adopt-versary in July D) How are you guys doing? Oh, and btw, Happy Early Halloween!View attachment 255223View attachment 255224 View attachment 255225 View attachment 255226 View attachment 255227

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I don’t know you, but what a beautiful tort you have!!! Luv those pics happy Halloween!

EllieMay said:

I don’t know you, but what a beautiful tort you have!!! Luv those pics happy Halloween!

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Aw, thank you so much! It's nice to meet you!

EllieMay said:

(Sigh) Mama told me there’d be days like this.....

I wish 2 bottles of wine for you with the best cheese ever.. sounds like you have super Mom powers

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No wine tonight, I have to pick my son up at 10pm from a friends.

Pastel Tortie said:

Sometimes the four-legged kids time it that way, too!

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Oh yes! And the swimming ones too. It's generally the time things break on the house as well.

Then a jetlagged husband arrives home with some problem about the flight being an hour late, the kids (now fit) being too noisy for him to nap and having to go to a meeting at 9am next day and I feel fit to strangle him

GingerLove said:

Hi guys! Just checking in! It's been a long time since I've posted on the TFO. I started to miss you guys! Ginger is doing great, we had our three year adopt-versary in July D) How are you guys doing? Oh, and btw, Happy Early Halloween!View attachment 255223View attachment 255224 View attachment 255225 View attachment 255226 View attachment 255227

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Hello! Long time no see

Are you interested in joining the Christmas Card exchange this year?

Good morning all!

It's Friday! Yay!

I shall be off for my swim this morning.

Then I am meeting former colleagues for coffee this afternoon. Long story, but we are all escapees from the same employer. I stayed there longest. The one I met yesterday only knows one of the three I am meeting today. She was a successor to another of today's friends (I actually worked with 7 people in that role; there was a high turnover! Today's friend was number 2 in the role and yesterday's was number 5 )

And tonight JoesDad and I are going out to dinner. The old Victorian Fire Station in our town is now a cafe and bar but occasionally hosts pop-up restaurants. It's close enough to walk so we can have wine too