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Post by Dramaphile on Jun 22, 2017 7:43:19 GMT -6
Just read the threads, what a freaking mess.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 9:30:18 GMT -6
I just burnt my face with mustard splash back. It's nothing crazy, but it friggin hurts. And one spot is right next to my eye, which is wicked uncomfortable.
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Post by brandiewine11 on Jun 22, 2017 9:50:36 GMT -6
I just burnt my face with mustard splash back. It's nothing crazy, but it friggin hurts. And one spot is right next to my eye, which is wicked uncomfortable. Please tell me you wear safety glasses when making mustard and hot sauce.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 10:01:33 GMT -6
I just burnt my face with mustard splash back. It's nothing crazy, but it friggin hurts. And one spot is right next to my eye, which is wicked uncomfortable. Please tell me you wear safety glasses when making mustard and hot sauce. No, this has never happened in all my years of doing this (baking is far more risky in terms of burns). But this is one of those good "lesson learned without too much damage" situations about how I dispense the mustard out of the kettle.
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Post by rugger on Jun 22, 2017 12:12:18 GMT -6
My dog is awesome and earned two AKC Titles this week. Her Community Canine and Novice Trick Dog.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 22, 2017 13:00:24 GMT -6
M started preschool two weeks ago. It's a play-based school, it's 9-1 two days a week for the summer (they call it "camp" because they won't have groups organized into classes with teachers until the fall). In the fall he'll transition into an age-based group three days a week with an assigned teacher and more school-like structure. He's a little over 3, he'll be 3.5 by the time school starts in the fall.
My mom is handling this transition with fucking kid gloves and it's driving me NUTS. For those who don't remember, my parents provide full-time childcare because H and I both work. It's great, but they are *much* softer with the kids in certain areas. Crying/tantrums for example, especially with M because he's the "baby" -- my dad can't stand it when he cries so he'll give him anything. It's RIDICULOUS. But free childcare that is really loving and wonderful for the most part, so I can't complain....
So preschool -- my mom won't drop him off and leave him. She stays the whole time, and when she deems him "bored" or "tired" or "hungry" she takes him home. WTF? I am paying his teachers to handle that. He needs to learn to deal!
I'm just venting, I guess. I don't think I can do anything about this unless I take some time off work to actually take him to school myself. WWNJCDD?
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Post by brandiewine11 on Jun 22, 2017 13:23:29 GMT -6
M started preschool two weeks ago. It's a play-based school, it's 9-1 two days a week for the summer (they call it "camp" because they won't have groups organized into classes with teachers until the fall). In the fall he'll transition into an age-based group three days a week with an assigned teacher and more school-like structure. He's a little over 3, he'll be 3.5 by the time school starts in the fall. My mom is handling this transition with fucking kid gloves and it's driving me NUTS. For those who don't remember, my parents provide full-time childcare because H and I both work. It's great, but they are *much* softer with the kids in certain areas. Crying/tantrums for example, especially with M because he's the "baby" -- my dad can't stand it when he cries so he'll give him anything. It's RIDICULOUS. But free childcare that is really loving and wonderful for the most part, so I can't complain.... So preschool -- my mom won't drop him off and leave him. She stays the whole time, and when she deems him "bored" or "tired" or "hungry" she takes him home. WTF? I am paying his teachers to handle that. He needs to learn to deal! I'm just venting, I guess. I don't think I can do anything about this unless I take some time off work to actually take him to school myself. WWNJCDD? OMG. I'd be pissed about that. Can you just tell her she has to leave him? Put your foot down. Maybe ask the teachers to give you a hand by telling her they will call if necessary and getting her out the door. That's so frustrating but I'd be having a chat with your parents. Just because care is free doesn't mean you get zero say. Looking the other way on a few things, fine. But this is nuts.
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Post by charlotte on Jun 22, 2017 13:26:37 GMT -6
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Post by sarenu on Jun 22, 2017 13:41:43 GMT -6
M started preschool two weeks ago. It's a play-based school, it's 9-1 two days a week for the summer (they call it "camp" because they won't have groups organized into classes with teachers until the fall). In the fall he'll transition into an age-based group three days a week with an assigned teacher and more school-like structure. He's a little over 3, he'll be 3.5 by the time school starts in the fall. My mom is handling this transition with fucking kid gloves and it's driving me NUTS. For those who don't remember, my parents provide full-time childcare because H and I both work. It's great, but they are *much* softer with the kids in certain areas. Crying/tantrums for example, especially with M because he's the "baby" -- my dad can't stand it when he cries so he'll give him anything. It's RIDICULOUS. But free childcare that is really loving and wonderful for the most part, so I can't complain.... So preschool -- my mom won't drop him off and leave him. She stays the whole time, and when she deems him "bored" or "tired" or "hungry" she takes him home. WTF? I am paying his teachers to handle that. He needs to learn to deal! I'm just venting, I guess. I don't think I can do anything about this unless I take some time off work to actually take him to school myself. WWNJCDD? OMG. I'd be pissed about that. Can you just tell her she has to leave him? Put your foot down. Maybe ask the teachers to give you a hand by telling her they will call if necessary and getting her out the door. That's so frustrating but I'd be having a chat with your parents. Just because care is free doesn't mean you get zero say. Looking the other way on a few things, fine. But this is nuts. Ditto. I'm assuming the purpose if this is to start socializing and getting ready for pre-school. I would reiterate this to them and that it will not get better if they feed into it. I hate leaving my kids when they aren't happy, but you need to suck it up and just go. The teachers know how to distract them. If there is an issue, they will call.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 13:46:02 GMT -6
M started preschool two weeks ago. It's a play-based school, it's 9-1 two days a week for the summer (they call it "camp" because they won't have groups organized into classes with teachers until the fall). In the fall he'll transition into an age-based group three days a week with an assigned teacher and more school-like structure. He's a little over 3, he'll be 3.5 by the time school starts in the fall. My mom is handling this transition with fucking kid gloves and it's driving me NUTS. For those who don't remember, my parents provide full-time childcare because H and I both work. It's great, but they are *much* softer with the kids in certain areas. Crying/tantrums for example, especially with M because he's the "baby" -- my dad can't stand it when he cries so he'll give him anything. It's RIDICULOUS. But free childcare that is really loving and wonderful for the most part, so I can't complain.... So preschool -- my mom won't drop him off and leave him. She stays the whole time, and when she deems him "bored" or "tired" or "hungry" she takes him home. WTF? I am paying his teachers to handle that. He needs to learn to deal! I'm just venting, I guess. I don't think I can do anything about this unless I take some time off work to actually take him to school myself. WWNJCDD? I would tell her that M needs this time to work on social skills and other necessary soft skills for preschool in the fall. Leaving early will deny him the needed structure and make that transition harder down the line. You could also send her on errands or pay for an activity for her (like a spa day or something). I peened your post because my mom used to randomly attend things that parents were technically allowed at, but never actually stayed for. She used to sit in the corner at my chorus rehearsals grading papers while eating raw cabbage leaves with mustard and dulse. And then randomly clap at the end of songs to draw attention to herself. It was...great....
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 13:47:16 GMT -6
Also CurlieWhirlie, maybe the transition is hard for her. Can you approach it from that angle?
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Post by charlotte on Jun 22, 2017 13:50:16 GMT -6
mapleme I laughed at that image of your mom. 😬
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 13:54:07 GMT -6
mapleme I laughed at that image of your mom. 😬 As do I. Now. And really my mom constantly (still) does things that I cringe at (like collecting all the random apples that gather in the road in the fall and trying to convince me that I should make something with them), but whenever she visits, everyone loves her. I get stopped on the street by people I've never met who tell me that they met my mom and that she's great.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 22, 2017 13:58:07 GMT -6
Thanks for the input, ladies, I'm really glad I posted.
I feel so validated right now. Having this conversation with my mom can get really circular and she can be un-intentionally gaslighting, so I was beginning to wonder if I was just being too sensitive about it, or otherwise crazy.
The idea that the transition is hard for *her* is a great call, Mapes. A lot of her self-identity is wrapped up in being a parent/grandparent, I am sure there's an element of "he's our last baby" in there somewhere, and she may not be ready.
This is all great feedback for the conversation that H and I will have to have with her about how to handle this. Thanks!
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 14:00:24 GMT -6
Oh, totally off topic (but on point for randoms).
I was nursing C at drop off this morning and making idle chit chat with C's teacher. I mentioned that I've been giving C pate and toast for breakfast and the teacher asked me what pate is. Oh. I don't really know how to explain pate to someone who's never heard of it, in a way that doesn't sound really strange and gross.
"Oh yeah, my 11 mo snacks on chicken liver spread and loves it. It's a great source of iron. I actually harvest the livers in the wild and humanely without ever harming the chicken. I harness the powers of the full moon, her placenta and seven stevia leaves."
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 14:12:22 GMT -6
I told her that it was a French thing. Then I later realized that I'm not sure if she knows that DH is French Canadian, so perhaps that just sounded really conceited.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 22, 2017 14:48:14 GMT -6
I told her that it was a French thing. Then I later realized that I'm not sure if she knows that DH is French Canadian, so perhaps that just sounded really conceited. This made me laugh. But who doesn't know what pate is?
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Post by rugger on Jun 22, 2017 14:58:57 GMT -6
Thank you! That's actually her name 😄
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Post by rugger on Jun 22, 2017 15:02:39 GMT -6
mapleme I grew up on Leberwurst and apparently my brother and I got weird looks/comments from our daycare teachers when we were sent to school with Leberwurst on English muffins/toast for breakfast.
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Post by charlotte on Jun 22, 2017 15:06:08 GMT -6
Braunschweiger, anyone? I used to LOVE that stuff as a kid. My friends all gave me the side-eye.
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Post by brandiewine11 on Jun 22, 2017 15:26:48 GMT -6
My kid's best friend threw up at school this morning. Right next to my kid. They are inseparable most of the day. This is sooooo not what I need right now. Please be food poisoning and not contagious. Please.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 15:52:06 GMT -6
mapleme I grew up on Leberwurst and apparently my brother and I got weird looks/comments from our daycare teachers when we were sent to school with Leberwurst on English muffins/toast for breakfast. Oh yeah, I ate so much liverwurst as a kid. And I still love it. I should go get some now.
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Post by milano on Jun 22, 2017 16:27:00 GMT -6
Braunschweiger, anyone? I used to LOVE that stuff as a kid. My friends all gave me the side-eye. Please to share with the class what this is because it's too long for me to Google.
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Post by milano on Jun 22, 2017 16:27:19 GMT -6
This too- what is it?
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Post by charlotte on Jun 22, 2017 16:31:31 GMT -6
milano liver sausage? I didn't know what it was until I was an adult; when I did I stopped eating it 😂.
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Post by rugger on Jun 22, 2017 16:44:02 GMT -6
milano Leberwurst (liverwurst) is a pork liver spread. You can get fine or coarse texture. I think fine is more like pate and the coarse is less smooth. I prefer coarse.
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Post by mapleme on Jun 22, 2017 16:46:27 GMT -6
milano Leberwurst (liverwurst) is a pork liver spread. You can get fine or coarse texture. I think fine is more like pate and the coarse is less smooth. I prefer coarse. That looks a lot like creton, although creton is made with ground pork. It's a very common French Canadian pork spread. We get some every time we're up there. M looooves it (it's also pretty salty and often has msg in it).
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Post by milano on Jun 22, 2017 16:46:57 GMT -6
charlotte and rugger neither of those sound appetizing. I'm sure it's one of those things that tastes great until you find out what it is!
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jun 22, 2017 16:52:11 GMT -6
Every culture has a gross-looking or -sounding meat product that actually tastes amazing. Ireland has black pudding. Mmmm, black pudding. So good.
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Post by rugger on Jun 22, 2017 16:55:20 GMT -6
milano Leberwurst (liverwurst) is a pork liver spread. You can get fine or coarse texture. I think fine is more like pate and the coarse is less smooth. I prefer coarse. That looks a lot like creton, although creton is made with ground pork. It's a very common French Canadian pork spread. We get some every time we're up there. M looooves it (it's also pretty salty and often has msg in it). We get ours from a family run place in Baltimore, MD. Binkert's. Their ingredients are pretty minimal: pork, pork liver, onions, salt, spices, sodium nitrate. milano it's one of those things that sounds terrible until you try it (a good quality one) and then it's amazing.
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