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Post by oreobitsy on May 15, 2021 17:38:17 GMT -6
My parents are doing their vaccinated friend thing and are separate from each other this weekend. They totally missed my last kid’s birthday yesterday and I got the frantic voicemails this afternoon.
Not going to lie, I purposely didn’t pick up even though we were just chilling when they called. He’s 3, so he doesn’t care, but I have lived a life of forgetfulness because I’m the last of three. I understand having a lot of birthdays to remember but that’s what the calendar on the phone is designed to manage.
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Post by elle on May 15, 2021 17:45:26 GMT -6
I'm sorry oreobitsy, that's hurtful that they forgot his birthday party.
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Post by athn64 on May 15, 2021 17:46:17 GMT -6
athn64 That cake is fantastic! I love the ninja theme. Please tell me she’s read the Princess in Black series? I think she may have read one. But mostly it's from ninjago and her Daddy's love of ninja
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Post by enchanted on May 15, 2021 20:28:19 GMT -6
I probably wouldn't have answered either, oreobitsy. I'm sorry they forgot.
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Post by oreobitsy on May 15, 2021 20:59:26 GMT -6
Thanks elle and enchanted. Had they not missed my birthday a couple years ago, I would be more upset. It’s kind of par for the retiree course for them.
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Post by addymac on May 15, 2021 22:40:10 GMT -6
I’m sorry oreobitsy. My FIL has forgotten DHs birthday several times and 2/3 of DS’s birthdays. But he has always remembered to wish me a happy Mother’s Day 3 years in a row lol. It’s so bizarre.
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Post by jkjacq on May 17, 2021 8:29:38 GMT -6
The tiger has been captured and is now at a facility in quarantine.
Apparently this is the only thing my brain can focus on right now. Its been a crazy two weeks.
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Post by elle on May 17, 2021 9:54:33 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on May 17, 2021 11:26:22 GMT -6
Somehow my WORK email got on some conservative newsletter (blabber buzz)? Thankfully my spam filter has not let it go thru, but HOW?
In no way is it tied to my personal email that I yell at Fulcher with. He likes to send surveys to get his peeps riled up that Biden is killing babies and spending their retirements
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Post by overboard on May 17, 2021 11:44:34 GMT -6
The tiger has been captured and is now at a facility in quarantine.
Apparently this is the only thing my brain can focus on right now. Its been a crazy two weeks.
Lol I almost posted an update for you, but I figured you’d be watching for it. Local news shows a major furniture store’s co-owner who also loves animals 🙄 talked the wife into turning in the tiger. Did that make sense? abc13.com/linda-mcingvale-mattress-mack-houston-tiger-victor-cuevas/10649379/People freaking love the mcingvale’s here, but I don’t.
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Post by jkjacq on May 17, 2021 12:16:11 GMT -6
The tiger has been captured and is now at a facility in quarantine.
Apparently this is the only thing my brain can focus on right now. Its been a crazy two weeks.
Lol I almost posted an update for you, but I figured you’d be watching for it. Local news shows a major furniture store’s co-owner who also loves animals 🙄 talked the wife into turning in the tiger. Did that make sense? abc13.com/linda-mcingvale-mattress-mack-houston-tiger-victor-cuevas/10649379/People freaking love the mcingvale’s here, but I don’t. So after the tiger got out, it went back home? Am I inferring that correctly?
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Post by jkjacq on May 17, 2021 12:19:01 GMT -6
Also our tiger (at Zoo Boise) passed away Friday during an exam under anesthesia. We just got her not too long ago after the other two we had died. I'm very glad we got to see her one last time the weekend before, she was all playing and talking you could hear her in the parking lot.
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Post by overboard on May 17, 2021 12:26:41 GMT -6
So after the tiger got out, it went back home? Am I inferring that correctly?
Tiger spotted in neighborhood. Owner gets the tiger and brings it back home. Police called, owner loads the tiger in his vehicle and evades capture. Owner is eventually arrested, but tiger is missing. Owner’s wife surrenders tiger. Owner is in jail for another charge. Tiger is evaluated before going to sanctuary.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2021 15:35:13 GMT -6
My employer has been pushing a bit for me to either increase my hours or give up some responsibilities (and pay), so looks like I’ll be increasing my hours in mid-June. I still won’t be full time so I think it will be ok and I can find a new balance. DS will be out of school and I’m going to try out some homeschooling over the summer, which he’s excited about, so we’ll figure it out together.
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Post by oreobitsy on May 17, 2021 20:29:51 GMT -6
easier Will you be able to be remote with the increased hours? I can’t remember if you’re back in an office or not. It’d be more helpful if those job changes connected with back to school rather than summer. Childcare in summer is rough.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2021 21:32:07 GMT -6
easier Will you be able to be remote with the increased hours? I can’t remember if you’re back in an office or not. It’d be more helpful if those job changes connected with back to school rather than summer. Childcare in summer is rough. Oh yes! I’ll be almost entirely working at home. Thank goodness.
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Post by enchanted on May 17, 2021 22:19:57 GMT -6
Have any of you see 144, the documentary about the players in the WNBA bubble?
They spend a lot of time talking about the decision to not only play, but to use that platform to take a stand. About how hard that was on the women.
They also talk about the moms making the decision on whether or not to bring their kids into the bubble.
ETA:
TW for police violence. They do show some of the footage of the shooting of Jacob Blake and from various protests.
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Post by byjove on May 18, 2021 9:22:22 GMT -6
Anyone had an amazing cake recently? I have no idea what to bake for my birthday this year and am looking for inspiration. I will make it df/gf, but can adapt almost anything. I made a crepe cake last year.
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Post by AmyG on May 18, 2021 10:37:23 GMT -6
Anyone had an amazing cake recently? I have no idea what to bake for my birthday this year and am looking for inspiration. I will make it df/gf, but can adapt almost anything. I made a crepe cake last year. I like a lemon cake that is simple. As its a lemon cake mix but where it says use this much water, use lemon juice instead. I usually make it a bundt cake. But not sure there is a gf lemon cake mix out there tho.
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Post by cakewench on May 18, 2021 10:49:35 GMT -6
Some coworkers sent me mini cupcakes from Baked by Melissa (as a thank you for helping out with an event), and there were some great flavor combos in there. Mint cookie, s'more (chocolate cake, graham marshmallow cream), tye dye (which I think is just vanilla cake dyed different colors). There was also chocolate chip pancake but I have no idea how to go about re-creating that lol
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Post by leahcar on May 18, 2021 10:50:41 GMT -6
The tiger has been captured and is now at a facility in quarantine.
Apparently this is the only thing my brain can focus on right now. Its been a crazy two weeks.
Lol I almost posted an update for you, but I figured you’d be watching for it. Local news shows a major furniture store’s co-owner who also loves animals 🙄 talked the wife into turning in the tiger. Did that make sense? abc13.com/linda-mcingvale-mattress-mack-houston-tiger-victor-cuevas/10649379/People freaking love the mcingvale’s here, but I don’t. Tell a Houston newbie what's up with Mattress Mack. I see the (many!) commericals and know he has given some $$ to charitable things. I know nothing more.
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2021 11:19:46 GMT -6
I finally got the nerve to ask a dr (Gyno) about pills for depression since I was there for checkup and she told me to talk to my primary. So now I need to wait for the computers to be unhacked and make an appt with primary. Ugh.
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Post by byjove on May 18, 2021 11:25:03 GMT -6
sweetpea, that is so disappointing, I'm sorry! <3
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Post by trueblue on May 18, 2021 12:24:18 GMT -6
Anyone had an amazing cake recently? I have no idea what to bake for my birthday this year and am looking for inspiration. I will make it df/gf, but can adapt almost anything. I made a crepe cake last year. www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-stout-cake-107105This one is to die for but I think DF/GF is impossible?
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Post by carmensandiego on May 18, 2021 13:54:31 GMT -6
sweetpea, I'm sorry that you weren't given good comprehensive care. You did the right thing. That doc sucks.
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Post by carmensandiego on May 18, 2021 13:57:28 GMT -6
Today an article from the Smithsonian Magazine came across my feed: "If I Fits, I Sits: A Citizen Science Investigation into Illusory Contour Susceptibility in Domestic Cats". AKA - why cats like to sit in boxes. The tweet has a cat moving toward a box shape made by circle cut outs. It's really interesting! Plus cats and Al Gore's internet are a match made in heaven.
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Post by sweetpea on May 18, 2021 14:13:02 GMT -6
sweetpea , that is so disappointing, I'm sorry! <3 They think it will be another week of the entire medical group's computers being down. They're having to write everything down and outsource labs, it is clusterf*** right now. Hopefully I can meet with the Dr via video once they get things up and running, that is assuming I still have the nerve to ask for pills. I think my lows have gotten too low and I am so quick to anger/yelling
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Post by overboard on May 18, 2021 14:54:50 GMT -6
Tell a Houston newbie what's up with Mattress Mack. I see the (many!) commericals and know he has given some $$ to charitable things. I know nothing more. He’s a Republican. He works his employees very very hard. He does charitable work, and he opened his stores for those who flooded in Harvey. But I think a lot of that is to maintain his image. They do animal rescue, but they have exotic animals in their stores.
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Post by leahcar on May 18, 2021 17:20:59 GMT -6
Tell a Houston newbie what's up with Mattress Mack. I see the (many!) commericals and know he has given some $$ to charitable things. I know nothing more. He’s a Republican. He works his employees very very hard. He does charitable work, and he opened his stores for those who flooded in Harvey. But I think a lot of that is to maintain his image. They do animal rescue, but they have exotic animals in their stores. So the Houston Carole Baskin. Seems on brand.
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Post by lemondrop on May 18, 2021 20:34:43 GMT -6
So. I was doing some light reading on Buzzfeed. And. I’m legit flabbergasted.
Amy Schumer and Chuck Schumer are cousins?? Did we all know this? I looked it up, it’s legit. It’s more like second cousins once removed (Amy’s dad is Chuck’s cousin) but I don’t know why this is so surprising to me. Like I’m more surprised than when I found out that Jenny and Melissa McCarthy are cousins.
Also Jeff Bezos is first cousins with George Strait?? Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are first cousins once removed??? Whaaaa??!
My brain is 🤯
I’m also slightly wine tipsy, regretting no tequila for morgaritas
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