It's July!

[bearfootzcontinued]

I will confess that watching the air travel mess on the news had me a bit worried it would mean that Wisconsin will be stuck with all the RNC folks for even longer

[rvasc]

H said many of the computers at work won’t boot up but his did. Wild.

[ponyhairs]

This is the kind of thing that I would have run to Chris to chat about and instead I had to call his dad and ask how long he thought the CEO of CrowdStrike was going to have a job.

[sweptaway]

We are in a loaded up car on the turnpike for family camping weekend. Blessedly my awful BIL pulled out last minute. My Hs driving is making me anxious.

It's my new car's inaugural road trip!

[bearfootzcontinued]

Jul 19, 2024 11:44:03 GMT -6 ponyhairs said:

This is the kind of thing that I would have run to Chris to chat about and instead I had to call his dad and ask how long he thought the CEO of CrowdStrike was going to have a job.

(hugs)

Was you FIL's guess "not long?"

Can you imagine being the one that made the mistake?  Cringe.  

[AmyG]

Dh was like everyone will say it's the programmers fault or the ceo but omg really fault lies at feet of who did the testing before implementation.

[goldenbird]

I'm drinking rosé and waiting for my burgers to be delivered. MH is doing pickup duty so I'm all in on the relaxing 😎

[bearfootzcontinued]

My coworkers that rec'd the blue death screen decided it was a good day to day drink.

Darn my computer for working today.

[missmissy234]

Jul 19, 2024 13:41:08 GMT -6 bearfootzcontinued said:

My coworkers that rec'd the blue death screen decided it was a good day to day drink.

Darn my computer for working today.

It's so random no one would know if you faked it!  

[taconight]

My H has been up since 2 am working on this system outage because his company relies heavily on the system that went down. It has been a long, awful day for him.

[taconight]

I spent 6 hours driving to pick up my oldest and her friends from camp. My body hurts. Kinda weird because we’ve done much longer road trips without problem, but I guess I’m meant to be a passenger only for these things. Ugh.

[jaygee]

School supplies are one of my love languages and I’ve never shopped for them with DS because our elementary PTA covered everything. Which was great. But we had so much fun shopping today and I was in heaven showing him all the options and exploring these fancy new trapper keeper things. He got a big kid backpack for the first time (like non character themed) and is actually excited about his new gear. And I didn’t blow too much money. So win win.

[goldenbird]

DS and I are going to Target soon to get a present for a birthday party next weekend. I'm hoping they have school stuff out so he can pick out a backpack and lunchbox as well.

[goldenbird]

Jul 19, 2024 19:14:11 GMT -6 jaygee said:

School supplies are one of my love languages and I’ve never shopped for them with DS because our elementary PTA covered everything. Which was great. But we had so much fun shopping today and I was in heaven showing him all the options and exploring these fancy new trapper keeper things. He got a big kid backpack for the first time (like non character themed) and is actually excited about his new gear. And I didn’t blow too much money. So win win.

That's so exciting! I loved picking out school supplies as a kid. And as an older kid lol.

[thatgolfb]

DD1 is making dinner (lemon chicken, rice, broccoli) and it’s just SO nice to have a big kid. Especially one that wants to do stuff like that!

[bobyn]

I need to make an appointment with my eye doctor. I just had to increase my laptop's screen resolution because it's getting harder to read things. 😭

[blurnette989]

Jul 19, 2024 19:14:11 GMT -6 jaygee said:

School supplies are one of my love languages and I’ve never shopped for them with DS because our elementary PTA covered everything. Which was great. But we had so much fun shopping today and I was in heaven showing him all the options and exploring these fancy new trapper keeper things. He got a big kid backpack for the first time (like non character themed) and is actually excited about his new gear. And I didn’t blow too much money. So win win.

I love back to school shopping. It's also my favorite perk at my job. They give 100€ per preschool/elementary kid, 150€ for middle school and 200€ for high school to go towards supplies.

[coffeecake]

Jul 20, 2024 18:38:15 GMT -6 thatgolfb said:

DD1 is making dinner (lemon chicken, rice, broccoli) and it’s just SO nice to have a big kid. Especially one that wants to do stuff like that!

My kids have both always loved to help cook since they were little. My DD(13) has really gotten into cooking independently lately and it is amazing. Big kids are awesome!

[skategirl128]

Jul 20, 2024 18:38:15 GMT -6 thatgolfb said:

DD1 is making dinner (lemon chicken, rice, broccoli) and it’s just SO nice to have a big kid. Especially one that wants to do stuff like that!

This is my favorite too! DS1 has been doing this so often this summer. He’s also a great meal planner assistant.

[piratecat]

Why do we live in a world where fried dough at a carnival costs $10?

[FlightView]

Jul 21, 2024 11:56:52 GMT -6 piratecat said:

Why do we live in a world where fried dough at a carnival costs $10?

Buy the Rhode’s frozen pre made rolls, defrost, flatten and fry at home. My short cut to Native fry bread.

[AmyG]

Jul 21, 2024 12:24:13 GMT -6 FlightView said:

Jul 21, 2024 11:56:52 GMT -6 piratecat said:

Why do we live in a world where fried dough at a carnival costs $10?

Buy the Rhode’s frozen pre made rolls, defrost, flatten and fry at home. My short cut to Native fry bread.

Thanks for the reminder that this shortcut works
Reminds self to not add frozen Rhodes rolls to grocery list.

[FlightView]

We’ve been subsistence fishing all weekend, we have 34 salmon; our limit is 135. We’ve cleaned and filleted a third of the fish, finishing the rest today.

It’s been a long time since I’ve fished like this and my whole body hurts. The river is a steep 10 minute walk and I’ll have a BBL by the time we leave.

The dipnets are heavy, the salmon bones poke my fingers, and the vacuum sealer is an asshole. BUT I get to feed my kids fish once a week now until next summer!

[hellosweetie]

ITS LEO SEASON

[snowyowl]

Rhode Island is an interesting place to live because we have about six months of grim, cold, and boring. Then six months of absolutely stunning, favorite place in the world. Maybe I need January to fully appreciate July, but whew, it’s a trade off.

[blurnette989]

Jul 22, 2024 8:00:43 GMT -6 hellosweetie said:

ITS LEO SEASON

I literally just thought about this and was looking for the annual post. brux

Hilariously I'm not even a Leo. But I enjoy how much Leo's enjoy their own season.

[roselab]

Jul 20, 2024 8:10:45 GMT -6 goldenbird said:

Jul 19, 2024 19:14:11 GMT -6 jaygee said:

School supplies are one of my love languages and I’ve never shopped for them with DS because our elementary PTA covered everything. Which was great. But we had so much fun shopping today and I was in heaven showing him all the options and exploring these fancy new trapper keeper things. He got a big kid backpack for the first time (like non character themed) and is actually excited about his new gear. And I didn’t blow too much money. So win win.

That's so exciting! I loved picking out school supplies as a kid. And as an older kid lol.

My DD randomly decided to come with me to the grocery store today, which was a Target superstore, and I was so happy to say yes when she asked if she could pick out some school supplies.  I also said yes to almost everything she picked out.  You want a cute $5 composition book instead of the 50 cent one?  Sure!  But I drew the line at a large pack of fancy highlighters because they go through those things SO quickly and they weren't on sale, but the small pack was, so I got that one, and a backup pack of regular Bic ones.  

[klw]

Our district provides needed school supplies, but we still buy some extra things to send to the teachers. I love buying new supplies

[Pumpkinwest]

Jul 22, 2024 16:57:38 GMT -6 blurnette989 said:

Jul 22, 2024 8:00:43 GMT -6 hellosweetie said:

ITS LEO SEASON

I literally just thought about this and was looking for the annual post. brux

Hilariously I'm not even a Leo. But I enjoy how much Leo's enjoy their own season.

Literally was also counting down the days until this thread happened 🥰

[FlightView]

We’ve had school supplies out for weeks at our stores but we’re about 3 weeks until 1st day of school.

At the end of last school year we got free backpacks full of supplies and a laptop from a federal grant (Tiamuna) for Indigenous kids. They also received summer day camp too.

It’s a once per kid deal, so we won’t get it again. But I didn’t know about it until last year.