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Post by wedding on Oct 18, 2017 8:08:00 GMT -6
My review went great. Raise is effective next pay period!
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Post by peachsmama on Oct 18, 2017 8:09:58 GMT -6
My dog growing up had an electric underground fence. About once a year she would grow enough balls to bolt through and go for a spree with the neighbors dog, who also would bolt through her fence. It was comical how they clearly planned the escape. Ours won't cross for anything. But if it's down and they figure it out, they think the only spot they can get out is the original spot they crossed. It's funny watching them hunt for the invisible secret door to the outside world lol. We had a normal fence at our old house but Zorro kept tunneling out. I'd put them out and 2 minutes later he was jumping on the door.
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Post by peachsmama on Oct 18, 2017 8:10:12 GMT -6
My review went great. Raise is effective next pay period! Woot woot!
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klong11
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Post by klong11 on Oct 18, 2017 8:11:05 GMT -6
I'm working with about 3-4 hours of sleep. I"m exhausted. Cadence woke up around 3, and called for mh. Pretty sure he sent her in to me because she came bouncing in happy as a clam. Took her an hour to fall asleep, then it took me an additional hour to fall asleep, then my alarm went off an hour later. Not pleased.
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Post by wineallthetime on Oct 18, 2017 8:13:18 GMT -6
guster, I'm sorry. That's hard. We went through that/are going through that with our main group of friends. Some of them are starting to have kids, so they kinda get it but a lot of them are single. Our lifestyles are just so different. Now we mostly hang out with friends in our neighborhood. They're close so it's convenient and they all have 3 or 4 year olds so they get it for the most part.
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Post by slenle on Oct 18, 2017 8:21:24 GMT -6
guster, I'm sorry, it does suck being at different places in your life than your friends. I went out with my college girlfriends Friday night. 2 of them are single and 1 is dating someone now. Every time we get together I feel like such an outsider. I married my high school sweet heart and live in a small town with 2 kids. They all live alone in Minneapolis and are focused on their careers (lawyer, psychologist, etc). Man, how we are different. They met H for the first time 2 months ago. That was the first time I'd seen them since H was born too. I almost thought our friendship had fizzled, but now we put our next "date" on the calendar while we are all together which has helped.
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Post by slenle on Oct 18, 2017 8:21:44 GMT -6
My review went great. Raise is effective next pay period! woop woop! congrats!
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Post by trtlcrzy on Oct 18, 2017 8:28:09 GMT -6
Morning! H found charlotte’s web so we are watching that. S is yelling at all the animals, she’s so excited. We are going to the park in a little while, I’m selling a pair of shoes that I bought for S in the spring and don’t need and I’m going to meet the lady at 11:30 so I figured it would be easier to already be out and about.
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Post by wineallthetime on Oct 18, 2017 8:59:01 GMT -6
My review went great. Raise is effective next pay period! Woohoo, great job!
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 18, 2017 9:01:37 GMT -6
Congrats on the good review and raise wedding !!! I hear you on the frustration with local pet rescues, I appreciate what they do, but so many in my area have more than their pick of applicants that they are kind of assholes with their requirements. Many places won't adopt to you if you have a job, kids under 10, or do not have a fenced yard. I got sick of dealing with a lot of the local places. At a time when I had my heart set on a collie I was stalking a collie rescue and I noticed that they only adopted out to retired people. Because no one who isn't retired will be a good pet owner. *eye roll* I lucked out because I ended up getting my dog from a rescue in TX that drives dogs to different states for mass adoption events and my dog just so happened to be an awesome dog. I've volunteered with them before and some of the animals they get are not in great shape/well socialized, but mine happened to be a great dog. Eventually when we want another cat I would definitely go to the shelter where my parents live in OR. Someone rich left a ton of money to the shelter when they died, and a new amazing shelter was built. It's seriously the nicest shelter I've ever seen. The cats have tons of space and you can take them out of their enclosure into one of many rooms to interact with them. You can do the same with the dogs and they all have huge, clean kennels. It puts my town's shelter to shame.
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 18, 2017 9:04:24 GMT -6
Just another Wednesday here. I start classes this weekend and I need to complete some reading and take home tests before I get there. I hope I can make it happen today at work since it's starting out slow. I hope it stays that way. I have no stamina to study at night.
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tgrimes
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 18, 2017 9:06:18 GMT -6
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Post by mwhip on Oct 18, 2017 9:07:29 GMT -6
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 18, 2017 9:09:06 GMT -6
He's a happy boy, even when he's sick. He had some more nastiness coming out of his ears and he's babbling more. I wish I could have stayed home with him today. I felt guilty dropping him off at daycare but I need my sick days for my dad's surgery.
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Post by xolastunicornxo on Oct 18, 2017 9:26:44 GMT -6
wedding atta girl! Congrats! tgrimes how are YOU doing? @gustet I have the same things with my college friends. It started years ago because dh and I got married and started having kids pretty much right out of college and they were all living the single life. Now most of them are married and have kids of their own, but we live in the far west valley of Phoenix and most of them are in central/east valley. No one ever wants to come “all the way” out here and I can’t go out there every single time so a lot of times I say no. Now I notice I don’t get invited to everything and even though it’s partly my own making it hurts my feelings. It got a lot easier when Landon started real school and now I have friends in the neighborhood.
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Post by tallb on Oct 18, 2017 9:29:12 GMT -6
My dog growing up had an electric underground fence. About once a year she would grow enough balls to bolt through and go for a spree with the neighbors dog, who also would bolt through her fence. It was comical how they clearly planned the escape. My dad's standard poodle would escape and taught the other neighborhood dogs too and had a dog gang roaming the hood. She was rehomed at my mom's house with a fence😂. But then she would escape and would sprint around like wine's dog with our other dog and it would take forever to catch them. Too smart for their own good!
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Post by tgrimes on Oct 18, 2017 9:33:23 GMT -6
xolastunicornxo I'm an emotional roller coaster, which is not like me at all. So I know it's just the drop in hormones. After the comment M made last night and then that damn Huggies commercial I saw this morning, I just want all of this to be over. Thanks for checking on me. ETA - I'll probably delete that so PDQ.
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Post by Sunny41 on Oct 18, 2017 9:34:52 GMT -6
My review went great. Raise is effective next pay period!
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Post by wineallthetime on Oct 18, 2017 9:36:51 GMT -6
tgrimes, I hope you're giving yourself some time to process and rest as well. Make sure to ask for help if you need it. Love you, friend. Let me know if you want me to delete this.
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Post by wedding on Oct 18, 2017 9:54:49 GMT -6
My dog growing up had an electric underground fence. About once a year she would grow enough balls to bolt through and go for a spree with the neighbors dog, who also would bolt through her fence. It was comical how they clearly planned the escape. My dad's standard poodle would escape and taught the other neighborhood dogs too and had a dog gang roaming the hood. She was rehomed at my mom's house with a fence😂. But then she would escape and would sprint around like wine's dog with our other dog and it would take forever to catch them. Too smart for their own good! My dog was a lab mix but her partner in crime was a standard poodle. They are very smart!
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Post by mskatiep on Oct 18, 2017 10:00:24 GMT -6
wedding , that's what I find so frustrating about rescues and primarily why I stick with shelters. When there are so many restrictions, even just the application process seems daunting. I can only imagine how many loving pet homes have been barred from adoption just because someone works, or have children. It's feels almost classish, like normal people aren't good enough to adopt their dogs. I'm perfectly happy with my shelter mutts, and I'm not breed specific, so I will just continue to play the dog lottery.
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Post by mskatiep on Oct 18, 2017 10:00:42 GMT -6
wedding, oh and congrats on the great review and raise!
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Post by mskatiep on Oct 18, 2017 10:04:33 GMT -6
guster and xolastunicornxo, I struggle with this even with my best friend. She is single no kids and lives 22 mins away. I feel live we very rarely see each other unless it is planned way in advance. I wish I could hang out with neighbors, but they are mostly all older and/or very very strange. I always get stuck with the weird neighbors!
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inthekitty
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 18, 2017 10:18:13 GMT -6
guster and xolastunicornxo , I struggle with this even with my best friend. She is single no kids and lives 22 mins away. I feel live we very rarely see each other unless it is planned way in advance. I wish I could hang out with neighbors, but they are mostly all older and/or very very strange. I always get stuck with the weird neighbors! My BFF is my neighbor, she literally is less than a 10 minute walk away, and we rarely see each other. We text and e-mail more than anything. She's mostly pretty good about having the kids around and welcomes their company, but life gets in the way. I know this is weird, but Weight Watchers has also put a wedge in our relationship. We used to do weekly dinners but that has entirely stopped. I have always been game for healthy meals and have told her I'm willing to fix whatever. It's hard to do healthy with her husband though because he is like a child when it comes to food and won't eat hardly any vegetables. Even when I've made attempts to "hide" vegetables he claims he can still taste them. So I've asked her what she wants me to fix and that still hasn't fixed the issue.
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Post by mskatiep on Oct 18, 2017 11:17:36 GMT -6
inthekitty That sucks that just food choices have gotten in the way. Are you doing the weight watchers or is she?
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Post by inthekitty on Oct 18, 2017 11:34:51 GMT -6
inthekitty That sucks that just food choices have gotten in the way. Are you doing the weight watchers or is she? She's into WW. Don't get me wrong because I know WW has been helpful to many people, but her approach to it is kind of cult-like and very time consuming. I could also see the fervor is this was new to her but she's been a member for about 1.5 years. She talks about it nonstop and I fully support her healthy changes, but I think since I'm not a member she...I don't know, doesn't think I'll understand how to be healthy, I guess? I'm trying to lose weight too. I'm proud of myself in the strength area, I can kick butt exercise-wise, but I still need to lose weight. I'm all for healthy eating so I'm at a loss of why she avoids dinners together now. I know for a while it was just a scheduling thing, but it's definitely more than that.
TLDR; adult relationships are hard.
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guster
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Post by guster on Oct 18, 2017 11:38:40 GMT -6
tgrimes, hugs! This is all so tough.
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Post by cagoldi on Oct 18, 2017 11:41:08 GMT -6
My dad's standard poodle would escape and taught the other neighborhood dogs too and had a dog gang roaming the hood. She was rehomed at my mom's house with a fence😂. But then she would escape and would sprint around like wine's dog with our other dog and it would take forever to catch them. Too smart for their own good! My dog was a lab mix but her partner in crime was a standard poodle. They are very smart! I' d always heard Standard Poodles are the smartest breed. These rules with rescues sound a little OTT. I do agree with not crating dogs but it sounds like you wouldn't have to with a daycare/walker arranged. I suspect just did a cursory glance at the app.
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guster
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Post by guster on Oct 18, 2017 11:41:46 GMT -6
@xounicorn and inthekitty, my best friend lives less than five minutes away. I see her maybe three times a year. We talk multiple times every day, and there isn't any pressure because we both have the same mindset about kids and family and keeping up with each other. I don't like to balance a lot of things at once (I can, but I choose not to) – I'm a one activity at a time type of person, and my college girlfriends are not. I just hate that it made me question who I am and how I'm living my life. But anyway, maybe it's good, because I like who I am and I like the way I live so hopefully those friendships will be restored with time.
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cagoldi
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Post by cagoldi on Oct 18, 2017 11:45:46 GMT -6
LOL friends. What friends? I have you guys and chrisy01. I guess my sisters. I meet up with my activist friends when I can, but they don't have kids. My BFF lives in FL and all my local friends annoy the crap out of me. They're all SAH which is fine but they love being martyrs and that works my nerves like nothing else. Plus we have a strong contingent of people who spent 5 minutes reading some natural health bullshit article by Gwyneth Paltrow or David Fraudacado Wolfe and now they are experts on GMOs and vaccines. Oh, Trump supporters too.
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