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Post by trtlcrzy on Nov 30, 2017 9:27:28 GMT -6
I did not cook with that, btw. I discovered it before I poured it out. I will be taking it back to Target today. You should contact the company that made it too! It’s a target store brand, but maybe I will try calling too.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Nov 30, 2017 9:28:37 GMT -6
I bought myself new slippers on BF from pottery barn. They were $17 and look so cozy. The package is supposed to come today.
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Post by peachsmama on Nov 30, 2017 9:33:38 GMT -6
My asshole dog would eat the onions placed within her reach. I'm wondering if mine will. My moms puppy is in her chewing phase. Because, duh. Puppy. But she's very determined.. I keep everything put up. She came into our room while we were sleeping and went into my closet and drug out 9 single shoes. Spread them all over the house. The other day she jumped up on my hamper and took clothes out and ran. Last night I put in a shoe rack so they were up higher and this morning she was jumping up trying to get them off. Like WTF. STOP!
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Post by tgrimes on Nov 30, 2017 9:39:46 GMT -6
Oh shit. I didn't even think about that. One of my dogs will totally eat them. Dammit. And they are toxic to dogs too. Be safe with your onions people!!! For real? I didn't know that.
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Post by xolastunicornxo on Nov 30, 2017 9:48:08 GMT -6
kim22 I hope you don’t have any ridiculously good looking neighbors to tempt you!! 😂😂😂
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Post by vino on Nov 30, 2017 10:00:34 GMT -6
OMG disgusting trtlcrzy. I'd be raising shit with Target.
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Post by inthekitty on Nov 30, 2017 10:17:37 GMT -6
I hope you can resist the temptation kim22. That is absolutely horktastic trtlcrzy. I had no clue about the onions thing--both about their germ-reducing properties or that they are toxic to dogs. My dog will eat a lot of things but I don't think she'd eat raw onion.
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Post by inthekitty on Nov 30, 2017 10:21:13 GMT -6
I found out I need to pay to attend my main work holiday party today. It's been free in past years. It's only $10 but the food is mediocre and last time our main admin boss kept a forced karaoke sing-a-thon going for-e-ver so we barely got out early and the location of the party was further away from my house a few freeway exits up. I'm debating skipping it. If we skip we're technically not supposed to leave early even though the party-goers get out early but I'm imagining it will be a graveyard around here and almost everyone will take off. Not sure what I'm going to do.
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Post by mwhip on Nov 30, 2017 10:42:22 GMT -6
I hope you can resist the temptation kim22 . That is absolutely horktastic trtlcrzy . I had no clue about the onions thing--both about their germ-reducing properties or that they are toxic to dogs. My dog will eat a lot of things but I don't think she'd eat raw onion. I didn't think one of our dogs would eat quite a few things, but she does. If I drop something while cooking, she snatches it right up. Her favorite thing is carrots, I think she would eat an entire bag of baby carrots, given the opportunity. She has eaten a chunk of raw potato and onion. I didn't realize onions were toxic for them (thanks wedding), but I'm not intentionally feeding her onions, because yuck! This is the same dog that we have to shut the door to my bathroom (attached to master closet) because she eats my shoes, the door to the laundry room because that where I keep rolls of trash bags and she chews on them, and the doors to Evie's bedroom and what she uses as a playroom because she eats her toys. She chews up boxes of Kleenex if they are on the coffee table and even got a jar of peanuts off the coffee table, which she somehow manage to twist the lid open and eat some of this past weekend. Pretty sure when H goes back to work, she's going into a kennel because I think she will attempt to destroy the house without him there, since he's been home for so long.
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Post by tgrimes on Nov 30, 2017 10:44:05 GMT -6
I hope you can resist the temptation kim22 . That is absolutely horktastic trtlcrzy . I had no clue about the onions thing--both about their germ-reducing properties or that they are toxic to dogs. My dog will eat a lot of things but I don't think she'd eat raw onion. I didn't think one of our dogs would eat quite a few things, but she does. If I drop something while cooking, she snatches it right up. Her favorite thing is carrots, I think she would eat an entire bag of baby carrots, given the opportunity. She has eaten a chunk of raw potato and onion. I didn't realize onions were toxic for them (thanks wedding ), but I'm not intentionally feeding her onions, because yuck! This is the same dog that we have to shut the door to my bathroom (attached to master closet) because she eats my shoes, the door to the laundry room because that where I keep rolls of trash bags and she chews on them, and the doors to Evie's bedroom and what she uses as a playroom because she eats her toys. She chews up boxes of Kleenex if they are on the coffee table and even got a jar of peanuts off the coffee table, which she somehow manage to twist the lid open and eat some of this past weekend. Pretty sure when H goes back to work, she's going into a kennel because I think she will attempt to destroy the house without him there, since he's been home for so long. Yeah, I have an asshole dog that will eat any and all food. The other dog prefers clothing & towels. So annoying.
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Post by mwhip on Nov 30, 2017 10:46:10 GMT -6
I found out I need to pay to attend my main work holiday party today. It's been free in past years. It's only $10 but the food is mediocre and last time our main admin boss kept a forced karaoke sing-a-thon going for-e-ver so we barely got out early and the location of the party was further away from my house a few freeway exits up. I'm debating skipping it. If we skip we're technically not supposed to leave early even though the party-goers get out early but I'm imagining it will be a graveyard around here and almost everyone will take off. Not sure what I'm going to do. I wouldn't go, unless there was someone I wanted to hang out with. With all the drama going on here, I want to skip everything that isn't during work hours. Like tomorrow, we are having a girls only secret santa/dinner/drinks at the VP of sales house, because she lives a few minutes away. I don't really want to go, because I suck at being fake, but since the girl in customer service I'm close with is going, I'll go. We are both planning on skipping out pretty early though. Our management Christmas party is the 15th, again, I don't want to go, because I cant' be fake, but I do get a good free dinner and free drinks, so I'll take all of that! Now, the 19th, when our largest supplier is coming in town for a meeting and dinner, I'll be in the meeting, but I'm making up some bullshit excuse to get out of dinner. I haven't figured it out yet, but I will.
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Post by vino on Nov 30, 2017 10:46:33 GMT -6
You all are adding to my very long list of not wanting a dog. So.much.work.
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Post by vino on Nov 30, 2017 10:47:39 GMT -6
I found out I need to pay to attend my main work holiday party today. It's been free in past years. It's only $10 but the food is mediocre and last time our main admin boss kept a forced karaoke sing-a-thon going for-e-ver so we barely got out early and the location of the party was further away from my house a few freeway exits up. I'm debating skipping it. If we skip we're technically not supposed to leave early even though the party-goers get out early but I'm imagining it will be a graveyard around here and almost everyone will take off. Not sure what I'm going to do. These are the worst parties, the small talk the fake-ness, like mwhip I am TERRIBLE at.
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Post by mwhip on Nov 30, 2017 10:49:28 GMT -6
I found out I need to pay to attend my main work holiday party today. It's been free in past years. It's only $10 but the food is mediocre and last time our main admin boss kept a forced karaoke sing-a-thon going for-e-ver so we barely got out early and the location of the party was further away from my house a few freeway exits up. I'm debating skipping it. If we skip we're technically not supposed to leave early even though the party-goers get out early but I'm imagining it will be a graveyard around here and almost everyone will take off. Not sure what I'm going to do. These are the worst parties, the small talk the fake-ness, like mwhip I am TERRIBLE at. I do get better as I drink more...but there comes a point where the honest mwhip comes out and it isn't pretty. I'll have to keep myself in check. :-)
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Post by tgrimes on Nov 30, 2017 10:49:34 GMT -6
You all are adding to my very long list of not wanting a dog. So.much.work. I will never get another dog. Unless it's my sister's dog. Dennis is amazing and the best dog ever. HE doesn't bark, shed, eat stuff he's not supposed to. He just wants to follow you around, lay at your feet and play fetch outside occasionally.
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Post by mwhip on Nov 30, 2017 10:51:32 GMT -6
You all are adding to my very long list of not wanting a dog. So.much.work. Lol, dogs are assholes, but I do enjoy having them.
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Post by wineallthetime on Nov 30, 2017 10:58:23 GMT -6
I didn't think one of our dogs would eat quite a few things, but she does. If I drop something while cooking, she snatches it right up. Her favorite thing is carrots, I think she would eat an entire bag of baby carrots, given the opportunity. She has eaten a chunk of raw potato and onion. I didn't realize onions were toxic for them (thanks wedding ), but I'm not intentionally feeding her onions, because yuck! This is the same dog that we have to shut the door to my bathroom (attached to master closet) because she eats my shoes, the door to the laundry room because that where I keep rolls of trash bags and she chews on them, and the doors to Evie's bedroom and what she uses as a playroom because she eats her toys. She chews up boxes of Kleenex if they are on the coffee table and even got a jar of peanuts off the coffee table, which she somehow manage to twist the lid open and eat some of this past weekend. Pretty sure when H goes back to work, she's going into a kennel because I think she will attempt to destroy the house without him there, since he's been home for so long. Yeah, I have an asshole dog that will eat any and all food. The other dog prefers clothing & towels. So annoying. My asshole dog will eat all the food, poop, used tampons, ect.... except my banana bread. Took one bite of that and walked away (I didn't intentionally give it to him, he got into it).
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Post by vino on Nov 30, 2017 11:01:57 GMT -6
Yeah, I have an asshole dog that will eat any and all food. The other dog prefers clothing & towels. So annoying. My asshole dog will eat all the food, poop, used tampons, ect.... except my banana bread. Took one bite of that and walked away (I didn't intentionally give it to him, he got into it). This is hilarious! Not to mention his constant running away looking for a new family
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Post by vino on Nov 30, 2017 11:02:39 GMT -6
You all are adding to my very long list of not wanting a dog. So.much.work. I will never get another dog. Unless it's my sister's dog. Dennis is amazing and the best dog ever. HE doesn't bark, shed, eat stuff he's not supposed to. He just wants to follow you around, lay at your feet and play fetch outside occasionally. Dennis is a great name for a dog. I love him already.
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Post by inthekitty on Nov 30, 2017 11:07:39 GMT -6
Lily is my first dog ever since I was deprived as a child. The more I read other people talk about their dogs the more I realize how lucky I am. She tore up a few shoes during her puppy phase and she still chews on the walls (like actually makes gouges into the drywall) occasionally but otherwise she doesn't bark, shedding isn't too bad, will not dig into food (or gross non-food items) that is not given to her, and doesn't try to run off. She is definitely an asshole around my friend who is her auntie though. She's a good mutt.
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Post by inthekitty on Nov 30, 2017 11:13:51 GMT -6
mwhip and vino I think I'm leaning towards ditching out on the party. It's the afternoon of the 15th. Normally the only thing I look forward to at the party is free food and getting out early. It used to be held at the golf club in my neighborhood which was awesome because I had no commute home. Last year it was further away from home and other departments were at the same venue and got out over an hour before we did while the boss obsessed over making everyone sing karaoke. Remember Crazy Dog Lady who I used to work with? The one who took a month of leave and another month of a reduced schedule because her dog had puppies and would fake sick to go to dog shows? Her histrionic nature ate up the attention of the stupid karaoke and she was dancing around like a moron. There's no alcohol involved at these parties and everyone knows karaoke sans alcohol should not be a thing. Nor should it be forced.
My other work party is this weekend and the food will be great because it's catered by the Spaghetti Factory and we'll get out really early (which is of course the most important part).
ETA: The one coworker I like to visit with never goes. My bitchiest coworker is going.
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Post by lahdeedah on Nov 30, 2017 11:14:47 GMT -6
I use yellow onions, peel back a couple layers until the skin is off and the white is showing, you can leave them whole or cut them in quarters, place in bowl or vase and put around your house. I have one under each of the kids beds, two under our bed, one on the bookshelf downstairs and upstairs in the living room. Keep them out until they dry up, about 10 days, and then replace. No it does not smell like onions in my house. I'll be buying all the onions after work. Thanks for the info.
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Post by tgrimes on Nov 30, 2017 11:29:49 GMT -6
I will never get another dog. Unless it's my sister's dog. Dennis is amazing and the best dog ever. HE doesn't bark, shed, eat stuff he's not supposed to. He just wants to follow you around, lay at your feet and play fetch outside occasionally. Dennis is a great name for a dog. I love him already. Their dog before that was Bob.
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Post by mwhip on Nov 30, 2017 11:38:01 GMT -6
mwhip and vino I think I'm leaning towards ditching out on the party. It's the afternoon of the 15th. Normally the only thing I look forward to at the party is free food and getting out early. It used to be held at the golf club in my neighborhood which was awesome because I had no commute home. Last year it was further away from home and other departments were at the same venue and got out over an hour before we did while the boss obsessed over making everyone sing karaoke. Remember Crazy Dog Lady who I used to work with? The one who took a month of leave and another month of a reduced schedule because her dog had puppies and would fake sick to go to dog shows? Her histrionic nature ate up the attention of the stupid karaoke and she was dancing around like a moron. There's no alcohol involved at these parties and everyone knows karaoke sans alcohol should not be a thing. Nor should it be forced.
My other work party is this weekend and the food will be great because it's catered by the Spaghetti Factory and we'll get out really early (which is of course the most important part).
ETA: The one coworker I like to visit with never goes. My bitchiest coworker is going. Definitely do not go. This sounds like a form of torture. I'd rather sit at work by myself than be subjected to that bullshit.
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Post by jewels on Nov 30, 2017 11:43:24 GMT -6
So I know none of you are Jewish (I think @calimocco is but she hasn't been around here forever). But I am looking for some advice. We are nonpracticing Jews (my kids have never been to Temple, but we have meals with my family for all the holidays)
We don't celebrate Christmas at our house - no tree, no Santa, etc, however, for as long as I can remember, we have gone to my BFF's house for Christmas dinner and we all exchange presents. Last year, S asked a handful of questions about Santa and Christmas but I mostly skirted them.
This year he has been asking nonstop. When is Christmas? Can Santa bring me little tiny legos? When does Santa come to my house?
How do you all think I should deal with this? Today I tried to explain to him that there are different religions, he said he understood, then asked when Santa came for him. So... no. I don't have many Jewish friends IRL, and his school is pretty much all Christian, I think, so I'm sure he's hearing a lot of it there. Thoughts??
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Post by peachsmama on Nov 30, 2017 11:54:41 GMT -6
I started watching "Call the Widwife" I'm hooked.
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Post by flamingo on Nov 30, 2017 11:56:06 GMT -6
Tonight the Mrs. Claus gift is supposed to be delivered and I'm not ready. I'm going to go to World Market during my lunch to get the gingerbread house kit and I think I'll send mh to Target during his lunch for a few things. I saw some cute hot chocolate marshmallow stir sticks to go with the hot chocolate we put in it. Time is passing too quickly, I feel like I'm constantly running behind. I loooove World Market. I went on Sunday but want to go back because I had the kids with me and it was hard to look at everything with them! This is the story of my life. World Market and Stein Mart (and Target, duh) are always where I want to linger but can't because of the kids. Oh, and Fresh Market. OK, and basically every other store.
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Post by flamingo on Nov 30, 2017 12:03:05 GMT -6
So I know none of you are Jewish (I think @calimocco is but she hasn't been around here forever). But I am looking for some advice. We are nonpracticing Jews (my kids have never been to Temple, but we have meals with my family for all the holidays) We don't celebrate Christmas at our house - no tree, no Santa, etc, however, for as long as I can remember, we have gone to my BFF's house for Christmas dinner and we all exchange presents. Last year, S asked a handful of questions about Santa and Christmas but I mostly skirted them. This year he has been asking nonstop. When is Christmas? Can Santa bring me little tiny legos? When does Santa come to my house? How do you all think I should deal with this? Today I tried to explain to him that there are different religions, he said he understood, then asked when Santa came for him. So... no. I don't have many Jewish friends IRL, and his school is pretty much all Christian, I think, so I'm sure he's hearing a lot of it there. Thoughts?? I can imagine that would be tough, esp. when they're little and don't necessarily understand the concepts of religion, etc. and are being bombarded with Santa every which way. Do y'all celebrate Hanukkah? If yes, I would use that and play up the 'presents for 8 days' bit, at least at this age. One of my good friends in high school was a non-practicing Jew (he had a funny term for it that I can't recall) and they essentially just adopted the more secular parts of the holiday. Santa came to their house, and his mom always put up Christmas trees b/c she just thought they were so beautiful. LOL. eta: not saying that you should put up a tree against your will, ha...it's just as an example of how other people handle it.
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Post by slenle on Nov 30, 2017 12:16:54 GMT -6
Hi all. Sitting in my car in the garage, avoiding unloading groceries. It’s been quite the morning. H woke up with crusty eyes and crabby. Dropped n at preschool and took him to urgent care. He has another/the same ear infection from 2 weeks ago. He just finished antibiotics Sunday. Cleared up from HFM yesterday and now another EI. Seriously?
Then we went and got groceries for Ns party Sunday. Then to target to get his prescription. Realized I didn’t have my wallet so went back to the grocery store and it was still in the cart in the outside cart corral. Omg.
I just dropped both kids at my parents so I can get my house ready for the party. I may need to squeeze in a nap too.
Eta: I will also be onion-ing my house today
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Post by tallb on Nov 30, 2017 12:26:46 GMT -6
jewels Oof that's tough. If you celebrate Hanukkah, I'd play up that? Maybe get a Hanukkah bush or mench on the bench? Our one daycare is heavy on Christmas stuff (big show, gingerbread house event, toys for tots,etc) but J's Pre-K is completely devoid of all religious holidays, which is kind of nice and I imagine appreciated by parents that don't celebrate Christmas. EtA: I typed that and the ironic part about j's school is that it's in a Jesuit university. We are going to a holiday party and tree lighting event tomorrow on campus, but the little school doesn't acknowledge religion.
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