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| |  Good Sunday Morning, November 1st!
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Nov 01, 2009 at 11:54 AM by dianah
Good morning to all!
It's almost midnight here.
I thought I'd share w/you an email I sent my boys a few days ago: PARENTAL TRANSLATIONS
Your parents thought this might be helpful:
Sentence* - Translation
(*may not sound exactly as written)
Please take out the trash - BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, take out the trash from the kitchen and put a new black bag in the trash container.
Please take out the recyclables - BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, take out the recyclables from the kitchen and put a new black bag in the recyclables container.
Please gather the trash - TODAY gather the household trash and take it to the outside trash bin.
Please clean the cat boxes - TODAY use the scooper and clean out the stinky excrement from the cat box, taking it IMMEDIATELY outside to the trash bin.
Please change the cat box litter - TODAY scrape the stinky excrement from the sides and bottom of the cat box and then dump the entire contents outside in the trash bin. Refill the cat box with lovely, clean, sweet-smelling cat litter.
Please feed the cats - BETWEEN 3 and 5 p.m. every day, place canned cat food in their bowls, feed the cats, then put the bowls in the sink to soak after the cats are through with their meal.
Please give Fred his shot - Around 8:00 a.m. or 8:00 p.m., give Fred his insulin injection (currently 8 units). He may not cooperate but he will love you for it.
Please change your bed sheets - TODAY take the existing sheets off your bed and replace with clean sheets. This *SHOULD* be done weekly, to prevent your smelling like you have been sleeping in the trash can.
Please vacuum your room - TODAY get the vacuum cleaner out of the closet, check the bag to be sure it doesn't need changing, plug the unit into a wall receptacle, turn unit on and vacuum your room of cat litter and other stuff. When you are finished, turn unit off, unplug from wall receptacle, coil cord around hooks (provided on unit) and return unit to hall closet.
If you are the last one out of the house, SEPARATE THE CATS, CLOSE THEIR DOORS, LOCK BOTH FRONT DOOR DEADBOLTS AND SET THE ALARM.
Except for weekends, please plan to be home by 11pm.
If you are unable to comply, contact us to explain the situation and give your best estimate of when you WILL be home.
On weekends home time is midnight, unless arriving later is previously arranged.
Drive carefully at ALL times, as contrary to what you first thought when you read through this, we DO care about you.
Stay tuned for further updates as they become available/necessary. 
Love, Mom and Dad
Have a good one!
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Nov 01, 2009, 01:14 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st!
Greetings everyone!  Di . . . I hope those boys respond well to your email! LOL I've always held the view that kids should do their bit in the house, especially if/when both parents are working.
Loved seeing the pic of sweet Gavin, netters. He's such a cutie.
I missed the saturday thread altogether! :stone It's been a rough week and some things got neglected.
Last night DH and I drove to the beach and bought fish and chips for tea. Best fish and chips in town at that place! It was so well patronised, everyone had to place their order and return in 45 mins- 1hr!  We took a fridge magnet and next time will phone ahead, especially on a saturday night! It was nice being near the ocean.
Today has been a quiet day, I hit a wall and have been very  . I'm determined tomorrow will be better. A new week at the start of a new month, so got to pull up those bootstraps and move forward. Life is such a mixture isn't it? Don't you just wish that pendulum would stop and rest awhile sometimes though?
Wishing everyone a happy sunday and it's good evening from me!   | | No. 2 |
Nov 01, 2009, 07:01 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st!
Life is indeed such a mixture, Grace.
Hi Di!
Going to church this morning, then doing some cooking and relaxing. Working nights Mon/Tues.
Now that things are settling down, I might head to Wisconsin prior to the weekend, when I next work. Hoping that it won't rain, and that I won't be too tired with the shift to nights.
Pehaps I should wait, but it's going to get colder and I'm really eager to see how the car works on a longer trip, compared to my previous one.
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Nov 01, 2009, 07:34 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st!
Good morning. It was 80 and sunny yesterday, now it's 59 and rainy today.
I am supposedly no longer contagious at this point (according to the Tamiflu insert, which I read as I took my last dose this morning). So I'm planning to escape the child for a while by meeting a friend for lunch and some cheap retail therapy.
Then the afternoon will be spent working on my next homework assignment...when class started I had goofed the dates up and ended up turning my first assignment in a day late  I got a penalty (I deserved it)...so I went through the syllabus and put every due date on Outlook because I damn well won't let that happen again!
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Nov 01, 2009, 07:56 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st!
Good morning Di, Grace, Joe, & Steph...... and all to follow.
(((Grace))) I hope when you wake up on your Monday your outlook is brighter. Maybe you could put off your cleaning til Tuesday? 
Joe - I wouldn't be surprised if you don't get around 30 mpg in that Kia (if it's a 4 cyl.)
Di - I can relate. But the DW instead of getting the youngest to do it often would say, "it's just easier to do it myself"...... and would. Now he's come back home to live with us until he gets married next Summer. He's doing the same behaviours he learned before but she wants ME to talk to him! Arrrrgghhh!
Steph - Hope your day goes well. What are the "boys" up to? Any wood cutting? The wood we for DS#2's future in-laws probably amounted to 2 1/2 cord. The DW, son, son's GF, and I finished cutting it and loaded it onto the flatbed truck yesterday. It will be delivered today. I bet it's going to surprise the son's future FIL.
Meri - Hope you enjoy your freedom today.  | | No. 6 |
Nov 01, 2009, 08:02 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st! Originally Posted by Kolohe99  Steph - Hope your day goes well. What are the "boys" up to? Any wood cutting?
After church - woodcutting. The main problem is our pickup has a tool box and fuel tank - so we can't fit all that much in there anymore.
steph
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Nov 01, 2009, 08:33 AM
Re: Good Sunday Morning, November 1st! Originally Posted by Spidey's mom After church - woodcutting. The main problem is our pickup has a tool box and fuel tank - so we can't fit all that much in there anymore.
steph
I know exactly what you mean, but I don't consider that a "problem" now that I'm 50+. It means it fills up that much quicker.
I've got to go with my younger brother today to move our spare processor up on a job and collect a broken one. On Friday the engine in the one up on the job decided "today is a good day to die" and proceded to disembowel itself. There goes another $20,000.... or more. After we get it moved in I need to drive across the state. Looks like it's going to be a long day. (I wanted to start at daylight but little brother didn't want to start until 0900 because last night was Halloween.)
I hope things are going better for your business. I'd better finish getting ready for work.
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