Let the smiting continue? :D

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Juuuuuuust kiddin, don't beat me up! Sounds like you all are having a nice relaxing day

You got sumptin 'gainst rednecks? don't make me get the smitin' tools out.

Jimmie Johnson 5-peats. Awesome! Some ice and ibuprofen, and the shoulder is better.

Browns lose *again* late in the game. You know that Snickers commerical with Betty White? The Browns could use her at Wide Receiver. This receiving corps couldn't catch a cold!!

not gonna let this wonderful thread die. I been busy the last few days writing a rather boring research paper on hippa which is about health care ethics.

 

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rednecks

Juuuuuuust kiddin, don't beat me up! Sounds like you all are having a nice relaxing day

You got sumptin 'gainst rednecks? don't make me get the smitin' tools out.

Jimmie Johnson 5-peats. Awesome! Some ice and ibuprofen, and the shoulder is better.

Browns lose *again* late in the game. You know that Snickers commerical with Betty White? The Browns could use her at Wide Receiver. This receiving corps couldn't catch a cold!!

I have to add how happy I am that this year I am a bears fan. Sorry it had to be done since they haven't had a really good.team since the 80's

 

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Ok nobody here but gonna say something anyway. Anyone know how to break a broody bird? I have a BO that is getting rather mean. Almost jumped out and whooped my seven year old today. I suppose I could separate her and give her separate boxes to sit in. Oh well we will see.

 

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Boy this thread is in danger and now I am officially rambling. Thinking on trying to remember where I put the W.O.E. so I can find out.where everyone went. Looks like tonight it just went silent. That's just not gonna do. Ok well I will keep checking for signs of life. May e someone to chat with yet

 

[MaggieRae]

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Boy this thread is in danger and now I am officially rambling. Thinking on trying to remember where I put the W.O.E. so I can find out.where everyone went. Looks like tonight it just went silent. That's just not gonna do. Ok well I will keep checking for signs of life. May e someone to chat with yet

It's Sunday night...
Work in the morning.
Or doctor appointment. Whichever works.​

 

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It's Sunday night...
Work in the morning.
Or doctor appointment. Whichever works.

lol I know. Just been checking here and there. Not rambling anymore.

 

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Okay all hopefully I see someone tomorrow.

 

[Laurajean]

Okay, so here's how yesterday went. I went to the stupid home party that I dreaded so much. I have to admit, it was not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I expected a bunch of uppity women sitting around gossiping, but was surprised to see a few men there too! That always makes it more fun in my book. First of all, I was a half an hour late because the gay guys across the road from me needed me to jump start their truck, and it ended up taking a while. They waited for me to begin. When I arrived the only one who was annoyed was the host of the party, who none of us knew. I apologized and said "I'm so sorry I'm late, I had to jump the gay guys next door to me". That made everyone laugh because of how it sounded.

The first party was the Tastefully Simple thing, which is the line of prepared foods, mixes, dips, etc. The only prude there was the host of that party. She told us about herself, said she's a first grade teacher and her name is Sheila. So we all gathered around a table and she passed out clipboards, catalogs, pens, and an order sheet to everyone. I said, "Oh great, I feel like I'm in school already. Crap, I don't know where I put my #2 pencil!". Everyone was amused at that except the host (teacher). So then she tells us we're going to do a "moving buffet". I thought that too was a little funny, and commented that I never saw anyone standing still at a buffet, but again, Sheila wasn't amused. Turns out she meant that she would pass stuff around for us all to taste.

At one point I really irked Sheila the Host when I asked if there was any meat or meat broth in a dip that she was passing around with crackers (I'm a vegetarian). She looked annoyed, and said "It's DIP". And I nicely said, "Oh I know, but you'd be surprised what you'll find meat broth in" and so she got her giant 3 ring binder and started to read LOUDLY the ingredients until she got to "chicken fat", where she suddenly got less loud.

So then as she passed around various things for us to taste, she had to keep checking the ingredients for meat. I tried to make light of it by joking around, and everyone was fine with it except her. I was sitting between a young girl (early 20's) and a guy of the same age who was apparently her boyfriend. I offered to switch places so she could sit next to him but she said that it was fine. So the boyfriend is apparently a cook and I was impressed with his knowledge of seasonings and taste, so him and I got talking a little. At one point the girl looked at me and said "Is he flirting with you!?" I assured her that he was not, and that I could almost be his mother and there was no reason to worry.

Eventually she realized I was harmless and warmed up to me.

So as Sheila the Host passed things around, we were all turning to the page in our catalog looking for that item, description and price. At one point I couldn't find it, and jokingly raised my hand and said "I'm stuck!!" (like in a school kid way). Sheila the Host was NOT amused and told me if I hadn't been chatting with those around me I would know what page we were on. I told Sheila the Host that it was my mistake and that I was apparently mislead when told this was a "party". Everyone really liked that but Sheila. At one point she passed around little Dixie cups of Chai Cocoa and I commented that it would be excellent with vodka.

The boyfriend kid next to me agreed and suggested Bailey's. Well Kathy (the lady whos' house we were at and who had invited me) ran into the other room and came back with a handful of alcohol, Grey Goose, Bailey's, Rum, etc. and we all started turning our mini Dixie cups into spiked shots. Sheila the Host seemed annoyed and tapped her pen on her clipboard as we all passed around the vodka. I sensed her annoyance, and said, "Sheila, trust us, once we have a few of these the prices are going to start looking a lot more reasonable and you will make a killing". Again, everyone but Sheila thought that was funny. Now mind you, I'm only pulling out funny bits of the story, but I certainly complimented many of the things, and some of it was very tasty and I said so. But SORRY, I had to try and make it fun. But there's a "Sheila" in every bunch. I think Sheila lives permanently in "teacher mode" and didn't appreciate our antics (aka FUN).

So then the demonstration was over and she told us to "work on" our order forms. Someone was joking around and I said "Ssshhh! It's study time, I need to pass this!" and Sheila gave me the most condescending smile I've ever seen. Now, I don't know about you guys, but I don't have much money and really had no business at this thing at all. But I decided to splurge to the best of my abilities, so I ordered two "seasoning mixes" that could be used in cooking or in dips. One was SUPER garlicy, and the other was an onion mix. They were nine bucks each plus 7 dollars for shipping and handling, so $25 is honestly a lot to me at least, for 2 bottles of spice. So I hand in my order form, and Sheila says to me in front of everyone "That's all you're ordering???" I looked at her for a minute and said, "Yes, I'd order more but I'm dirt poor. Sorry." I mean seriously?

Okay! So the next "party" was immediately afterward and BOY I could have a story for that, except that it was the "adult" party, and there's very little I can post about it on a family board. A different girl was hosting that one, Sheila had taken her order forms and got the heck out of there as soon as her bit was done. So we all moved into the living room where we sampled more stuff. We had a righty-smelly hand and a lefty-licky hand, and you can only imagine the jokes I made. Those things were CRAZY expensive, and none of it interested me, except a bottle of "pheromones" which really just seemed like a nice bottle of perfume in my opinion, so I ordered that only. Me and 2 other women decided to join our order and have it all delivered to Kathy's house to save on shipping. The men stuck around for that too, which surprised me a little, but it was pretty fun. The whole thing was not at all as bad as I expected. At the end we played a silly game and I won the game and my prize was a big coffee mug filled with samples.

So that was my afternoon yesterday.

 

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I woulda went broke..

 

[MaggieRae]

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It's Sunday night...
Work in the morning.
Or doctor appointment. Whichever works.

lol I know. Just been checking here and there. Not rambling anymore.

Oops, looked like I missed ya. I'm reading. Should be sleeping, but... That's never any fun.

Sounds like one heck of an afternoon, LJ!
And yes, there's a 'Sheila' at every party.

I guess it was more business than fun for her. Too bad for her!