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[ChickenCanoe]

Does that mean your mother is the only perpetrator?

 

[subhanalah]

Does that mean your mother is the only perpetrator?

not MY mother, lol!
Sometimes I do it to her son too, oooops!

 

[dsqard]

Wisher in many ways I enjoy getting older. I love the less responsibility I have now because our children are grown. Yes I still give them advice and yes I still worry but I try very hard to be hands off as much as possible. I am looking forwards to shamelessly spoiling all the grandchildren and happily handing them back to their parents when I am tire. I enjoy the freedom of being able to do whatever I want to do (or at least can afford to do which is a lot more now that the children are grown). I am still very able bodied so I can enjoy the outdoors activities I have always loved. I may not be able to do everything I could when I was younger or at the very least have to do it slower. That may not be such a bad thing though because it makes me slow down and think at least a little bit about what I am trying to do. Doesn't always stop me from getting myself into some situations I shouldn't but I haven't had to go to jail or pay a fine yet (I have been close on the fine part though, right SCG? )

 

[Wisher1000]

When my DD (now 27) said something that lacked intelligence, I would smile adoringly at her and say, "You're so pretty."

She hated that.

There were several memorable occasions when I was able to use that. The best one was when she was 15. Her best friend's mother died in a wreck, and she had to go live with her father. The friend did not want to live with him and claimed they couldn't get along. DD and I were talking about it and I had asked lots of questions. Was he remarried? Were there step-siblings? Where did he work? What kind of home did he live in? Did he go to church? She answered all of these questions well until I asked what denomination he was. She looked surprised and said, "Oh, he got full custody!"

 

[sourland]

Wisher in many ways I enjoy getting older. I love the less responsibility I have now because our children are grown. Yes I still give them advice and yes I still worry but I try very hard to be hands off as much as possible. I am looking forwards to shamelessly spoiling all the grandchildren and happily handing them back to their parents when I am tire.

I enjoy the freedom of being able to do whatever I want to do (or at least can afford to do which is a lot more now that the children are grown). I am still very able bodied so I can enjoy the outdoors activities I have always loved. I may not be able to do everything I could when I was younger or at the very least have to do it slower. That may not be such a bad thing though because it makes me slow down and think at least a little bit about what I am trying to do. Doesn't always stop me from getting myself into some situations I shouldn't but I haven't had to go to jail or pay a fine yet (I have been close on the fine part though, right SCG?

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Yes to all of the above. I still regard myself as a work in progress. Is that what the Princess means when says, "You 'G' are a piece of work?"

 

[Wisher1000]

Yes to all of the above. I still regard myself as a work in progress. Is that what the Princess means when says, "You 'G' are a piece of work?"

Yes, yes it is.

 

[dsqard]

I still regard myself as a work in progress.  Is that what the Princess means when says, "You 'G' are a piece of work?"

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure that's what it means!
I am with you Sour, I figure I have a lot left to learn so I go out to learn it. I want to learn things my whole life.

 

[subhanalah]

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure that's what it means!
I am with you Sour, I figure I have a lot left to learn so I go out to learn it. I want to learn things my whole life.

"a day without learning is a day wasted."
-someone but not me

 

[vehve]

Well, the evening didn't start so well. I went down earlier, cleared the sauna, did some laundry, came back up... an hour later, we wen't down, intending to enjoy the lovely heat, and wondered why it's so cold. Then I realized, I never turned the darn thing on. Well, we just took a shower, and came up to begin cooking, and I noticed that the guy at the store didn't punch any holes in the package with the vongole. Now they've all died. Luckily I also forgot to put the rest of the shrimp in the freezer, so those will compensate. I wonder what more will go wrong tonight.

 

[subhanalah]

Well, the evening didn't start so well. I went down earlier, cleared the sauna, did some laundry, came back up... an hour later, we wen't down, intending to enjoy the lovely heat, and wondered why it's so cold. Then I realized, I never turned the darn thing on. Well, we just took a shower, and came up to begin cooking, and I noticed that the guy at the store didn't punch any holes in the package with the vongole. Now they've all died. Luckily I also forgot to put the rest of the shrimp in the freezer, so those will compensate. I wonder what more will go wrong tonight.

don't think of it that way, think of it more like "what other opportunities will I have to prove to Karin how awesome I am by not getting flustered that things didn't go to my own plan"
It's better to just submit to it than get angry lol