She's just so. ARGHHHH.

I found myself literally DREADING her coming home. Like.. Damnnnn. The hormones. The emotions.

Give me a toddler any day.

I am honestly SHOCKED that I can get on my phone at school on this site. My other phone (different provider) I could not. I use school wifi on my phone when I am there instead of provider services. I feel lucky I can do that on my phone now. Lets me grab a moment or two (like during nap or when I am alone in the room cuz kids are outside w/ lead teacher while I put out water bottles and take a breather/use the bathroom before joining them again).

I need it to feed to Kayano , but I'll wait til the end of the event and see if I get one on my own first - thats the type of thing Carl gave me yesterday (the red one I think).

I don't do the pawn shop thingy because I don't do cash shop wearables like you do, but I know thats frustrating too, for it to be all screwed up over when it normally happens.

I haven't ever gotten any premade advent calendars with ITEMS (only cheap chocolates ones). I keep thinking about it - I've seen some cute ones. But the prices turn me off, and I never see them later on sale or anything. I did buy a wooden "do it yourself" advent calendar on sale last year - its cute, it has wooden boxes in a house shape, and I get to put whatever I want into the boxes, so I am going to get Nathan or Katie (probably needs to be Katie, tho Nathan MIGHT do it) to shop me some little things so I can get to be surprised by my advent calendar :P

I wish could say I relate. I just have Ian’s moods to deal with 😂

Aww thank you ❤️❤️

Seriously love the end of the season sales., Mieke. ;) That's stuff to wear indoors throughout the winter! :P I do need to find me a nice cozy robe, tho.

Recently just picked up that hair. Got that and it's counterpart on my WL to go w/ the very limited purple stuff I have in my wardrobe. Awesome quest prize!!

Ugh... 2 more days until Autumn officially begins (here). Love the colors, smells and cooler temps (for my bills) but I'm totally a summer fanatic w/ swimming, sun bathing and the abundance of flowers and foliage. Not to mention that in my state, it seems that winter is in a constant state of just... gray.

I'll have to find that video again, Luce. You'd probably find it entertaining but I love it as it gives people a better idea of "british accent" that some get so infatuated with when they hear a difference. And usually, people will develop an accent being around others for long enough so, that didn't happen between you and Ian?

Aww, that sounds fun, kat! Alex and I normally share a lego one, but like I said.. clearance! We also have a do it yourself one, I normally fill it full of halloween candy for the kids to take turns opening :P

I didn't realize it was a food, but I sent it to Luce anyway :P Not as worried about gourmand as I once was.

Ooh you know what I got today? More shirts!! :P Last dec I found some pioneer woman brand shirts on sale - it was a 2 pack, for $2 !!!! Originally $15 for it. I bought like 3 packs. Yesterday at school one of the other teachers saw me wearing one of them, and asked what size? She had some large (I usually wear XL) and she asked if I wanted the L anyway, so I said yes...SO I just got 5 or 6 MORE of those same shirts free :D :P So cool. 2 of them were different colors than what I'd found, so even more yaaaay! (all the end of year sales talk reminded me of that) LOL

Oooh, nice Kat! I saw them on clearance here too, but they were $5 for the two pack. Not my style, but I did pick a pack up for my SiL.

In a very different turn of conversation. Iz found some bracelets on the floor at Kohls, they said Mama and Mini. She's basically obsessed, but they were LC brand and uh.. cheap. Plating wearing off, etc. Any ideas where to get some better ones that aren't like.. crazy expensive?

What the hell. I post and there's several more posts between and after mine!

Nope Ian’s definitely not lost his Nottingham accent even though he’s lived down here for 19 years.

His accent gets broader when he’s back in nottingham with his friends and family.

Hmm I don't know. I am not a big jewelry person. I can't even wear earrings anymore and they were the one thing I did like wearing. I wear necklaces sometimes. I have one right now Im wearing constantly that my dad sent me for valentines day this year. It was perfect timing. I needed what it said.

- probably the lag, plus the fact we actually have multiple people talking today!! :D LOVING it!!

Accents are just a funny thing. I find it interesting to see how many different ones there are. Once I had a middle school vice principle claim he could hear california and new york accents when I talked :P I'm like, whatever dude. I was 6 in New York, and 12 in Cali, and 14 when I was talking to him. So I could see him hearing Cali, but NOT New York....who knows. Some people have better ears I guess. My dad always says I have a southern accent now (he lives in Utah) and when he says that, I REAAAALLLY start to drawl just to be silly :P

HA! I cut my former reply out after I saw that Kat had pinged me so I can give an updated reply! LOL

I didn't realize the hair was food, either. I'll keep on clicking away as much as possible to see what I can hoard and deliver the spoils after you've tried your luck on things. Still got several more days, which is why I stuff things in my vault.

I gave up on the shops for the most part. I'll hit up the FS later on my phone but with over 800 people, the likelihood of anything expensive from either shop has dwindled to zero. I'll stick to the mornings.

Personally I love accessories but I don't have anything of real value anymore. Pawned all my goods off during my initial years as a single mother (after my divorce).
I have multiple ear piercings, too. Three in the lobe, a tragus, 2 helix, industrial, daith, tongue and I'm hoping to get a conch done, soon. (sorry, you'll have to look them up to see where they are located) Used to have my navel pierced and my nostril but I kept losing my nostril piercing so I need it done again. Navel was done pre and after kids but after getting a belly, it was no longer cute.

Have a few tats, too. Just in case you're wondering. ;)

Do you regret pawning stuff? I have some stuff I was debating doing that with....some I know I'll keep, but others, I was debating....

I'm still hitting the free shop and looking in freyalise but mostly missing it again. (I got like 5 or 6 items during the 2-4pm time period)

I need to go redo my lab assignment, and redo my bio assignment too. Get 100's on them both now I am pretty sure I know/have all the answers. Need to check and see if anyone else posted in English too or if I gotta wait til tomorrow (I HATE last minute!!! but so many of these people do their posts the last day! and I have to respond to 2 of them!)

Errmm I only know what some of those are. And personally i wouldn't even get my nose pierced so you go do you girl!! Katie's got her nose pierced. And I've known people with tongue rings. Just ..... not me! Not my thing. Tatoo's aren't really either - tho I know exactly what I would get if I ever DID get one.... :)

I somehow know what all of those are.. and the funny thing is, I can't deal with ANY of it. When I was pregnant with El, I'd throw up on people with gauged ears. I don't know what it was, I just couldn't deal with it. I felt so awful.

And now.. my mom got my ears pierced in teh doctors office when I was 6 weeks old, and thank god she did,.. I have a second hole in one ear, because I passed out LOL. I can't even put my own earrings in without throwing up though, Alex has to do it if I wear them. So... basically, I'm a mess!

I love the idea of tattoos, but needed are.. NOT my thing. At ALL.

Oh dear, poor you. I don't think that was any fun! (you would hate being around my cousin!) My ears were pierced when I was about 10. Never had any issue with them until after Nathan was born, then the holes kept closing up, and I'd get red/swollen when I wore earrings. I stopped wearing them a long time ago. Katie had the same thing happen a few years ago, her ears closed up and got red/swollen... she had her ears pierced at 2yrs old. (SHE insisted, believe it or not!) She is planning on getting hers re-pierced soon.

Got my bio stuff all done, 100s now :D Checked on English. Yep. same 3 people as earlier, so maybe tomorrow after work some others will have posted. If not, I'll deal and do responses to two of those 3. That way I'll be ready to deal with the next weeks stuff when class starts at 7 :P

Dinner all done being cooked, and eaten too. I tried this beef tips in gravy precooked thing that Shane kept getting. It was ok. Easy anyway. I may or may not try it again some time. Me being lazy again, I just want some fast meals, that arent fast food, if you know what I mean :P Fast food is too expensive, but I don't want to spend a long time cooking either. I am going to make buffalo chicken dip for dinner tomorrow I think....and I have a taco pasta recipe I am going to try - its supposed to be like hamburger helper type of meal, and I like cheeseburger macaroni, and I like tacos, so I'll try it. Its NOT a HH box dinner tho, its a recipe I saw online when looking for fast/easy meals to try.

And yes, I know buffalo chicken dip is supposed to be like an appetizer or something but it will work for us for dinner!! :P

Congrats, Kat!

It was Es turn for dinner tonight, so we had pork chops, potato wedges and green beans. Quick and easy. Except the potatoes, they're not very quick.. but super easy! :P

Then I got rushed out of the living room, because Lily is crying washing the dishes, and I don't want to give in. :( And I do want to give in, because I hate it when she's sad. Can't always give in though, it's NOT good for her.

I don't recall - through both pregnancies - anything actually making me sick. Not smells or sight kind of stuff, anyway. My misery was just the tiredness and then the uncomfortable feeling of having your belly stretch that much in a matter of months, plus the weight of the baby. Didn't have any special cravings, either.

A lot of people have seen pictures of my youngest daughter and call her "mini me". We are the closest and have been for a very long time. She got her first piercing (navel) when she was 16 (I went w/ her - she asked - it was required), maybe 17. Couple years later she got her first tat which is rather large, lol. I sat w/ her for over 3hrs and she was a solid board.. I didn't even know how much it hurt her until we got out to the car and she told me. Then later I got my daith and tragus piercings done, and she got her septum done, which I totally cringed at watching. She's got a smaller tattoo on her arm that she wants to add to b/c she things it looks "weird" but it's actually quite beautiful and delicate.
I'll post a pic tomorrow of her tats.

Ok, to be fair, I started this probably half an hour ago and my oldest called to chat so I'm just now posting it.

Don't give in. She'll be alright. I know it makes you feel bad to see her cry/sad tho. I'm with ya there ((((HUGS)))) I'm not sure if I'd want the sad/crying over crap, or the complete ignoring me/being mad at me for making him do stuff that Nathan does.

Hahah its important to talk to your kids :) Is all good. Katie wants to get wings tattoo'd on her back. No clue if she'll ever really do it - I cannot imagine the pain of a big tattoo...eeeek.

I ran to walmart and got some capstar type flea control. Going to see about getting stupid dog back on the monthly/3month doses at the end of the month. Tired of fleas already and with only 1 dog to treat I think I can afford it w/ my pay increase. I know I really should do the cats too, since they are in/out, but can't afford that.

I swear to you, if I ever won the lottery or anything, I'd hire a cook. And a housekeeper. :P I'm that lazy. I like to eat good food, but I do not want to cook it. And I don't mind doing some chores, but there are SOOOOO many I dislike and rarely do because of that.

I also don't recall anything specific making me sick, tho I do remember being sick with the first two for sure, and so probably also with Nathan. I remember Shane copying me when I was throwing up while early pregnant with Katie LOL It was so cute and funny. As for cravings, no weird ones, but sometimes I just really wanted something specific. Like with Shane, I adored fresh bread from the grocery store, and also these rolls from a restaurant. With Katie, I can't remember what I wanted, but with Nathan, I wanted hot fudge sundae's a lot! :P

WOAHHH I saw this when I grabbed it in the parking lot at walmart and thought to myself, sheesh I'm getting a lot of subq items (I see this is not one now, but I have gotten a lot) and it is this : talk about a good free item. Dang.

She talked about getting a tattoo for at least a year before she finally decided on what, when and where to get it. I don't wish for any of that back b/c .... do you know how many days/hours/indecisions I had to listen to?!!! LOL I loved that she did it but WOW the sure immense amount of decision making ......... sigh I miss that b/c she did that w/ every single major decision she's ever made, with me. She still does small stuff, but she's finally able to completely fly on her own. That's both depressing and inspiring.

I don't think you're lazy at all, Kat. You work full time, full time parent and are doing school work!!! That's more than enough to just say "to hell w/ this" and not do everything you should do b/c it will be there tomorrow.... or the next day or the next. There was a time when I got so frustrated that neither of the girls were doing dishes that I threw just about everything away. (All plastic stuff, lol) I was working 10.5 to 11hr nights and still had to pick them up after work in the morning and make sure they got ready for school/caught their bus. Gawd I hated the time difference between grade and middle school.

Anywho... it's my time to eat (nothing special) so I'm going to chill to some netflix and get settled it for the night.

lol way to make me feel old. I can't believe we have known each other that long. I see posts on social media and stuff all the time that are supposed to make you feel old, but your post really hit me. I have such good memories of neo and hanging out with you and Caz and any just enjoying the site so much. It's hard to believe it was that long ago and I'm not a 'kid' anymore and nothing ever feels the same again.

P.S. And I still remember being super jealous and planning/hoping for myself an awesome collection and display of all gaming systems like Ian had. lol I have a few, but not well organized or displayed :P

I know it was the good old days. I was in my 20’s and not mid 40’s!

Yep he still has all the consoles out on display! He’s just a big kid at heart

Speaking of piercings. I have a 12mm gage in ear, I have six conch piercings (three in each ear) two daiths, two tragus, two industrials, three in one lobe, my tongue, both nips, a double nose piercings on each side, my septum, belly button and six helix. I also have 13 tattoos. Longest I sat for one was 7 hours.