Early November craft chat

Originally posted by gotlucy anna i've done flylady.  we started a thread in home and hearth.

Good to know!

Chicken noodle soup is simmering, bread is almost done baking. Yum!  The house smells really nice.

Christine, GL with the toilet.

Oh and glad you had a great time with your mom Christina. (That bill for the well made such an impression I forgot the rest of what I was going to say.)

Carrie: I'm pretty laid back when it comes to illness, so I'd probably just send my kids to school as usual. We never do flu shots here, but I'm not super worried about what will happen if the kids get something. Like I told Sierra the other day, after she asked if they were going to get a flu shot, and that she heard that some kids died from the flu: "If God wants you in Heaven, he'll find a way to get you there. It could be the flu, or it could be getting hit by a bus. When it's your time to go, it's your time."

I think the flu is contagious before you get sick.  Hope DH is just down w/ a run-of-the-mill cold.  Perfect timing on the chicken soup.  I've got beef stew/soup in the crock pot and it smells good too.  Maybe I'll get G to make biscuits w/ me when he wakes up.  It's one of DH's fav. meals, and I find it a very good strategy to feed him well if I know I have something to get off my chest.

Christina, sorry to hear about "the guy".  Thanks for letting me know that I can prob. fix the toilet myself.  Maybe another 7layer burrito from Taco Bell and a little chocolate will get me motivated.  The house is quiet, so I need to get the lump of stress reduced a bit first.  Glad you had a nice time w/ your Mom!

Carrie, I replied on your Parenting thread.  IDK if it's the right advice for him or not, but I put it out there.

Well, apparently Tyner did not have a good day at school. In fact, I had to pick him up an hour early. I guess he hit some kid so hard on the back that a teacher heard it. And he was throwing pens, and scribbling all over his work. Probably doesn't help that he was up at 6:15 this morning. So he is stuck in his room, no TV, no Wii, no candy/dessert (and you better believe his sister will be bowling with me tonight, and getting candy).

Originally posted by hudfamsix Christine: Hope you can get the toilet fixed on your own. GL talking to your DH tonight.

Thanks.  We're adjusting to being around each other again, and I know it's the perfect storm for fights and mis-communications.  For two months he left before any of us woke up in the morning, got home for dinner, sat on the recliner and "bonded" w/ the boys over Signing Time, then fell asleep as soon as we put them to bed.  He worked many weekend mornings, napped when the boys did, then worked from home in the evenings.  I'm not complaining, because he's a great dad and does his best for all of us.  It makes me very grateful for the times that his schedule is normal and we have him back .  Times like these put our relationship in a holding pattern though. 

Edited by musicmama - 03 Nov 2009 at 5:37pm

Whoooo-ah!  I fixed the toilet!  It was a little more complicated than I thought it would be, but doable w/ a quiet house.  I think we saved probably at least $40, maybe more.  Thanks Dad for teaching your daughter how to be handy .

Hope your conversation with DH is going well. Changes can be hard.  Thanks for answering on the Parenting thread.

good job christine!

what has everyone been up to lately?

Originally posted by umbribyz I posted in the middle of a thought... Some illnesses are contagious before you have symptoms, is the flu like that? I forget. I guess I am on the side of paranoid...

yep carrie.

oh no beth, i hope he doesn't have any more confrontations.