RETIRED: Target chit chat

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Sure just drop off of the Foo Club and come one over.



Tootsie and I are not impressed.

Tootsie and I are not impressed

You said member.

i have 3

Tootsie and I are not impressed

You said member.

Hey TM4D -- looky, I am not alone!

I'm afraid of pressure cookers.

1 member and 2 guests.

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I was afraid at first too and I even grew up with a mom that used one.

pressure cookers scare me too. I bought a set of cookers, chicken-ed out of ever using them, then donated them to goodwill

good afternoon b/c it's not morning here anymore. daily check-in cuz i'm a member (not that kind of member!) and i'm skeered of bunnies! well, i don't want to get on her bad side. have to work harder to get in her siggy!

a little kvetch. sil told me she's looking for a cheap bike. bike is not like picking up plates and bowls like last time for her. found the schwinn mens gateway at my store for 44.98, she said to get it. i was going to get it and then see if i could find the womens. didn't realize it wasn't online only like the schwinn lakeshore. was going to pick it up this morn but i emailed her the target page to make sure and she was worried about the bar. she's obese and has physical problems walking, i was afraid she wasn't going to be able to get her leg up high enough and over the bar. so i looked a little closer and it said find it in a store. ends up it's available at a store less than 10 miles from her house. called her and she doesn't have time to go get it but thanks. fyi- her dh is unemployed and spends the day chauffering the kids to and from school and sports practice.

so i do not understand why she is telling me to look for stuff when she can't be bothered to go and get it ? what, she wants me to go get it and drive it to her second home 1.75hrs away next time she deigns to invite us b/c she just happens not to have any friends coming over?

i totally know what she's like, but even i was a little taken aback to hear some friend of hers talking about when they stayed over last winter when we were there martin luther kings bday wknd. she didn't invite her parents or her brother(us) until mother's day wknd b/c all her friends that wknd were spending it w/ their families. and i know she invited us so we could pick up her parents and all the kitchen appliances she requested as a housewarming gift that i gave her at her mom's house at xmas. and then drive her parents home. yeah, i gave her her housewarming present at xmas and we didn't even see her house until mothers day.

i know her friends come first and we come a distant second when no friends are available, but sometimes it's just a little too blatant. esp when we are still giving her parents money every single month and she is not. i think we are giving more b/c she stopped giving money to her parents when her dh became unemployed the time b4 this one, about 4yrs ago. and then she buys a second home. hmmm, i think she got to buy another house b/c she wasn't giving money to her parents anymore, even when her dh was employed again. and we are still covering the amount she doesn't give them anymore. and then she doesn't even invite her own parents over for months and months. it all becomes just a little too much to swallow.

so then she wants to save money and i should find her a cheap bike but she would get it only if it was that price online so she didn't have to go to the store and go get it. keep on dreaming that you will ever be able to order a bike online 75% off! getting a bike at 75% off is only b/c it's a hidden deal.

i do want her to get a bike so she would hopefully get some exercise. we went on a family cruise to the bahamas 2 yrs ago and we couldn't go together to some places b/c she can't walk far. but i do things for her and then she treats me as a distant second to her friends. and then if i do something she just asks for more. back in nov she wanted more melamine plates and bowls for her second home, so i got more. when we meet for a bday dinner and i give them to her, she asks me to shop for inexpensive bracelets when i went to southeast asia. not for her, but so she could give them out as xmas presents to her friends kids b/c her dh hasn't been working and she needs to cut back on spending. ok, i would look for something you wanted, but you want me to shop for xmas presents for you to give out to people i don't even know??? it's just too much. i told her no, i would shop for you but i'm not shopping for people i do not even know.

sorry the little complaint turned into a whopper! next, my mom...even dh was surprised at what she said to him. sigh! i think i just got overloaded yesterday w/ family.

slowtech, your sil sounds very ungrateful.

My vent for the day- someone was supposed to be here at 2 pm to pick up some items. Called at 2:30 to let me know that she won't be able to get here until 3:30.

I have errands I need to do today and by the time she called I couldn't squeeze them into that time frame. If she had called me before 2 to let me know, I could have gotten them done. I've sold this lady some stockpile items before and every time it's like this, she gives me a timeframe and then shows up an hour later. Next time, I'm going to have to say no especially on weekend days when I'm trying to get lots of things done. She previously wanted to come over on a weekday but I get the willys having someone come over to the house on a weekday, when dh isn't home. I'm kind of a scaredy cat.

dazzled and ank, since you guys were watching documentaries, i'm curious, either one of you watched food, inc? i haven't though i've read reviews and seen clips. i'm afraid to see it but i hear it is very interesting and eye-opening.

I thought your name was Bunnies not Chickens.

Next time, tell her with an hour delay for her while it is THE right time for you, say if you are expecting her 2:30, tell her 1:30