RETIRED: Target chit chat

Sleep??

Thank you.

Is there anything YOU need?? You are always so helpful and giving!!

I need some heat. Freezing my b off here. It is too cold.

Do you still need Ensure Q's?

Ugh. I am not typically a crying person, but I'm getting a play-by-play of grandma and it's kind of rough to sit through. DH isn't home yet and doesn't have a phone with him. My MIL is a wreck. There's nothing I can do.

Looks like it will be a surprising if grandma lasts the night.

Ugh. I am not typically a crying person, but I'm getting a play-by-play of grandma and it's kind of rough to sit through. DH isn't home yet and doesn't have a phone with him. My MIL is a wreck. There's nothing I can do.

Looks like it will be a surprising if grandma lasts the night.

Okay... so I"ve been very complainy lately - and feel very complainy. Need to refocus.

I am soooo so soooo so so grateful that I have my beloved hubby. He loves and adores me for me. He NEVER says a bad word about me to ANYONE - ever. In fact, he says so many nice things to folks at work that there are women I've never physically met that say they hate me. In the nicest way, of course. He's a great daddy, wonderful provider, helps out whenever I need, loves his kids and treats them well, and I'm pretty sure that if I asked him to bring me the moon - he'd find a way to bring it to me.

My oldest DD... she's a big help around the house, super smart though she doesn't always have the confidence that she is, and seems to have a pretty darned good head on her shoulders.

My monkey toddler is so energetic, fun, and exciting. Her brain goes 97 miles a second and she's always got some new and fascinating way of looking at life. She is determined, gives me a good run for my money, keeps me on my toes, and is my snuggle-buggle.

Mavis - delightful, charming, and the most spectacularly easy going baby in the whole wide world.

My family is so happy, so healthy, and so incredibly lovely. I am so blessed!

Then - there are you guys.

I have learned so many things. I have learned how to stretch our dollars to the utmost maximum, where to find the best deals, how to ask for help and be grateful and gracious and actually receive it, and I've even been a few times when I needed it!! (maybe not enough!) I am forgiven my many, many faults - probably more often than I realize. I can share and vent my thoughts and concerns. I can be silly and crazy here when I can't IRL. I can ask for advice, help, or a recipe and it's always given/offered. I can give virtual hugs and advice in return, and watch all the amazing, generous, and inspiring things happen in your lives. I am very grateful to be a part of this community!

Where are all the KC to St Louis Chit Chatters?

Here in KC we almost dodged the bullet considering we were forecast to have up to 18" originally and only got around 10". But still it was crazy. Didn't really look that bad, at least from my living room window, until late afternoon. Kept warning DH to try to get off a bit early. Shoot he goes in at 6am so early for him would have been before 3pm. But no, he dilly dallied around until it finally hit good and strong and now here it is midnight and he and at least a half dozen other guys are actually sleeping over in the break room at his work rather than trying to get home and then just have to turn around again in the morning.

I was able to take today off but I know the boss is going to be annoyed if I ask for tomorrow as well. But I'm not sure how I can avoid it. Son came down with a nasty ear infection of some sort tonight he's 7 and was crying over his ear as bad as if he had just taken a nasty fall. Gave him some kids antihistamine thingy that melts on your tongue (a MM from Wags sometime back) Seemed to help after a bit. But not really wanting to have to dig out the 3 foot drift at the back of the car in the morning with DH gone and take our son to work with me when he is sick.

Actually getting out would be worse if I hadn't had the foresight to open the storm door every half hour or so, as there is now a 4 foot snow drift right in front of our door with a little crescent shaped clearing. I will still have to dig out to get off the porch but at least I can open the door. Of course I was still too lazy to go out and shovel a path to the cars every hour like I did through the last big storm we had.

Oddly enough I am actually bummed we didn't get the full brunt of the storm. I kind of feel like if we are going to get hammered it might as well be a record breaking 2 footer like some to the east of us got.

OK vampire fans, I am done with twilight..Now which series should I start reading?

I will also suggest you try the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris. I LOVED them and there are lots of books.

You might also like House of Night series by PC Cast. I thought it might be too juvenile for me, but I couldn't put the book down.

I'm just getting ready to start the first book in the Night Huntress series, Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost. Ariel, have you read that series yet?

Drove through Sonic tonight for our 10# bag of ice! Also got my Torani raspberry syrup today, so I fixed me up a limeade without the lime. Need to find a deal on limes, not paying .50 each!

Drove through Sonic tonight for our 10# bag of ice! Also got my Torani raspberry syrup today, so I fixed me up a limeade without the lime. Need to find a deal on limes, not paying .50 each!

We got some rain, but thankfully no snow!

Thank you GG. Thank you SS.



Do you have any Asian markets nearby? The limes are always cheapest at the Asian markets around here.



So, um, did ya know that bread bakes best when the oven is actually turned ON???

OK vampire fans, I am done with twilight..Now which series should I start reading?

limes... check trader joe's
cheapest i have found for limes and lemons, both conventional and organic.

Do you have any Asian markets nearby? The limes are always cheapest at the Asian markets around here.

So, um, did ya know that bread bakes best when the oven is actually turned ON???

PLEASE read the Mercy Series by Patricia Briggs! The first book is Moon Called. It's about a strong female named Mercy who happens to be a skinwalker (shape-shifts to coyote). It's urban fantasy so she lives in a city near Seattle and has a normal life as a mechanic except for being friends with Fae, neighbor to a hunky Alpha werewolf, and friends with a vampire who drives a VW bus. Paranormal trouble always seems to find her and there's always a bit of mystery. I absolutely love this series and I try to tell everyone who's ever liked anything parnormal, fantasy or sci fi that they HAVE to read this. (Since I used to work at a bookstore that's quite a few people )