At my age I have made a few common sense concessions and do not climb on my roof in the winter.
Random Thoughts the 13th: Jason Takes RTT
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At my age I have made a few common sense concessions and do not climb on my roof in the winter.
Can animals feel shame or embarrassment? Riley was running around, playing in the woods behind my house and tripped over a log and face planted and immediately looked back at me almost like he was checking to see if I saw it.
Ah well, I'm sure the view was still pretty good.At my age I have made a few common sense concessions and do not climb on my roof in the winter.
Do corgis have good noses? Did he catch any scent of the mystery intruder or just his cigarettes?
honestly it was because we had forgotten to get it out and didn't want to take time to thaw it at that point.
At my age cuddling in flannel pajamas is about all I could realistically handle anyway.
Sounds awesome, cg. The vixen does this, too.....and it's so funny when the girls call and ask for her recipes. Recipes? We don' need no stinkin' recipes! Just do it! LOL
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At my age cuddling in flannel pajamas is about all I could realistically handle anyway.
Friday night we watched the Last Laugh on Netflix (Chevy Chase and Richard Dreyfuss) that seems to indicate you can do more with the right meds.
Pretty sure they do.
My dog growing up would get shaved in the summer and instead of running to the end of the porch to greet us like normal she would just kind of creep up and peek her head around the open door.
Dogs are the best.
So I watched "It" this weekend.....this Argentine director, Andy Muschietti, apparently watched Spielberg films a lot. So many things reminiscent of Spielberg's films. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, one of the top 5 films to be made from King's books IMO. Here's how I would rank them:
1. The Shining (this film grew on me over the years, I wasn't a huge fan at first, but a film that definitely improves with multiple viewings)
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. It
4. Stand by Me (this story and Shawshank came from the same collection of novellas)
5. Salem's Lot
1. The Shining (this film grew on me over the years, I wasn't a huge fan at first, but a film that definitely improves with multiple viewings)
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. It
4. Stand by Me (this story and Shawshank came from the same collection of novellas)
5. Salem's Lot
God gave us dogs so that we would know what unconditional love is.
I'm going to rant for a second and then I'd be interested in hearing your opinions.
My family and I happened to be in the same town last night so we went on an impromptu dinner date to McDonald's. We were one of three families in the restaurant; the other two being a single mother with two young girls and an older lady who was by herself. The young girls were running about the room playing with their Happy Meal toys and making lots of noise while the mother quietly ate her meal. After a while the girls ran by the older lady and she barked at them to be quiet and go sit by their mother. They sheepishly obliged and the mother almost immediately put the kids' coats on and they left. When the older lady finished her food she made it a point to come over to our table and talk to us for 5 minutes about how horribly behaved those kids were and how that would never fly in her house. "I used to get compliments about how well behaved my kids were," and "it's just unacceptable that they are running around interrupting other peoples' meals! My kids and grandkids knew that they sat there quietly and ate their meals or else they were in big trouble!" She was genuinely proud of the fact that she told those kids off and she wanted to make it known to us.
My thoughts:
1. I was not really bothered by the kids running around. I was actually kind of enjoying watching them have so much fun and I was glad for the fact that the mother had a chance to eat her meal instead of having to corral two young kids.
2. The lady was upset that the kids were interrupting her meal so what does she do? She comes over and interrupts our meal to tell us all about it. That's pretty hypocritical in my opinion. Also it's McDonald's, not a fine dining experience. I think there's an implied risk of having kids running around and if you expect something different then that's on you.
3. Now that I've had time to process the situation I wish I would have told her my first two thoughts instead of just letting her talk so she would leave us alone (my whole family combined said probably 3 words the entire conversation; she was more talking at us than to us).
It didn't seem like that big of a deal last night but the more I think about it the more I wish I would have said something. It might not have changed the old lady's mind but I would have felt better about sticking up for the single mom.
My family and I happened to be in the same town last night so we went on an impromptu dinner date to McDonald's. We were one of three families in the restaurant; the other two being a single mother with two young girls and an older lady who was by herself. The young girls were running about the room playing with their Happy Meal toys and making lots of noise while the mother quietly ate her meal. After a while the girls ran by the older lady and she barked at them to be quiet and go sit by their mother. They sheepishly obliged and the mother almost immediately put the kids' coats on and they left. When the older lady finished her food she made it a point to come over to our table and talk to us for 5 minutes about how horribly behaved those kids were and how that would never fly in her house. "I used to get compliments about how well behaved my kids were," and "it's just unacceptable that they are running around interrupting other peoples' meals! My kids and grandkids knew that they sat there quietly and ate their meals or else they were in big trouble!" She was genuinely proud of the fact that she told those kids off and she wanted to make it known to us.
My thoughts:
1. I was not really bothered by the kids running around. I was actually kind of enjoying watching them have so much fun and I was glad for the fact that the mother had a chance to eat her meal instead of having to corral two young kids.
2. The lady was upset that the kids were interrupting her meal so what does she do? She comes over and interrupts our meal to tell us all about it. That's pretty hypocritical in my opinion. Also it's McDonald's, not a fine dining experience. I think there's an implied risk of having kids running around and if you expect something different then that's on you.
3. Now that I've had time to process the situation I wish I would have told her my first two thoughts instead of just letting her talk so she would leave us alone (my whole family combined said probably 3 words the entire conversation; she was more talking at us than to us).
It didn't seem like that big of a deal last night but the more I think about it the more I wish I would have said something. It might not have changed the old lady's mind but I would have felt better about sticking up for the single mom.
A couple thoughts.......my own Mom is 87, and I see her getting more cantankerous as she ages. In the past, she would never think of addressing someone else's children, whereas now I could see it. I think as you get older, and things around you change, you tend to reflect unhappiness with this change in your attitude toward it.
Secondly, nah, I'd let the kids go, unless they're being absolutely crazy, or impolite. And from what you described, the mother was a good parent and person, getting her children out of the situation with the least amount of confrontation. Lots of parents would probably have told the older woman off, in my experience.
It's McDonalds, unless the kids are making a tremendous ruckus I wouldn't care. Even if I did I sure wouldn't go up to some random table and talk to them about it.
This, it's ******* McDonalds for crying out loud. I rarely stop in unless I am driving long distance somewhere but recently stopped one morning after a doc appt for an egg McMuffin thingie. Walked in on an elderly folks bingo morning. Yup, dude calling our bingo, and loudly cause everyone knows we are all hard of hearing
. I was annoyed for about 5 seconds then reminded myself "Meh, it's ******* McDonalds, dude!"
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I would've likely said something to her like, "Well, aren't you special," then dismissed her to go about my life. No need for people like that hanging around me.
I am admittedly MUCH more strict about that kind of thing than MrsWx but really unless they are knocking things over, being excessively loud (LittleWx is almost 4 so we have constant conversations about his noise level) or causing trouble I would probably let them be. I would chalk her up to being a crotchety old lady. Times have also changed somewhat. I remember my parent's riding us about being "seen not heard" when in public/at certain family functions.
One thing that I find somewhat frustrating is it seems like fewer of McDonalds type places have play areas. Usually not that big of deal but that would have solved this situation. In November we were on our way back from KC and planned to stop at the McDonalds in Altoona because the last we knew it had a play place and it would be nice to let the kids out in the middle of a five hour trip. Then we got there and found out that they renovated and took it out.
One thing that I find somewhat frustrating is it seems like fewer of McDonalds type places have play areas. Usually not that big of deal but that would have solved this situation. In November we were on our way back from KC and planned to stop at the McDonalds in Altoona because the last we knew it had a play place and it would be nice to let the kids out in the middle of a five hour trip. Then we got there and found out that they renovated and took it out.
RE cranky old lady—eh, just smile and nod and let her be on her way. Yes, she was very rude but no need to engage at that point. Something tells me she is probably a regular there and has done the same thing before.
Randoms for the day:
Thinking there may be potential for a late start with the weather tomorrow. The early out Friday meant the last sememster test period got moved to first thing Tuesday since we have today off. Glad my daughter is done with her tests.
Last week I received a phone call while I was at work that went to VM. Had made a large purchase on a website, they were calling to let me know the purchase was eligible for a 15% off promotion that was going on. Would be a savings of about $150. Tried calling the customer service rep back half a dozen times the same day and never heard back. Any chance I still get the same offer this week?
Randoms for the day:
Thinking there may be potential for a late start with the weather tomorrow. The early out Friday meant the last sememster test period got moved to first thing Tuesday since we have today off. Glad my daughter is done with her tests.
Last week I received a phone call while I was at work that went to VM. Had made a large purchase on a website, they were calling to let me know the purchase was eligible for a 15% off promotion that was going on. Would be a savings of about $150. Tried calling the customer service rep back half a dozen times the same day and never heard back. Any chance I still get the same offer this week?
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