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[mservant]

 
I sadly when I was in elementary school did not like computers all that much, they were the "PET computers" with floppy disk drives and huge CRT monitors.  I much preferred playing at recess and sports, where you could actually talk face to face with people.  I even remember telling my teacher that it would never catch on because people needed to do things physically, not just on screen.

Boy was I wrong.  In the 1990's the Internet exploded.   Now I wish I had been smarter and bought shares in Microsoft and Home Depot....that is another story.  No we did not have the money then, but still it is a nice dream.

 

When I was at school they had only just started introducing computers and there was one in the maths department that only final year students got to look at!  I had to get through college hand writing everything which was a total pain given that I am awful at spelling and slightly dyslexic!  I can share that wish to have bought shares when PCs started to take over. Still, no point looking back I guess. 

 
I actually used to teach computers too!  Mostly office skills and that sort of thing.  I had a few people do things to the computers that left me baffled.  They'd just click away on anything!  I do think we had someone raising the mouse in the air to try to get it to move.  Several times I had to sit and search for help online to undo what people had done.  It was good learning experience for me.  They thought I was a genius.

  There was one computer I never did fix.  I think I had to uninstall the software they'd done something to and then reinstall it.  The IT support we had worked out of the office an hour north.  It was really difficult to get them to come to our little office to help us.  We saw the IT guys from the office 4 hours away more often.  We had different IT people for my program vs for our official office computers. 

@MoochNNoodles, I'm wondering if one of your former pupils came to work with me in my last job.  If she touched a computer it would never work again.  It was a real gift! 

  As for passwords under the keyboard, I've worked with people who would actually post them on their monitors!  

  Nothing like security and confidential information....

 

[jtbo]

Oh yes, those shares, I really thought that when Google did enlist, that I should buy their shares, well I did not and I feel bit stupid that I did not do such.

I guess everyone did watch movie "Forrest Gump" years ago? I liked from the bit about "bought some apple company shares" and he even not realizing how filthy rich he was as it was the Apple, computer company

 

[MoochNNoodles]

 
I find myself confused as to how needing a cookie and energy gets to being 'bike time'?  I'd be 'fridge time' or 'raid the cupboard time' while the little people weren't looking!  

It's a futile, vicious cycle...

  I need the cookie to give me a little sugar rush to get through this urge to nap.  I just had some.  It hasn't helped.  The bike time is to rid myself of the guilt for eating cookies.  But man; I enjoyed them.  The kids are just as bad as cats; they must have a sixth sense to know when I am eating some kind of treat during their waking hours.  It wasn't so bad before DD became verbal.  Now she can really drive me crazy begging.  I'm going to make some green tea and fold laundry with a movie on.  DD asked to go lay down so hopefully they do both take naps.  I could use a power nap but I feel guilty taking one lately.  I used to nap every day.  Naps are awesome!

 

[jtbo]

It's a futile, vicious cycle...:disa:   I need the cookie to give me a little sugar rush to get through this urge to nap.  I just had some.  It hasn't helped.  The bike time is to rid myself of the guilt for eating cookies.  But man; I enjoyed them.  The kids are just as bad as cats; they must have a sixth sense to know when I am eating some kind of treat during their waking hours.  It wasn't so bad before DD became verbal.  Now she can really drive me crazy begging.  I'm going to make some green tea and fold laundry with a movie on.  DD asked to go lay down so hopefully they do both take naps.  I could use a power nap but I feel guilty taking one lately.  I used to nap every day.  Naps are awesome!

I think cats are lot like kids, usually quite direct and honestly what they are just like small kids whom world has yet to spoil.

Maybe that 6th sense is related to that somehow, maybe it works only when one is open to world as a child or a cat?

My unknownth sense tells me that I really have to go to bed, it is already past midnight, but at least we are close to 850 already, only bit over 150 to go

Oh yes, naps are great, only problem is mine tend to last over 6 hours :lol3:

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Oh yes, naps are great, only problem is mine tend to last over 6 hours

That is one problem!  The kids would wake me up eventually; but if I sleep too much I might be grumpy for a while. And then I'd have to rush to cook dinner.  I think I've gotten through the worst of the sleepyness for now.  I just need to last till bedtime. Then I'll get another burst of energy and be up till the wee hours of the morning.  That's typically how it goes.

 

[the1who feedsus]

totally off topic...other than our dear daughters...lol..mine...who ust turned 22 last friday, called me 5 minutes ago. she asked me how do i make my rice. she says her rice is awful and mine is perfect...and can i tell her how to make it.  not terribly unusual right? um....wrong...she texted me and asked the same thing on march 31 because she was making it for her boyfriends birthday dinner. and she called and asked how on march 15th. his mothers birthday. and in january. and at new years. and well do u see a pattern emerging? lol...once or twice a month. for at least a year.  i have texted it to her...all she has to do is check her phone lol..ive emailed it to her...AND sent her a letter with the directions.  this is a child who remembers at least 15 phone numbers. passwords for the many social pages and emails ans so on  and so on. the child who remembers that i made her wear pants to school that were a touch too short and kids teased her.( grade 3) she probably remembers the doctor delivering her lol.. but she cant remember...1. measure water, 2 measure rice. 3add salt and oil..and bring to a boil.4. turn off the heat and walk away lol. sigh....i love my daughter.

this post...in a roundabout way, reminds me of something i have planned...ill save it for another post later...we'll get to 1000 , i have faith.(and alot to say lol)

 

[cat nap]

 

 
I find myself confused as to how needing a cookie and energy gets to being 'bike time'?  I'd be 'fridge time' or 'raid the cupboard time' while the little people weren't looking!  

It's a futile, vicious cycle...

  I need the cookie to give me a little sugar rush to get through this urge to nap.  I just had some.  It hasn't helped.  The bike time is to rid myself of the guilt for eating cookies.  But man; I enjoyed them.  The kids are just as bad as cats; they must have a sixth sense to know when I am eating some kind of treat during their waking hours.  It wasn't so bad before DD became verbal.  Now she can really drive me crazy begging.  I'm going to make some green tea and fold laundry with a movie on.  DD asked to go lay down so hopefully they do both take naps.  I could use a power nap but I feel guilty taking one lately.  I used to nap every day.  Naps are awesome!

Yes , naps are awesome, but only the kind that you can take like for one hour and then wake up fully refreshed.  I usually cannot fall asleep on command but only when very tired,  and sometimes I lay down to nap, but then get up after 30minutes feeling semi-refreshed.

Does anyone here fall asleep on the couch?   When they wake up they think they are in bed?

 I go up to bed, then change into pj's and am wide awake for another two hours.  Maybe the couch has special cushions which my bed lacks.

 

 

[mservant]

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Does anyone here fall asleep on the couch?   When they wake up they think they are in bed?

 I go up to bed, then change into pj's and am wide awake for another two hours.  Maybe the couch has special cushions which my bed lacks.

 

   The perils of getting off the warm comfy sofa and heading to the cold firm bed, then the cat trampling and making sure said trampling reminds your bladder of the need for a little comfort trip before settling for the night..... ?  

   Yup, I think I know that one.  I do occasionally sleep on the sofa just to try and avoid it when I'm really tired and not had a good nights sleep for a while.  I don't sleep deeply on the sofa but it beats laying in bed wide awake for hours on end!  I never mastered the art of napping, never mind power napping. 

 

[pennywise]

 
totally off topic...other than our dear daughters...lol..mine...who ust turned 22 last friday, called me 5 minutes ago. she asked me how do i make my rice. she says her rice is awful and mine is perfect...and can i tell her how to make it.  not terribly unusual right? um....wrong...she texted me and asked the same thing on march 31 because she was making it for her boyfriends birthday dinner. and she called and asked how on march 15th. his mothers birthday. and in january. and at new years. and well do u see a pattern emerging? lol...once or twice a month. for at least a year.  i have texted it to her...all she has to do is check her phone lol..ive emailed it to her...AND sent her a letter with the directions.  this is a child who remembers at least 15 phone numbers. passwords for the many social pages and emails ans so on  and so on. the child who remembers that i made her wear pants to school that were a touch too short and kids teased her.( grade 3) she probably remembers the doctor delivering her lol.. but she cant remember...1. measure water, 2 measure rice. 3add salt and oil..and bring to a boil.4. turn off the heat and walk away lol. sigh....i love my daughter.

lol I have to laugh, because I think I have done this to my mother regarding her 1) meatballs, 2) sauce, 3) meatloaf, 4) chicken cutlets.  Maybe not as frequently as your daughter has done it you, but still.  I ask the same questions over and over.  I also use it as an excuse to call her

 

[the1who feedsus]

i dont have any problems falling asleep on the couch...i dont have one. lol..makes having company over kind of difficult though lol.

so...this past Christmas was the first one i spent alone. my boy was home the day before, my girl came the day after, and it was fine. but i realized how grown up they were and this was just the start. they'll marry, have kids, all that great stuff.  then unfortunately, it kind of made me recall the first holidays without my mom. i wanted to do something special for them so i could always be part of the holidays with them. soooo i have decided to make them each a recipe box. both identical because even now they still argue over who got more for a gift lol. i will have (ideally) 365 days of recipes. plus snacks deserts...the typical type thing. each card will also have a little note or wish or thought for them. maybe a memory to match the recipe.  there will be instructions that each Christmas eve)or thereabouts) they add one new recipe to the box. and pass it on to their kids.   so...im curious. does anyone have a recipe for kitty snacks? or any other cool recipe for that matter? just the name of the dish...i can google the details. i dont mean to make you work lol.just a few ideas to add to the soup so to speak.

first recipe in my daughters box...RTCE

 

[mservant]

 
i dont have any problems falling asleep on the couch...i dont have one. lol..makes having company over kind of difficult though lol.

so...this past Christmas was the first one i spent alone. my boy was home the day before, my girl came the day after, and it was fine. but i realized how grown up they were and this was just the start. they'll marry, have kids, all that great stuff.  then unfortunately, it kind of made me recall the first holidays without my mom. i wanted to do something special for them so i could always be part of the holidays with them. soooo i have decided to make them each a recipe box. both identical because even now they still argue over who got more for a gift lol. i will have (ideally) 365 days of recipes. plus snacks deserts...the typical type thing. each card will also have a little note or wish or thought for them. maybe a memory to match the recipe.  there will be instructions that each Christmas eve)or thereabouts) they add one new recipe to the box. and pass it on to their kids.   so...im curious. does anyone have a recipe for kitty snacks? or any other cool recipe for that matter? just the name of the dish...i can google the details. i dont mean to make you work lol.just a few ideas to add to the soup so to speak.

first recipe in my daughters box...RTCE

@PennyWise I just call my mom and babble about rubish coz I think that's who I got my tallent from.... 

  My brothers complain about my mom talking for ages about nothing and I think, hmmmm who does that remind me of! 

This recipe kit sounds like an amazing gift @the1who feedsus.   And for the kitty snacks I recall @GraveKandy starting a thread for recipies.  Here's the link:

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/268498/homemade-kitty-treats-thoughts-opinions

 

[pennywise]

M-i-l is fairly stable, but f-i-l is in a real tizzy. He was supposed to take her cell phone in to her today, but took a calculator instead (we tried not to laugh about that); DH had to take it in later.

Glad to hear your MIL is doing better!  Sorry to hear about your FIL though.  Men seem to go to pieces when their women aren't around.  I remember when we were little and my mom had to go to the hospital, my father had absolutely no skills to get us dressed, fed, and to school on time.  It was comical.  We always ended up eating out, which was way better than whatever food Dad was going to burn, I mean cook, that evening 

 

[mservant]

When I was little I thought my dad was a better cook that my mom. 

  I may even have told her that; I tried to once but I was only 4 and I don't think the note I wrote to her was legible. 

  This was probably best as she wasn't well at the time - hence dad cooking for us.  I hope she isn't reading this now. 

 

[cat nap]

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That is so sweet that you and MServant just call your moms up for no reason at all.  Or atleast you make up some "important" reason.  I am sure they love it....and then  they get off the phone....and tell everyone they know that their daughters are the worst at remembering recipes....lol.  No, seriously, it probably makes their day.

 
i dont have any problems falling asleep on the couch...i dont have one. lol..makes having company over kind of difficult though lol.

so...this past Christmas was the first one i spent alone. my boy was home the day before, my girl came the day after, and it was fine. but i realized how grown up they were and this was just the start. they'll marry, have kids, all that great stuff.  then unfortunately, it kind of made me recall the first holidays without my mom. i wanted to do something special for them so i could always be part of the holidays with them. soooo i have decided to make them each a recipe box. both identical because even now they still argue over who got more for a gift lol. i will have (ideally) 365 days of recipes. plus snacks deserts...the typical type thing. each card will also have a little note or wish or thought for them. maybe a memory to match the recipe.  there will be instructions that each Christmas eve)or thereabouts) they add one new recipe to the box. and pass it on to their kids.   so...im curious. does anyone have a recipe for kitty snacks? or any other cool recipe for that matter? just the name of the dish...i can google the details. i dont mean to make you work lol.just a few ideas to add to the soup so to speak.

first recipe in my daughters box...RTCE

This is such an amazing idea.  I am going to steal it and get my mom to do one for me.  My sister has written many of my mom's recipes, in a book, but I am all thumbs in the kitchen.  I have no skills in that area, but I do love to eat, so I know that the recipes would at least be attempted.

 

Yes, I joke that my Dad looked way slimmer before marrying my mom.  He said he knew how to make mac and cheese but without the cheese....WHAT??.....Thankfully nowadays there is take-out.

 

[cat nap]

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[the1who feedsus]

This is such an amazing idea.  I am going to steal it and get my mom to do one for me.  My sister has written many of my mom's recipes, in a book, but I am all thumbs in the kitchen.  I have no skills in that area, but I do love to eat, so I know that the recipes would at least be attempted.

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i will admit. the idea isnt completely original at all lol...but i honestly cant recall where i saw it.

and thanks for the link for kitty treats.

i will say...as intriguing as it sounds, i dont think ill take a recipe for mac and cheese without cheese.

i will share one trick...which is kind of kitty related, cuz i discovered Opal likes maple syrup. ive been on a baking bender. it started at Christmas because i was so bored lol. i always do cookies and cheaterpie.( store bought crust and canned pumpkin pie filling....prespiced lol) but this year i just went nuts. brownies cookies breads. i made pie from scratch, cake, naan and paratha, buttertarts...and tonight...quiche. all from scratch. and yes...im bragging lol..but we didnt get a chance to do any food shopping and the cupboards were bare. so last night  i made pancakes...now this is the secret...(which is probably not so secret lol) my mom always added 2 drops..no more no less, of vanilla. im not sure why...but i made one batch with and one without...and the "with" batch was definitely different, better, cozier. Opal. who really doesn't like any people food except mashed potatoes, was constantly trying to lick the plate.

 

[the1who feedsus]

yes my son cooks. often. he has for a long time. in fact he was 12 when he cooked his first full dinner. greek baked chicken, broiled sweet potato slices, home made tziki sauce, cole slaw, garden salad, and tomato sliced brushed with olive oil, and feta cheese then broiled. their father is Trinidadian so we do a lot of west indian cooking, his new gf is Dominican so Nick is learning some new recipes. he hasn't been in the kitchen as much as he used to..school and 2 part time jobs means less time for cooking. but boy oh boy, do we have fun when he is lol.

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[pennywise]

 
Yes, I joke that my Dad looked way slimmer before marrying my mom.  He said he knew how to make mac and cheese but without the cheese....WHAT??.....Thankfully nowadays there is take-out.

Mac and cheese without the cheese!  HAHAHA!!  

I think the only thing DH could cook was mac and cheese as well.  But I think the only reason he could actually make the cheese part is because nowadays they have that pre-made cheese packet.  So he never had to add milk or butter, or do any measuring.  

I wanted to thank everyone for their herbal tea suggestions.  I can't wait to hit the store and see what treasures I come home with!

 

[cat nap]

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I just wanted to warn everyone, again, that I have broken rule number 5.  I think that I have probably done this like 3-4 times, and I do not know why.  I think I get carried away in all the great babbling and then for some odd reason think that someone just posted.   So it is obvious that I have absolutely NO ATTENTION to detail and very good that I never went into the medical field, security, or probably even cooking.  LOL.

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yes my son cooks. often. he has for a long time. in fact he was 12 when he cooked his first full dinner. greek baked chicken, broiled sweet potato slices, home made tziki sauce, cole slaw, garden salad, and tomato sliced brushed with olive oil, and feta cheese then broiled. their father is Trinidadian so we do a lot of west indian cooking, his new gf is Dominican so Nick is learning some new recipes. he hasn't been in the kitchen as much as he used to..school and 2 part time jobs means less time for cooking. but boy oh boy, do we have fun when he is lol.

I think that is amazing, when a mom teaches her son to cook as well as her daughter, because it can only help them in later life, not to have to rely on someone else for a good meal.  I applaud that.

 

[pennywise]

 
yes my son cooks. often. he has for a long time. in fact he was 12 when he cooked his first full dinner. greek baked chicken, broiled sweet potato slices, home made tziki sauce, cole slaw, garden salad, and tomato sliced brushed with olive oil, and feta cheese then broiled. their father is Trinidadian so we do a lot of west indian cooking, his new gf is Dominican so Nick is learning some new recipes. he hasn't been in the kitchen as much as he used to..school and 2 part time jobs means less time for cooking. but boy oh boy, do we have fun when he is lol.

That dinner sounds amazing!  And he made it when he was 12!  You should be very proud.  I think I'd be hard-pressed to make such a wonderful dinner today (especially without my mom on the other end of the phone giving me pointers!)