TOO BAD YOU DIDN'T CALL ME AS I WAS AWAKE AS WELL--I HAVE HAD INSOMNIA ALL WEEK THIS WEEK------------I TOTALLY OBJECT TO THE TREATMENT WE WOMEN ARE MADE TO ENDURE----IS IT NOT ENOUGH THAT WE HAD TO SUFFER THE WHOLE CHILDBIRTH THING,THE PERIOD THING AND NOW WHEN IT IS ALL OVER-----WE HAVE TO SUFFER FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS----------------WHERE IS THE KINDNESS HERE----JUST WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THINKING THIS UP????????------------on the contrary,Kiwi sounds like some politicians I have heard----------------and thanks for the good wishes the cottage dinner is today------------{Thanksgiving Dinnner at my sister's cottage }
got some 'splaining to do! I can't really say I was up half the night because of insomnia last night, but it has been a frequent companion lately. We all doing this DAM thing together or what? (Except of course for our neonatal members)
Good luck at the casinos, kat!
Peachers is so succinct, dontcha think? Too bad I can't do that, huh?
DAM-----------to think we once scoffed at such a moniker-----------peachers,i don't remember you whining about insomnia and hot flashes------------WHAT'S UP WITH THAT????AND MAN DID I OVEREAT@@ I TASTED ALL THREE PIES----HAD A SLIVER OF EACH---AND REAL WHIPPED CREAM ==A DEFINITE POINTS BLOW OUT
Unfortunately that is not a joke. And I can really blame this one on DH. Yesterday we left about noon and didn't come back until late evening. DH took a shower right before we left, so he was the last one in the bedroom. Well, I didn't see one of our cats during the evening after we got home; didn't see her until after DH went to bed about midnight or so. So she was shut in the bedroom for about 12 hours.
When I went to bed, I noticed it didn't smell too good in there. I got into bed and my feet hit something wet. Well, I didn't really think it was DH, so I got up to investigate and sure enough the damn cat had made a big puddle right in the middle of the bed that soaked through the quilt and the down comforter and the sheets and almost through the fleece pile mattress cover. DH was sound asleep, totally oblivious. I left him there and "slept" on the couch in the LR. I had to be up early anyway to take DD to her driving session. And I was not waking DH up in the middle of the night and stripping the bed. When he got up, he still had no idea that he'd been sleeping in cat pee. How can a person not even notice that smell or a wet bed? Good Gawd.
Well, it turns out, not only did he not have a clue that he'd been closing the bedroom door every day for about a year (I have asked him not to), and I have been opening it up every day after him, but he didn't even realize that the stuffed animal I have been using for a doorstep for the past 7 or 8 years was propping the stupid door open! Well, of course, he had to have known it at some point, but he is claiming total ignorance. If you don't prop it open, it closes by itself; it has done so for all of those 7 or 8 years (I guess our house is imploding or something). I asked him what he thought that little stuffed animal was doing in front of the door every day and you know what he said? Sure, you do: He said "I thought it was there to trip over"
I think he needs a good hard slap. I'm calling his mother.
LOL
Well, this would be funnier if I didn't have to soak and wash all the bedding and have the down comforter cleaned (Lord knows how long that will take here in podunk). And I really do smell like cat pee right now -- the t-shirt I have on must smell just from carrying the stuff to the washer. Yuk.
Originally posted by Kiwonk Unfortunately that is not a joke. Kiwi
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! Poor Kiwi! That smell is so hard to get rid of. Bad, bad dh!!!
I have an animal story of my own. Get this: MIL was visiting FIL in the hospital yesterday. He had his op last Wednesday and is doing ok for a 74 yr old. So he's able to sit up a bit and talk and he says to MIL "How's Peter?" and she says "Which Peter do you mean? My brother-in-law or Peter our budgie?" He says, "Peter the budgie" and she says "Oh, he's fine. He was up bright and early this morning and ate a whole ton of nice bird seed." So then she goes home a while later and finds the little nipper dead as a doornail with his tiny claws rigor mortised to his perch. Pretty spooky. He was about 9 years old I think. Is that old for a budgie?
Almost have the laundry under control. Vacuumed ucky yucky laundry room. Will tackle floors next. Dh is on a business trip and just called from his luxury hotel. Oysters for lunch. Sauna with complimentary bathrobes (they sit around in there NAKED. Can you believe it?) Feng Shui everywhere. And here I sit with the living room looking like it was hit by a bomb. Anyone want to rent out a couple of kids?
Happy Thanksgiving, Bagzie and any other Canadian lurkers. We didn't anything at all this year. I'm so ashamed.
Wow, time to trade with DH, Sug! Wouldn't he just love to be home with the kiddies? You could certainly stand a little luxury. If all jobs entailed complimentary bathrobes, I would be much more willing to work.
k.
Kiwi!!! My long lost twin! We have a bedroom door that closes itself too, thanks to living in an old farmhouse that has settled. We have a brick doorstop with a needlepoint cover that my friend made me years ago. The door also had a problem with dragging since we carpeted that area about 10 years ago. I've always just put up with the dragging door since I asked DH about a million times to shave off the bottom of it, without success. Well this weekend DH just decided to take the door off it's hinges and fix it. I was shocked. The only problem is, he accidently shaved it off the top, not the bottom, so now we have a door that doesn't drag, but it has a 1/4" gap at the top! I also have a dog with incontinence problems when she doesn't get her pill, so I can relate to the kitty pee problems too. We have sooo much in common - it's almost as creepy as Sugar's fil/bird story, huh?
And yes, Sugar, that is a creepy story. Hope fil never inquires as to your health, dearie.
Bagzie, stop! you're making me hungry. I love pumpkin pie!!! I made a real dinner yesterday - Pork roast, rosemary/garlic potatoes, salad, dinner rolls. mmmmm. We're into the rainy, cold weather now so all I want to do is stay home and eat. Guess I'd better figure out some low fat/low cal comfort food. Can you make pumpkin pie without the crust, using fat free evaporated milk? I think I might try it. Pumpkin is a veggie, right?
Cowper, your boy is a crack up. He must get his wordsmithing ability from his ma.
Lushbabe, buy yourself a feather bed - you'll sleep like a baby.
Hi Painty, my weekend was spent lounging too. Katrina hope you hit the jackpot!
Where has Cherry and Muffie gone? Muffie? how's the job search going?
Serves 8, 1 WWP per serving
I originally found this on the US Message Board
1 can pumpkin (15 oz)
1 can evaporated skim milk (12 oz)
3/4 cup egg substitute (or 3 egg whites)
1/2 tsp salt
2-3 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 C. Splenda (or sugar) or to taste
Combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour into a 9" sprayed pie pan. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, and then at 325 for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. i have not tried this yet,but i intend to-----KIWI----I WASH MY DOWN COMFORTER IN THE WASHER AND PUT IT IN THE DRYER---HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS AND NO PROBLEM!!!!!-----I AM TIRED===========TOO BAD IF I GO TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT I AM UP HALF THE NIGHT--HELP ME YOU MENOPAUSAL HAGS.
Poor insomniac Bagzie. I have bouts of it too. Lately I've been sleeping really well, though. I don't know if it's because I bought a featherbed to go on top of our new too hard mattress, or if it's because I've finally figured out that I can put my dogs in the laundry room at night and they won't keep me up with their licking and pacing and tail wagging against the side of my bed. It only took me 8 years to figure that out.
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Crustless Pumpkin Pie
Serves 8, 1 WWP per serving
or serves 1 hungry person, 8 WWP per serving
I've been on a shopping binge lately. DH made the comment that it made him feel good when I was dressed well. That's all it took. I'm only doing it for him. Gotta make him happy. Actually this only makes me into a normal shopping woman, because shopping has always been something I only do when I have to, when my clothes are looking so ratty that only I would wear them. Anyhow, it's been fun, but it could turn into something like binge eating if I'm not careful.
why are you still at work---it's almost eight thirty at night----i have a feather bed----my bed is very comfortable and i still wake up every night at least twice ,usually three times and take forever to get back to sleep.
Actually this only makes me into a normal shopping woman, because shopping has always been something I only do when I have to, when my clothes are looking so ratty that only I would wear them. Anyhow, it's been fun, but it could turn into something like binge eating if I'm not careful.
