End of week Conga Friday

[helia]

Home from work and tutoring. Long day but a good one. I'm GLAD it's the weekend, though. Dh called right when I was finishing up my tutoring session. I called him back and we chatted for about 15 minutes. He actually fell asleep while on the phone, he's that tired. His plane lands tomorrow around 4 pm. His dept. dinner is at 6 - or at least appetizers and drinks are at 6. We'll skip and go to the meal and awards part, which starts at 7. Dh is not slotted to get any awards this year. He did last year; it just varies year to year. I wonder how long he'll stay awake with jetlag?? I suppose we won't be staying for the dancing, thank goodness.

blessed, I echo Dee's sentiments. ((ddyounger and you))

Hmm.... that is concerning if that is not like her, Harriet. Perceptive of you to think that maybe that post was intended for a particular set of eyes and she may not have been thinking of others.

I wrote a bit strongly earlier. . . I'm actually not very verbose or opinionated in person. LOL! I just want to say that I actually don't have anything at all against private schools. Or homeschooling. I have many friends who have done various schooling options with their kids, and most of the kids are turning out great! There are pros and cons to each, different reasons for families to use each, and each kid has different needs and interests anyway. . .It is unfortunately one of my hot buttons when one schooling choice is used to put down other choices. Maybe that is b/c we withstood a bit of that school bashing when we lived in TX. There's been some of that in my communities here, but not as much.

((Kathryn and Harmony))

OK, dd16 is home now too. I think we're going to figure out dinner.

[Harriet]

Kathryn, if you do NOT go to that site and add the steps, you are not telling the truth to the fitbit, poor little innocent contraption. And furthermore, you are keeping the competitors from knowing the facts.

I make a motion that Kathryn rectify the earlier oversight by adding the appropriate number of steps to her fitbit and that she be held blameless, since all the folks with the most steps are probably waking up in the morning, adding steps and rolling over and going back to sleep. So moved.

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

Hmmmm.

Since it was duly moved, I've made the adjustment to my tracker.

Still not sure what's going on, though. When one of the Ottawa group left his tracker at home the day he went for a 17 km walk, he knew how many miles it was (because he was walking with someone who had a tracker on) but no-one commented that he could add the steps back into the system.

So now I'm back up to where I belong.

I'm still on the treadmill, though, cuz I'm still angry with the world.

My tablet was plugged in for 6 hours and managed to go from 37% charge to 65% charge. Nothing was supposed to running on it (I noted although it was plugged in, it went from 41% charge to 37% charge while I was playing scrabble so made sure all background tasks were stopped - a new feature of Lollipop.) So, it seems my battery life is badly affected by something to do with the upgrade to the operating system. As I said earlier today, most days I got through about 40% of the battery. It is either the upgrade or coincidentally, my charger stopped working today. We have gone through 3 chargers since the move so it might be that, the uneven power in the apartment seems to be frying things, although all the chargers are plugged into either UPSs or at least power bars.

Dinner is done. Dh did the cleanup although I said I would do it since he cooked. Not sure why he insisted on doing that, if it was to help, it didn't help since I wanted to feel like I had at least done something today. Now I just feel like I didn't get into the kitchen fast enough after dinner (I chose to watch another tv show after we finished watching Liiihammer) and he got tired of waiting for me to do it and took over the task because he figured I wouldn't do it. (BTW: it isn't as if I waited until 10, it was just 40 minutes after we finished dinner.)

[FelineFriend]

Quick C. I. The police apprehended the so-called bomb suspect after all. This is good. There was no bomb in the car; just a scare tactic and hoax, but it scared plenty of people.

I'm getting a 90-minute Conga done, today/tonight. I only have 20 minutes to go, before I have 90-minutes total. Did some heavy lifting, my back aches now, but I "knew-better" is the mentality I had. I know back stretches and exercises, so it'll be a quick recovery. It's not that bad, IMHO.

I'm slowly getting together, a large box, for Ddil to have some paper crafting supplies and scrap booking supplies. It'll be nice to be able to decrease my numerous quantities of papers, rubber stamps, etc... I've done rubber stamping, for several years, but since 2005, when I started writing, I never did that much. I sometimes make cards and work on my 1st scrap book, so I'll keep some supplies back for me. Ddil is also getting a die-cutting machine, from me. I've only used it 1 time, when Ddil was scrap booking at our home with me, and SHE'S the one who ran it- because I was too scared, didn't "understand" how to do it, and she took to it like a duck to water. I've got numerous stacks of background papers, card stock, decorative scissors, construction papers, colored papers, and more. I'll sort through my scrap booking magazines, too, so Ddil will have more ideas to "tweak" her imagination. She amazes me! She has 6 sons & 1 DD, 3 are age 2 - 6, and she still can take time, to make cards for others! She told me once, she works after the little ones are in bed or are down for naps. It's a real lesson, to me, or anyone, how if you want to do something strong enough, you make time for it, in your hectic schedule and "JUST DO IT"! I can think of no other person I know, who deserves the treat of a huge box full of nice quality craft supplies, too. I also got out 1 pkg. of 2-scrapbooks in it, still wrapped in plastic. I'll keep the 2, which are not wrapped. This is going to be so much fun, surprising her like this.

I'd better run. We're going to have dinner soon. I need to get in my last 20-minutes on my Conga, too. I also do a Conga on Mondays, after the weekend.

I hope you all are having a nice Friday and have a good upcoming weekend, too. Take care!
TTFN.

[Harriet]

helia, on the other hand, I went back and read my initial post and I wasn't the least bit opinionated at all. No chip on my shoulder, hmmm?

Nancy's right. Putting the bait back. Glad I commented here and didn't comment there! Let others deal with that.

Harmony, I wish you could run into a long string of people who are doing their jobs right for a while. Too much to ask? Hope springs eternal.

Elizabeth - dd says to tell you about MH dolls usual body structure (when they don't have extra arms, etc.) - the sway back is profound, bustline small, but large hips, unreasonably tiny diameter for neck and arm. She says be prepared for the arms to disconnect easily, especially at elbows. She measures waist diameter at 2 inches, hip 4.25 with a tendency to "spread" in a seated position because of the way the joint is made.

FFriend, I hope everything will be back to normal at the school by tomorrow. What a situation!

[Kathryn-in-Canada]

Made corrections to the sermon and printed off the service.

Off to bed now.

[lucylee]

Late night ci:
Just wanted to say hi to everyone.
Definitely agree that public schools can be just as good as private schools... Sometimes people do just post things to try to get a reaction -- or impress someone -- so who knows what her motivation is?
Also -- blessed -- please don't feel guilty re your duncle! Dd has to be your first priority and anyone who cares about you at all will realize that.
(((Kathryn)))

Words of wisdom from a friend today:
Don't make the mistake of confusing burdens with blessings.

She was talking about how there was a time when sometimes she dreaded making that nursing home visit to her mother, and how (now) she'd give anything to do it again.
I certainly needed that after dmom told me the same story 3 times today, and announced that she wants to go to singing with us Sunday, maybe.


Oh well.

[blessedw2]

again thank you sweet sweet ladies.
I have been feeling guilty and torn. Thank you