Anybody else besides me having a really difficult time getting work done today? I have no deadlines and I am a bit sleep deprived from working on remodelling my kitchen. So making myself be productive seems to be a losing battle today. All that I can think about is getting out of here for the long weekend.

 

Damn you Urban Ohio and the internet!

 

LOL.  So what are you doing to your kitchen?

Holy crap, grumpy!  I am so not ready for that.  My 6 month old just figured out how to take off his diaper yesterday.  Oy!

 

And yeah, CBC, I am in the same boat.  I just can't concentrate on anything today.

Mrs. Grumpy just shared a fun story about our 20 month old. Apparently he was bored a few minutes ago, so he dragged his rocking horse from his room to the baby gate that's supposed to be keeping him out of the kitchen. He then used the rocking horse as a step to boose himself over the gate. Then he dragged a kitchen chair across the room to the oven (where pumpkin pie was baking for tomorrow), used the chair as a ladder and climbed up to the controls for the oven. He then locked the oven and turned it to self cleaning mode. Noticing that he was playing fairly quietly Mrs. Grumpy became suspicious and came running, but not before the pie turned black and the little monkey had managed to get the fridge door open. (Fortunately he hadn't made a mess in the fridge yet.)

 

How cute!  I remember those days.  I don't know why they call them baby gates when the kids, sooner or later, figure out how to climb over it.

 

When my brother lived with me, my nephews bedroom was seperated from my room by my closet and dressing room.  When my nephew was about the same age as your son, he would use his kiddie stop stool to climb over the gate and jump on the laundry.  He would do this five minutes before the alarm went off.  He would never wake his parents up. When I built the wall, to seperate his bedroom from my closet, he damn near had a fit, cause he couldn't get out of his room.  Every morning at 4:55AM...screams of death!  The potty training was even worse.  Oh, and the "new word" of the day.  I remember when he learned and kept repeating the word "shit", thanks to the skank-in-law!

 

RNR look at all you have to look forward to!  LMAO

Holy crap, grumpy!  I am so not ready for that.  My 6 month old just figured out how to take off his diaper yesterday.  Oy!

And yeah, CBC, I am in the same boat.  I just can't concentrate on anything today.

 

Just wait until he starts wearing it as a accessory!  LMAO!!

Holy crap, grumpy!  I am so not ready for that. 

Yeah, my kid is a smart little climber, pretty soon we're going to start velcroing him to the carpet when we aren't looking. My mother likes to remind me that I was just as much trouble for her as a kid. Oh, and FYI, because of him we're now aware that they do make leashes for children.

 

I know all about the leashes.  Mr. RNR and I have had many arguments about them.  (I'm for, he's against)

I know all about the leashes.  Mr. RNR and I have had many arguments about them.  (I'm for, he's against)

 

I'm a big fan of the upside down playpin!

Oh, and the "new word" of the day.  I remember when he learned and kept repeating the word "sh!t", thanks to the skank-in-law!

When my daughter was a baby we were flipping channels with her in the room and she overheard some comedian make a joke about gonorrhea. Guess what the first word she ever said was. 

My son loves discussing his shmeckle. That goes over real well at the Jewish preschool. Thanks, grandpa! Oh and did you know that boys have shmeckles, but girls have gushies? I don't know where he gets these words. It's a hoo-ha, kid. Get it right!

Oh, and the "new word" of the day.  I remember when he learned and kept repeating the word "sh!t", thanks to the skank-in-law!

When my daughter was a baby we were flipping channels with her in the room and she overheard some comedian make a joke about gonorrhea. Guess what the first word she ever said was. 

 

 

My son loves discussing his shmeckle. That goes over real well at the Jewish preschool. Thanks, grandpa! Oh and did you know that boys have shmeckles, but girls have gushies? I don't know where he gets these words. It's a hoo-ha, kid. Get it right!

 

 

How old is your son?

 

Oh and RNR, your diaper story reminded me of something else you're going to enjoy.  Once your little cutie pie starts to walk, he'll discover that his clothes come off.  I look forward to the day your kid runs through the house butt naked, while you're entertaining.

Well, we don't really entertain, we don't have anywhere for anyone else to sit, so no worries there, but yeah, we're ready for that.

Well, we don't really entertain, we don't have anywhere for anyone else to sit, so no worries there, but yeah, we're ready for that.

 

My brother alwasy says "I've got four kids, I'm ready for anything"....then my nephew came along.  They weren't ready for "nature boy".

Well last night i was hanging recessed lighting cans and ceiling electrical boxes. I have completely gutted the part of the kitchen in the original part ofthe house. Electrical is almost done, insulation is in. Drywall is in the garage waiting to be put up. 80% of the cabinets and a new cooktop are in the basement, I already have taken out a large window and put a garden window where the sink is going to be moved to.

 

There are some pics at www.thisolderedhouse.blogspot.com I tried to post more pics last night but firefox kept crashing so I went to bed. Check out the link to my buddy's renovation of his Baltimore Row house. He used contractors.Wimp.

 

 

 

Oh and RNR, your diaper story reminded me of something else you're going to enjoy. Once your little cutie pie starts to walk, he'll discover that his clothes come off. I look forward to the day your kid runs through the house butt naked, while you're entertaining.

 

Funny story my grandpa likes to tell whenever i have a new girlfriend or we're at family functions is when i decided to take off all my clothes, including my diaper, while running through the house doing numero dos while my grandma chased after me, swearing up a storm. 

RnR, boys are gross, be ready for it.

 

My three year old took to calling his schmeckle his "Pee Cannon" complete with shooting noises....

 

 

 

Oh and RNR, your diaper story reminded me of something else you're going to enjoy.  Once your little cutie pie starts to walk, he'll discover that his clothes come off.  I look forward to the day your kid runs through the house butt naked, while you're entertaining.

 

Funny story my grandpa likes to tell whenever i have a new girlfriend or we're at family functions is when i decided to take off all my clothes, including my diaper, while running through the house doing numero dos while my grandma chased after me, swearing up a storm. 

 

That was my middle nephew, sans the numero dos.  At this point in time my brother, Skank-in-law and their three kids were living with my parents.  My nephew was almost three and he and his sister were suppose to be down for a nap.  My mom had some ladies over. 

 

My mom says she hears the pitter-patter of little feet in the foyer and all of a sudden there is my 2.5 year nephew old butt naked in the living room and he announces, "LaLa I make the PeePee in potty" while holding his clothes.  He told her he took off all his clothes so he would make a boo-boo.

 

The worst is when my oldest nephew put his sandwich in the VCR because it looked like a toaster.  I had ants for days!  I couldn't figure out where they were coming from and why the den smelled like jiffy.  The entire VCR was filled with ants.  I totally spazz freaked.  I cleaned the entire room from top to bottom.  I was so pissed at him after he said, "I dont think my grilled cheese is ready."  But you can't do anything but laugh.

 

 

RnR, boys are gross, be ready for it.

 

My three year old took to calling his schmeckle his "Pee Cannon" complete with shooting noises....

 

Agreed.  They put the most disgusting stuff in their pockets, or bag.  I think girls make more noise though and like to go thru boxes and closets.

I dunno, I was pretty gross and incredibly destructive as a youngster from what I hear.  I remember taking a big jar of my mom's dried navy beans and pushing them down into the cracks between the wood in a closet.  They were so jammed in there, they never came out.  Gross doesn't bother me, never really has.  Mr. RNR is not much for the gross stuff but after 6 years of living with a pukey cat, he's gotten used to it.

My son's humor lately trends toward the scatological. He's very fond of imagining various cartoon characters having spontaneous incontinence. I wonder if American Greetings is interested in the adventures of Diarrhea Shortcake.

I dunno, I was pretty gross and incredibly destructive as a youngster from what I hear.  I remember taking a big jar of my mom's dried navy beans and pushing them down into the cracks between the wood in a closet.  They were so jammed in there, they never came out.  Gross doesn't bother me, never really has.  Mr. RNR is not much for the gross stuff but after 6 years of living with a pukey cat, he's gotten used to it.

 

I still think Baby Diapers are the worst! 

 

My son's humor lately trends toward the scatological. He's very fond of imagining various cartoon characters having spontaneous incontinence. I wonder if American Greetings is interested in the adventures of Diarrhea Shortcake.

....now that I think about it.......

My son's humor lately trends toward the scatological. He's very fond of imagining various cartoon characters having spontaneous incontinence. I wonder if American Greetings is interested in the adventures of Diarrhea Shortcake.

 

well if American Greetings doesn't bite on the concept, I sure the creators of South Park would. It is fast approaching Mr. Hanky season..

diapers don't bother me one bit.  I'd much rather stay home and deal with diapers and laundry all day than do what I do during the day.

diapers don't bother me one bit.  I'd much rather stay home and deal with diapers and laundry all day than do what I do during the day.

 

Yeah baby sitting a baby isn't half as bad as "baby sitting" adults!

Does anyone else think it's extremely ironic that a national holiday dedicated to being thankful for what we have (the food on our table, the clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, etc.) is followed up by the biggest shopping/spending day of the entire year?  I think the message of thanksgiving has been hopelessly lost. 

Does anyone else think it's extremely ironic that a national holiday dedicated to being thankful for what we have (the food on our table, the clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, etc.) is followed up by the biggest shopping/spending day of the entire year? I think the message of thanksgiving has been hopelessly lost.

 

I thought Friday was the national holidy, and Thursday was just the day that we stocked up on enough food and drinks to give us the energy to wake up at 5am, shove, push, and trample people so we can save a few bucks that we don't have to begin with.

Oh yeah, you're right, what was I thinking. 

I know all about the leashes. Mr. RNR and I have had many arguments about them. (I'm for, he's against)

My sister-in-law used to catch all kinds of grief from total strangers for keeping my nephew on a leash when they were away from home. Without the leash, though, the kid probably wouldn't have survived to his fourth birthday. He's grown now and manages his ADHD pretty well without meds, but he has a toddler who's putting him through the same things he put his mom through. The property damage around home is exceeded only by the medical bills that resulted from a moment's inattention.

Does anyone else think it's extremely ironic that a national holiday dedicated to being thankful for what we have (the food on our table, the clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, etc.) is followed up by the biggest shopping/spending day of the entire year?  I think the message of thanksgiving has been hopelessly lost. 

 

You know my answer! :wink2:

My biggest Christmas expense will be the freight on a 5-pound lump of coal for my brother in Austin, TX. Or maybe I should wrap it up nice and ship it the most expensive way, collect.

My biggest Christmas expense will be the freight on a 5-pound lump of coal for my brother in Austin, TX. Or maybe I should wrap it up nice and ship it the most expensive way, collect.

 

LMAO!!

My biggest Christmas expense will be the freight on a 5-pound lump of coal for my brother in Austin, TX. Or maybe I should wrap it up nice and ship it the most expensive way, collect.

Rob, you're my hero.  I'm not sure if I said that once before or not haha.

Does anyone else think it's extremely ironic that a national holiday dedicated to being thankful for what we have (the food on our table, the clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, etc.) is followed up by the biggest shopping/spending day of the entire year? I think the message of thanksgiving has been hopelessly lost.

 

I'll take black friday over boxing day. 

Where is everyone? *crickets*

If they are like me catching up on the work they put off last week, because they couldn't wait to get out of here for the long weekend.

 

How was the holiday RNR? Did little roller get to try mashed potatoes?

Does anyone else think it's extremely ironic that a national holiday dedicated to being thankful for what we have (the food on our table, the clothes on our backs, the roof over our heads, etc.) is followed up by the biggest shopping/spending day of the entire year? I think the message of thanksgiving has been hopelessly lost.

 

I'll take black friday over boxing day.

I'd prefer boxing day over black friday, so to each his own.

If they are like me catching up on the work they put off last week, because they couldn't wait to get out of here for the long weekend.

 

How was the holiday RNR? Did little roller get to try mashed potatoes?

 

Little RNR had his first solids on thanksgiving day - sweet potatoes. It was ridiculously exciting for us.  I am glad I waited as long as I did as I've heard a lot of stories from other moms on my mommies board about their babies spitting out the food, making faces, pushing it out with their tongues, etc.  Little RNR loved the sweet pots and on his 2nd day of eating them, tried to feed himself with the spoon.  It was just about the cutest thing ever. 

 

I can't believe how much jarred baby food costs.  I can't see me ever buying any unless it's an emergency.

You should be able to swing the homemade food with just Little roller, we made a lot of babyfood for our first son, the second one got  the jar kind, and I swear the third one just started eating regular food off the bat.

 

 

LOL.  I can't imagine 3.  1 is so much work!  Fortunately, it's work I like.

You should be able to swing the homemade food with just Little roller, we made a lot of babyfood for our first son, the second one got the jar kind, and I swear the third one just started eating regular food off the bat.

 

 

 

By the time we got to three, we just let her forage for scraps off the floor. Given how messy the first two are, it's worked out pretty well.

You should be able to swing the homemade food with just Little roller, we made a lot of babyfood for our first son, the second one got the jar kind, and I swear the third one just started eating regular food off the bat.

 

 

 

By the time we got to three, we just let her forage for scraps off the floor. Given how messy the first two are, it's worked out pretty well.

 

That could work too. I never knew how messy my kids were until we had to put our old dog to sleep two springs ago. I swear there were piles of food that had to swept up every night. My wife solved that for us by adopting two dogs. Now we just have dog fur tumbleweeds rolling across the floor.

^Train your children to eat hair, and you'll have achieved a balanced ecological system.

^Train your children to eat hair, and you'll have achieved a balanced ecological system.

 

Yeah....I don't want to be the one to change that diaper.

^Train your children to eat hair, and you'll have achieved a balanced ecological system.

 

 

ahhhhggg!

Can we get a little irrelevant banter today, please!

How about this - Meredith Baxter (fka Meredith Baxter Birney), who played the mom on "Family Ties" came out on the Today show today.

 

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34228231/ns/today-today_people/

Good Ohio tie in, they were suppose to live in Columbus. I know I watched it but the only episode I really remember is Tom Hanks as the alcoholic uncle who they catch drinking the Marichino Cherry juice in the middle of the night. It is hard to believe that Tom Hanks used to be really funny.

 

As for Meredith Baxter good for her, although it seems that 55 years is a long time to figure that out. But I guess after 3 failed marriages I would probably take a deep look at myself and see what was the matter with the equation too.

How about this - Meredith Baxter (fka Meredith Baxter Birney), who played the mom on "Family Ties" came out on the Today show today.

 

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34228231/ns/today-today_people/

DANG!  How did I miss that!  I guess I was tied up in the drama about Tiger's affair.

How about this - Meredith Baxter (fka Meredith Baxter Birney), who played the mom on "Family Ties" came out on the Today show today.

 

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34228231/ns/today-today_people/

DANG!  How did I miss that!  I guess I was tied up in the drama about Tiger's affair.

 

Gossip!

I knew he was cheatin' and his wife beat him up. 

given the number of Lifetime movies she starred in where she was abused, left, or otherwise harangued by the 'evil men', I'm not surprised.

Pretending to be married to Michael Gross on the show would have been enough for me to give up on men. He has always creeped me out.