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Subject: What did you learn?


Author:
Dana
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Date Posted: 15:12:34 01/02/02 Wed
 I've never been one to make New Year's resolutions, but I do look back and reflect on the lessons I have learned, or had more fully confirmed in the past year.

Here's what I've learned:

Nature just might have a slight edge over nurture.

Adversity makes mean people meaner.

Strength walks on tiptoes and cowardice stomps.

A good foot rub is better than anything except sex.

A sense of humor will help you get through any situation. Having a sick sense of humor helps even more.

If you heat your skillet on the stove and then use it to try to melt the ice on the koi pond, it will warp.

Husbands who use their wife's favorite skillet to melt the ice on the koi pond feel very guilty when said skillet warps. They then go out and replace it with a much nicer skillet. I got a good laugh and new cookware so this lesson was how to profit from disaster.

Koi ponds are much more fun in the summer than in the winter.

Things do get better.

Having your teen go through puberty is easy if you treat each day as a personal episode of The Twilight Zone.

What did you learn this year?


~Dana
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[> Subject: Re: What did you learn?


Author:
Pam
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Date Posted: 23:30:00 01/02/02 Wed
LOL, that was priceless. I sincerely hope that you started a wall of shame in your new home with that skillet. The twilight zone observation was very apt, too. What did I learn...hmmm..nothing as wonderful as what you learned, I don't think.

I learned that...

Despite my "perfect house" fantasies, a two store house is a pain in the ass. My son has demonstrated (twice) that it IS possible to fall UP the stairs.

A mini van is much more comfy than a sports car. And holds more crap.

An adult child who moves home (even temporarily) will regress to a 16 year old in a matter of days.

A 21 year old bitching and whining is four times as annoying as a 16 year of exhibiting the same behavior.

11 year olds are perfectly happy to leave two baskets of clean laundry at the bottom of the stairs for a week, making repeated trips down to them to get a new outfit to wear.

I can easily spend 80 hours on a video game, but can't work in 8 minutes worth of dusting.

The joy of learning that your adult child is getting married and moving back out (thus freeing up your spare room) is hugely offset by the news that you are going to be a grandparent at age 39.

It is not considered permissible to announce that any forthcoming grandchildren must call you "Aunt".

You feel remarkably stupid and selfish when you whine about having to work an extra four hours (bringing your weekly work load to a whopping 13 hours) after your spouse has just worked 68 hours in the same week.

If you delay cleaning and repair an empty house long enough, a tornado will suck it up and you don't have to deal with it.

I'm sure I learned more last year, but that's all I can think of right now. :)

Pam

[> Subject: Re: Hehehe


Author:
Dana
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Date Posted: 07:55:35 01/03/02 Thu
We are thinking about rehanging the hall of shame in the kitchen so the warped pan would be a nice addition. In fact, C. had a three day run of kitchen disasters last week so we can also add the mixer with the bent beater and burnt out motor and the two broken wooden spoons. The man can cook like a dream but is hell on utensils and appliances. My dream is that Craftsman will come out with a line of cookware with a lifetime guarantee.

I hear you about the two story houses. We decided that the hidden costs of a two story (aka medical expenses) was just too high. We are three of the most clumsy people on earth, and the steps at the condo proved to be too much of a challenge for us. I hold the record for falling down the stairs and my son holds the record for falling up. Even the dog, who passed agility training with flying colors, fell down the steps on a regular basis. The only steps in our house are the ones to the basement. We treat the basement as a distant land that is traveled to only when necessary. *G*

It sounds as if there is an upswing in pubescent hangerphobia. My son has a walk-in closet with ample hanging space plus two large dressers. Both the closet and dressers are devoid of any clothing. Clean clothes stay in the laundry basket until worn and the dirty clothes used to carpet his bathroom floor. Our new system is a laundry basket for clean clothes and another for dirty clothes. Hangers are used to make scultptures or devices for fishing things out from under the bed.

I guess congratulations are in order for your son's marriage. When is he getting married and when is the baby due? We'll have to help you come up with more appropriate moniker than grandma. Hmmm, I'll give it some thought. I think that I'll have my grandkids call me ATM. Might as well have them start out early being honest about relationships. *G*

I learned the first new lesson of 2002 last night.....

If you ever break a piece of Corelle, evacuate the house, put up a for sale sign stating as is, and don't look back. That stuff doesn't break, it shatters into millions of tiny slivers. I spent two hours cleaning up the mess and then another hour picking the glass splinters out of my hands. That stuff is too dangerous to have in a home.

~Dana
[> [> Subject: Re: Hehehe


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Pam
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Date Posted: 14:29:48 01/03/02 Thu
The easiest way to clean up glass slivers like that is with a lot of wet paper towels. The glass sticks to the towels and it doesn't get distributed through the rest of the house like sweeping will do.

Heck, I gave up on closet usage. I've been shooting for the child putting her clothes in the chest and dresser, but at this point, I'm more than willing to settle for a basket of clean clothes and a basket of dirty clothes. I just want the baskets in her room. Of course, she manages to produce more dirty laundry than is humanly possible, because she forgets which basket is clean and begins piling dirty clothes on top. There was one pile of clothes that I washed at least 12 times in a row that I KNOW she didn't wear at all. I would have noticed if she'd worn a fancy summer dress once, not to mention 12 times. In the middle of winter.

So far, knock on wood, there have only been 4 stair incidents involving humans. Shelbey fell down the stairs about 2 weeks after we moved in (luckily she was near the bottom), Justin fell up them twice, and Jack tripped once going up. We do have a cat that manages to fall down the stairs at least once a day. And they're supposed to be so graceful.

I love your idea about Craftsman kitchen tools. You should write them about it.

Pam
[> Subject: Re: What did you learn?


Author:
Kimmy
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Date Posted: 13:39:39 01/03/02 Thu
Hmmmmmm...this is a very good post! LOL

What I learned in 2001:

No matter how many jobs you have, the bills will ALWAYS keep coming in.

That when there is a full moon, you can count on every nut case and totally annoying person to cross your path!

Teenagers are mutants! I guess they will eventually come out of that stage, but you WON'T be alive to see it! LMAO

Never, ever ask your sister (whom is a trained beautician) to cut your hair, when she is in a bad mood!

The line, the difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is two weeks, does not apply to ME! It is still bad after 4 weeks! ARRRGGGHHHH!

When dealing with some people on the internet, you might think they are sane, but in reality, they are insane and enjoy it!

My husband will always holler, "Where is this or that?" before he ever actually looks for it himself!

Any coffee pot I buy is guaranteed to die in 3 months, I don't care what brand it is!

Every year my butt and boobs slide further south!

So goes my list of life lessons. I'm sure there are tons more, but those are the ones that really stick out in my mind right now.
[> [> Subject: Re: What did you learn?


Author:
Dana
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Date Posted: 15:46:23 01/03/02 Thu
You are a brave soul to allow your sister to cut your hair. *G* If my sister holds *anything* that could be used as a weapon we slowly back out of the room and then run.

The two week rule for haircuts never works for me either. I either love it right away, or hate it until it entirely grows out.

I have no scientific proof to back this up but FMS (aka Full Moon Syndrome)seems to affect men much more strongly than women. A mild case has symptoms of moodiness for no apparent reason and a craving for chocolate and/or salty food (sound familiar?) *G* The treatment for a mild case is sympathy for any and all complaints and chocolate covered pretzels. A severe case is more closely aligned to a psychotic episode. There is no treatment. Retreat to a different area of the planet is the only solution.

Is life treating you better now that you are down to one job? I hope that the echanecea helped, and that your immune system is much stronger now that you aren't as stressed.
[> [> [> Subject: Yes...


Author:
Kimmy
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Date Posted: 13:57:19 01/04/02 Fri
Life is so much better. The stress level has dropped and I am feeling so much better. Over all the colds and junk, hopefully for quite some time to come. I know getting more rest has helped alot too. The new year looks bright and promising. Hope it stays that way! :-)
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