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Catherine at least it's cooler for you today :)...
we live right near the ocean so even on a very hot day we still get a little bit of a breeze.
 
Had the discussion with boss yesterday that if they call a code red my children will be coming to work. Everyone use think I was overly concerned about fire risks before Black Saturday but now most of our neighbours will leave their homes as the CFA say our homes can not protected if a fire starts in the National Parks.

It great today is cooler.
 
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only in Australia.
 
Oh my....!!!! It seems I have LOTS of catching up to do!!! ;)

I haven't had a chance to read through ANY threads yet... but to all the new parents (it seems there are a few new names :(), I'm so sorry you've had to find your way here... but I'm sure you've received some great support and advice! I hope all the great parents here have helped you get through some difficult moments! :ghug:

Without having read the thread, I do give my wholehearted support to the MLP Fan Club!! Woohoo!!! Much, much deserved (although I saw some notice that CIC was adding to my workload! :voodoo: Do I really give the impression that I'm the right person to be sewing and filling Penguin shaped heating pads?!?! :yfaint: :lol:)

Cruise was FANTASTIC! Started off a bit rocky... I NEVER get sick but NOW came down with a bad cold (effin-really?!?!) on the 29 and 30th! Fever, chills, etc.! :voodoo: Then , pulled a muscle/tendon from pulling (not even 'carrying' my suitcase) - think I packed a wee bit too much! :lol: But, all was good by the evening of the 31st and things just got better from there! :sun: We all loved it but the kids LOVED, LOVED it!!! Emily judged the Sexiest Man contest (which Stephen entered!), Stephen also entered another contest where he had women throwing their bras at him and he ended up in his boxers wearing one of the 'thrown' bras in front of an audience of 200 people! :eek: Food, entertainment, service was all amazing! E and S say they want all future vacations to be cruises! Given their ages and work/school schedules, we'd thought this would probably be one of the last 'family' vacations for a while, so thought the cruise would be a good way to go 'out with a bang' but, apparently, all we did was set a new minimum 'standard' to reach each year! :yfaint: Forget Freedom 55 - I'll be working till I'm 75! :lol:

All in all a great time... NOT happy to be back to dealing with reality - work, snow, etc., etc.! :thumbdown: But missed all you guys!!! :ghug: Hope everyone's been good (or, at least, stable!)... will catch up in the next few days! :thumright:
 
:mario2::mario2:Woohoo, Tesscorm is back:dance::dance:!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad to hear your vacation went well! It sounds like it was a blast!
 
WOW..sounds like some holiday.
Glad to hear you had a great time.

Now back to reality and start sewing those penguins...:ysmile:
 
WHAT KIND OF CRUISE THROWS BRAS AT TEENAGE BOYS!!!!!

AND NO ONE SAY.........A FUN ONE!:yfrown:


I'm so glad you had a good time. We've missed you!:rosette2:
 
Our new fish tank is up and running:
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Old and busted in the background. The filtration equipment wasn't running correctly and a tank upgrade was the easiest way to fix it (sadly not as fast as I would have liked, but all the fish are happy.)

We got a new Kole tang. Very pretty. Izzy says his name is "Jack West".
 
Jack West is a little stressed out. Sarah cracked up when I sang to him:

Hey I just met you
and this is crazy
but here's some pellets
so eat some maybe!

After she caught her breath, Sarah's response was "I love this family!"

High praise from a 14 year old.
 
This is just a measly 75 but big enough for a very small tang to join our clowns, damsels, flame angel, and engineer goby. :)

The e-goby was pretty cheesed about being moved. He spent all last night building new bunkers all over the sand bed.

And of course, the minute I got everything set up and had 24 hours to enjoy the splendor of the new tank, 2 bulbs in my 4 bulb fixture burnt out and now the color spectrum is all messed up. It's always something. :p

Sounds like you had fun despite being cooped up in a sea-going, claustrophobic, disease-breeding science experiment, Tess!! ;)
 
Beautiful tank muppet. We have not had fish since my youngest at 2 (now almost 12) got up in the middle of the night and decided the fish were hungry so fed them a whole jar of food and then decided they were dirty so they needed to be taken out of the tank and washed with a whole bottle of dish soap. He left them on the counter covered by a dish cloth and calmly took himself back off to bed.
Welcome back Tesscorm sounds like a great cruise.
 
Gorgeous tank Muppet !

We tried to have fish once ~ once.
JJ insisted on them, we tried ~ we bought quite a few ~ JJ named every single one of them Joey. (he was 4 years old).
They lasted almost a week !
We gave up raising fish LOL.
 
There's great forums out there for both fresh and saltwater fish. It sounds like you may have started too fast if you bought a lot right away.
 
Thanks, but that was 10 years ago, and I think he's over his fish phase ?

Well, maybe...he has a beta fish in his room that he bought a few months back and he has managed to keep that one alive !
His name is Oscar ~ so at least the everything is named "Joey" phase has been outgrown haha. :)
 
Ooh. The great betta debate. Bettas are almost impossible to kill but most aquarists will spend hours explaining why tiny betta bowls are horrible fish torture chambers. :)
 
Like I said...we tell it like it is...
 

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Wow, some handsome looking sons! OK, so if I had to guess the boy with the 12 on his hat is your IBD'er. Right? Are they close in age?
 
What are these black widow logo coats I keep seeing everywhere this winter? Are they a new thing?
 
Great pic!! And, yes, very handsome boys! :thumright:

My kids used to LOVE snow days but we rarely get that much snow :)
 
Thanks FW and yes the one with the 12 is Jack the IBDer, James is 11 they are almost exactly 2 years apart and they get asked quite often if they are twins.

Muppet - It is a ski brand Spyder and I like them because the have these little extra growth hems in them, you just pull out the stitches and you can get an extra year of wear. He like them because he says they are the warmest when he is skiing. They have been around for a while at least for skiing, this is his fourth one.

Thanks Tess, we just finished building a giant snow turtle in the front yard, we tried for a snowman but it is a mix of good packing snow and fine snow we couldn't get it to stay together so we just piled it up and shaped it. Gotta build something in the snow when you get a snow day from school - Now they want to play video games so I suppose I shall let them after some hot cider (for Jack) and cocoa for James and I
 
I'm surprised the IBD kiddo can tolerate the cider. Apple juice, especially with any pulp in it (like you get with pressed cider) is definitely on our list of triggers in this house.
 
Shhh don't tell him it comes out of a box and is powder until you add hot water to it, then I squirt a little whip cream and viola!
 
Still, though, powdered apple juice. And dairy!! What a lucky kid to be able to eat both of those things. :)
 
Yeah has never had a problem with either and he doesn't like chocolate. The other one however is lactose intolerant so no whip cream for him and has to be made with non-lactose milk or soy and he doesn't like apple cider
 
When I was a kid it was on dairy, low residue. I got no ice cream, hot chocolate, couldn't do cider, no pizza... it was a crappy childhood from a goodie perspective, let me tell you.

I'm glad your son isn't as limited.
 
Sarah follows the same low-residue, no dairy diet that I did (also low or no grease, hot spices, stuff like that), EXCEPT that I allow her occasional exceptions when she's doing well. My parents didn't allow any exceptions and the result was that I binged on "forbidden" foods in my late teens and early twenties to make up for lost time. I've been hoping to avoid that with her by getting her used to moderation.

I'm not convinced it's helped. :) The moderation, that is.
 
Jmrogers, what handsome boys! It looks like they had a great snow day!! Wish you guys could send some our way, of course a light dusting just about shuts our state down!!! Ha!
 
Oh wow Jm, what a fab pic! And such handsome lads! I bet you are one proud Mum and rightly so! :):):):):):)

Do you think I would only end up with a puddle if you sent of that snow down here? :lol:

:mademyday:

Dusty. :heart:
 
I don't know Dusty from the sounds of it you might end up with a dry box :ybiggrin:
I like the snow as long as I don't have to go anywhere and can sit in front of the fireplace with a warm drink and just look at it, but given the choice between a warm beach vacation and a snowy ski resort vacation, I will take the beach everytime!
 
looks like fun in the snow-
ours all melted :(

Muppet- we were told not to limit his diet either- we tried once- it made no differeence so Ds has no restrictions-
He only has to drink the prescribed number of peptamen jr.

GI's no longer recommend what you were told to do as a child-
Have you discussed the restrictions with your daughter's GI.:hug:
 
Our GI in Hartford thought diet restrictions were useless. Our GI in Boston doesn't agree and I will tell you that in my 30 years of first hand experience, it makes a HUGE difference for me and seems to allow the meds to do their thing. I would fire any GI that claimed diet wasn't relevant to IBD and never look back.
 
Jmrogers4 said:
Desky - should have known you would go there :) funny non the less. Dusty - Sorry for the set up :(
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No worries, things are hot and moist at present. :biggrin:

Anyway, since when have Dex and cinct ever been backward in coming forward! Don't be apologising for their baggage! :ylol2:
 
Diet modification seemed to help immensely the first time...and not make a speck of difference the second! At this point she is so good I even let her have popcorn...but I couldn't find any trigger foods regardless.
...and Dex and cict *giggle* you weren't the only ones lol!
 
Go on you lot, bring it on! I may blush...:redface:...but I won't wither away!...:lol:
 
:eek2::eek2:

I really should go back further when I am trying to catch up with you guys! My mind wandered too dexky and cinct! Sorry Dusty!


Food never made a huge difference in controlling anything. There are some pain triggering foods though and I can definitely tell about foods by the gas :stinks:
 
In my opinion, "trigger" foods are hard to discern readily. "Trigger" is sort of a misnomer as, at least for me, there are VERY few foods that will cause me problems close enough to when I've eaten them for me to readily associate the two. It was only through long elimination, and gradual reintroduction, that I was able to figure out a lot of foods that might sometimes bother me, and even then it usually takes more than just one portion on one day.
 
I know it's so strange that everyone is so different in their responce to IBD. For Ryan, one meal of beef, raw spinach or a hot dog is immediately painful. Alot of the rest is just guesswork. Too much dairy or bread...all cause gas. Oh the joy of trial and error!
 
Time for some laughs.......:ylol:

You know your a parent to an IBD'er when.................................

You both use the same arthritis rub.:cool:

When your hubby goes to use the lou but first he ask his 4 yr old girl if she need to go because he's not coming out for awhile.:yfrown:

You heard your child burp and pray theirs nothing behind it!:shifty-t:
 
Thanks farmwife, I could use some laughs

when the doctor tells your son to have a milkshake with breakfast every morning and to make sure you use real ice cream for the extra calories, so you sneak in a 1/2 bottle of ensure when he is not looking
 
Jmrogers4 said:
Thanks farmwife, I could use some laughs

when the doctor tells your son to have a milkshake with breakfast every morning and to make sure you use real ice cream for the extra calories, so you sneak in a 1/2 bottle of ensure when he is not looking
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:ylol::ylol::ylol: I dreamed about that as a kid!



When the doctor tells you to put sugar on her frosted flakes.:rosette2:
 
... when your non-crohns child mentions any unusual BM in passing and says 'cuz I know you always want to know...'
 
:stinks::stinks::stinks::stinks::stinks:When your lovely sweet little girl is slowly killing everyone in the household with her farts. Paint peeling off walls,plants dying and I can see a mushroom cloud of toxic gas hovering over the house.:stinks::stinks::stinks::stinks::stinks:
 
When your hubby enters the room doing a happy dance because he created a new way to hide a can of Ensure and it was ingested successfully!
 
Maybe that could be a new thread idea, sneaky ways to hide Ensure. My kid seems to have a sixth sense about it. I swear she knows the minute I have opened the can.
And she is at school. Haha
 
You know your a parent of an IBD'er when,
.......your child is in the middle of the grocery isle and says, I need to go poo poo and you instantly you reason with in your head....

1 amount of time to get home,
2 the miles per hour you can legally do,
3 the weather conditions,
4 the need of food,
5 what food are the closest to get,
6 what you can live with out for this trip

:heart:All this so your princess can sit on her throne in peace and your glad your not stuck in a public restroom wishing they had a chair.:heart:


;)
 
... when your Crohnie comes out of the bathroom and says 'wow, that was a really good poo!' and you get a happy, warm and fuzzy feeling! :D
 
OK, time for some laughs. Of course on the selfish side this is to make Farmwife laugh!
Time for funny "clean" jokes.

Please share some of your "clean" jokes!:heart:

Now when I state "clean" I mean Farmwife "clean". Not crohnsinct "clean"....that would involve wine and service men, not Dusty "clean"..I shutter to think what she'll come up with.:ack: Not QueeenGothel "clean".....It would probably involve torture tools. Same goes for the rest of ya!


Here's mine.....


Q-What did the pirate say when he got a heart attack?
A-Arr me hearties!:ybiggrin:


A man rushed into a busy doctor's office and shouted "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!!"
The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down; I'll fit you in... You'll just have to be a little patient.":p


Q: What did one Illinois prison inmate say to the other?
A: "The food was better when you were Governor.":biggrin:


A doctor says to his patient, "I have bad news and worse news".
"Oh dear, what's the bad news?" asks the patient.
The doctor replies, "You only have 24 hours to live."
That's terrible," said the patient. "How can the news possibly be worse?"
The doctor replies, "I've been trying to contact you since yesterday.":ywow:
 
Why was Tigger looking in the toilet? He was looking for Pooh!

(The only clean joke I can remember!)

:D
 
Fingers crossed that my roof doesn't collapse in the rain today. There's a 4 foot drift up there on the gabled portion that I hope will just slide off when it gets heavy. My roof rake was seized up and couldn't extend to full length on Saturday and after 8-9 hours of clearing I'm wiped anyway. There's nowhere to put a ladder really and anyway I'm afraid of heights. :)

I cleared as much of the porch roof as I could, which was nearly all of it. That's the flattest section and the most likely to be damaged. The rest should be OK. Fingers crossed.
 
Watching the news over the weekend and thinking about all of you back east. Hope you dig out soon with no damage.
 
There are snowbanks on the interstates the size of several houses, blocking lanes and half of most bridges. The snow can't be pushed off without closing (and then reclearing) the road below, but they need shovels and dump trucks to take it away, there's nowhere to put it.

Lanes suddenly end on the highway with no warning (except in on or two places where there are orange cones flattened into the side of the bank by multiple collisions), and today there's freezing rain.

This has caused about 80% of all drivers to slow down a bit. The remaining 20% seem to be trying to demonstrate their abject stupidity and or contempt for all life.

The surface streets aren't any better. Intersections are in new places based on plow trails, visibility at EVERY intersection is ZERO because of high snow banks, and NOBODY is slowing down even a little to compensate.

In the next town over, several streets are one lane that must accommodate traffic in both directions, but people don't bother to look down the road before taking off down the gap, so multiple times I've had to sit there giving a stern look to a stupefied intellectual mutant staring at me and wondering why I don't drive up on a bank and go around them. Since I checked, I don't back up. They can back up. :p
 
Let me guess if it is anything like here - some big ol 4 wheel drive SUV. Hey buddy that may get you out of the ditch but it ain't gonna stop you from sliding in.
We had the same thing here a couple of weeks ago big snow storm followed by freezing rain. By the time hubby reached work after spending 1/2 scraping off 4 inches of frozen rain there was 2 inches re-frozen on windshield. He called and told me not to leave the house until rain had stopped.
 
Yuck sounds thorougly horrible. I've never managed to find any redemining featuring in snow, my husband and sons who like to ski disagree but I think they'd change their minds very rapidly if they had to deal with that.
 
I'm guessing I'm safe from the snow as long as we stay on the Arabian Peninsular (not that I have a clue how long that will be for). There is climate change here too but mostly of the hotter dryer variety.
 
Sorry I suck at being around again lately. Storm stuff, kid stuff, home stuff... I only have so much head space and I'm easily distracted. :)
 
STORM! I live on a pretty major road and on a corner so needless to say the plows dump all the intersection snow in my driveway. REALLY?!! They couldn't mound it up 5 feet further down? Took us a day to get from our house (had to climb out the window because we couldn't open the doors - they open out)to the end of the driveway. Another day to clear the end of the driveway and the cars. Today all day to do the sidewalk and the mound at the end of the street so the kiddies can cross the street...although doubt cars would see thtem behind the huge piles.

Anyway, if school doesn't open tomorrow I am storming town hall and Iwant you all at my trial!

Muppet: how is the job situation? Are they done with lay offs?
 
Actually FW .... you're the minority here !
Maybe you should jump on our band wagon...majority rules and we know how to have some fun ! LOL
 
Ha..Crohn's Mom.......
majority does NOT rule on my farm the one holding the pitch fork does!!!!

At least our (country) kind of fun doesn't end us up in jail (most of the time)or some kind of regretful tattoo!!!!!

Now I'd love to debate country vs farm (which I would win) but hubby is home and has to be fed. Good old country values!!!!! Now where did I put those hot pockets?????
 
:rof: :rof: now you're really going to throw FW into a tizzy!

But I was going to suggest, with all the snow FW got, being stuck in the house and all... Maybe Farmhusband would like a blower too!!! Birthday or not... Just the nicest thing for hubby on a cold winter day! ;)
 
O.K. but my hubby may take offense that we are discussing this all on the "Much Ado About Nothin" thread;)

Um yeah..O.K. FW...I am in the burbs and got 3 feet of snow and couldn't leave my house for 2 days (Ban on driving and busy digging out and all), then school closed for three days...I am thinking the city looks pretty good to me about now! Landlords shovel sidewalks and restaurants deliver 24/7! Heck, even the liquor stores deliver...and yes if you all must know I was calling hubby begging him to get home before the storm....cuz I was out of wine and he passe liquor store on the way home!
 

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