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crohnsinct

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Moving my baby into college today. Leaving at 9ish...can't stop crying...she can't either. She woke up today and said "I can't do this...I don't want to go" . This is tearing my heart out. I KNOW she will love it and be fine...how could she not I packed every imagineable thing she could possibly need and the place is like a freakin resort! But still hard for all of us...close Italian family and all...

...and she only has one fridge and it is one of those little dorm room ones at that (apalling conditions I know) and every kitchen gadget she could possibly need...and three bags of food...how much you wanna bet the kitchen stuff never gets touched? No bottle opener though:lol2:
 

DustyKat

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Fair dinkum! How did you guys get back on here! I thought I had you blocked from the site! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :kissgrits: :ylol:

Ooooooo nice pic Tess, he surely is a handsome lad! :wub:

Seems strange you lot talking about sending your kids back to school and off to college crohnsinct! Awww she will love it, bless her...:hug:

Ummmmmm, your daughter doesn't want to leave and mine couldn't get away fast enough! What does that say about me??? BTW, that is a rhetorical question!!!!!!
 

Tesscorm

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Crohnsinct - OMGosh, she is going to have soooo much fun! But, so hard for us moms - our babies are all grown up! :cry: Enjoy the day, get her all settled in with tons of food, supplies, warnings, hugs and kisses (don't forget her cupcake club membership)! :Karl:

But, hate to break the news... they're all twist-off now! :cheerss: :headbang: :beerchug:


And, thanks Dusty! And you're certainly not alone :yrolleyes:... Stephen may be home one more year but he's counting down the days till he heads out! :eek:
 

Tesscorm

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Dusty... talk of our babies growing up, moving away, etc. got me thinking... :duh: Just curious, given that Matt is in remission and near Stephen's age, do you accompany him to all check-ups and meet with the doctor/GI? (Sarah, I realize, is much further away, older and has had more time/experience in handling her Crohns so I am assuming she goes on her own...)

If NOT in remission, I would certainly still meet with Stephen's GI, but just wondering how you handle it as Matt is IN remission. :)
 

crohnsinct

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O.K. well set her up, lingered for lunch and left her. We had to hug fast and run...like ripping off a band aid. I am just so worried about her because there aren't any activities set up for the kids and classes don't start until Monday. Oh and her room mate is going home already this weekend (not the one from Canada...she never came..this is a new one).

Then to add insult to injury the dorm she is in doesn't even have a common kitchen...can you believe those sub par living facilities? How is she supposed to make her Sunday meatballs, sauce and pasta. What do they think I am paying all this money for...certainly NOT the library that is open 24/7! With no oven she will really need that cupcake of the month membership!

It is really funny because every tour we went on I was checking out the kitchen facilities and hubby was checking the gym...nice priorities huh?

Oh well...going to drown my sorrows in a nice bottle of wine. Anyone care to join me in a virtual glass? :depressed:
 

DustyKat

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Hey Tess,

Sarah is in full control of her Crohn's now but if she were to relapse I would be there in heartbeat! :)

It has been quite some time since I accompanied Matt to anything, except for GI visits which are now annual. The last thing outside of this was his u/s last year for a suspected incisional hernia, so about October last year I think??

Matt will always indicate if he wants me to go with him to any appointments and he normally does outside of the routine GP and bloods which are every two months. If there are any anomalies, Crohn's wise, the GP speaks with Matt and then rings me.

Dusty. :)
 
O, crohnsinct it will be ok. They'll feed her. She won't have to beg.....I hope?:shifty:

I don't drink alcohol but I do drink pop as if I was an alcoholic so....
I raise my glass of ice cold Mt. Dew in sympathy to you.
 
Hey Tess - that is one good looking boy you've got there. I bet you have that stick ready to beat the girls off - or you could borrow farmwife's rolling pin!
Chrohnsinct - I am dreading the day Andrew goes off to Uni or college, will miss him like crazy. Have to say I loved university - I had a really great time.
Well I actually baked a banana loaf today :biggrin:. It was very tasty - would share with you all if I could, not that there's much left.
Actually forgot to put the eggs in the cake (which I had already put in the oven) so I had to whip it out of the oven pour it back into the bowl, mix in the eggs and put it back :blush:. Thankfully it tasted ok
 

DustyKat

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Oh crohnsinct...:hug:...she will be just fine, I promise! :)

You know when I said Sarah couldn't get away fast enough? Well I mean't that literally...

Bear in mind our academic years follow the calendar year. The college (that is what we call the on campus residences) that Sarah applied for and was accepted into was a private one and so rent is paid 52 weeks of the year. Uni didn't start up for Sarah until the first week of March but you could take up residence on the 1st of January. Guess when Sarah left for Sydney? Yup, the 1st of January! Suffice it to say it was a couple of weeks before other bods started to drift into the apartment she was in! :lol:

There was a sprinkling of others in the college at that time and she did make some lasting friendships in those initial few days. If anyone remembers my talking about the Chinese lass who came for a visit to my home in January of this year and the lass that painted Sarah's portrait for the Archibald prize...well they are two of those lasting friendships. :)

Dusty. xxx
 

DustyKat

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Oh about the glass of wine, it's bloody 8:15 in the morning here! What will the neighbours say! Not that I give a toss cause they can...:kissgrits:

Cheers big ears!
 

DustyKat

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Stone the crows Farmwife! Are you fair dinkum?!?!?! I swear, you lot are just going to amaze and impress your family and friends with your new found vocabulary! :rof:

Actually it's "give a toss", the cause was just the shortened version of because.

Not giving a toss = don't give a shit. :)
 

Tesscorm

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Gosh, so much to talk about!!! :D I've got to type FAST to try to catch up! :emot-dance:

Crohnsinct - I think it's actually nice that she has some 'quiet' time... she'll have the opportunity to explore the campus without crowds, meet other kids who are also there 'alone' and they'll have the chance to sit and actually chat without rushing because they are on their schedule. (Then again, who we kidding? It's PARRRRTTTTYYY time! :dance: :luigi: :banana:)

And, kitchen? Of course, YOU are making AND delivering the meatballs and sauce! (How do you think Mama's Pizza delivery started!?) And, what!!, you didn't send her individual portions to freeze in the mini-fridge??? Stephen's not leaving for a year and I'm already thinking what I can send him that's healthy, can be frozen and he will eat! What kind of Italian are you? :ywow:

But, I will not only join you in a virtual glass, I will have a real one (only in the spirit of friendship!) :) (So, have you called her yet? :ytongue:)

Dusty - thanks. Was just wondering if I'll ever be at a point when I'll feel comfortable letting Stephen handle this on his own! :redface: But, I guess once he's stable with new GI, meds, etc., the comfort will come. :)

Sascot - Thanks. Stephen actually had the most amazing girlfriend! OMG, she was beautiful (looked like Reese Witherspoon), was a great dancer (int'l scholarships/awards), wrote/directed school play, 90 average, would bake cookies for Stephen's entire team when they travelled, each cookie iced with the team's colours and player number, MADE him a blanket because he mentioned the 'couch' blanket didn't cover his feet :yfaint:, went to each teacher and got notes, etc. when he was sick, made him broth when he was on EN, forgot to say she was a sweetheart, OMG, I could go on and on and on. And THEN, hush my puppies and prune my magnolias, he broke up with her!!! :cry: Said he wanted to be on his own (understandably, they'd dated from 15-17 years old - he'd never really NOT had a girlfriend).

But, told my hubby, Stephen doesn't realize... it's no different from going into a casino and winning first hand! Where in Sam's Hill the fun in stopping then and there?!? So, you keep playing and spend the rest of the night trying to get back what you had at the beginning! :lol:
 
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Tesscorm

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Yes, I've given up my "eh"s and am sticking with fair dinkums, Sam Hills (been trying to work in bubblers but that's a toughie!) :lol: But, sure do like the 'prune the magnolias'!! :D

By the way... 'give a toss', 'give a rip'... lame!!! In Canada, we don't 'give a rat's ass'! :lol:
 
Crohnsinct...I will join you! I could fair use a glass myself! First week of high school, just got his driving permit, texting girls...Oh my! Where's the blasted corkscrew? :eek: Oh wait, I probably have a bottle that the top screws off!:cheerss:
 

crohnsinct

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Tess: HEY! Kick me when I am down...and drunk! Will respond tomorrow when sober!

Sascot: Yes! College was the time of my life...that's what I am afraid of :shifty:

LMAO! I actually have already texted her...She forgot her water bottle and her friend from town moves in tomorrow so I needed the address...O.K. and I snuck in a few questions...she is doing great.

Tess: Fair Dinkum! That girl ruins it for the rest of us! What in Sam's Hill is she up to? Tell her to stop being so darn perfect.

I'll stop now...my magnolia's need a rest.
 

Tesscorm

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You've had a rough day! Now you know she's fine and will have a friend tomorrow! You go enjoy your wine now!!! :D

And, I think you've got your Country Aussie down pat!!! :medal1:
 

Tesscorm

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Just had to share my thoughts... was in a meeting earlier where there was discussion re a stock that wasn't performing as had been expected. While I was sitting there, listening to people grumbling, etc., I wondered how everyone would have responded if I'd just said "well, hush my puppies and prune my magnolias, isn't this a disappointment?" :rof:
 
Well bust my britches! Ya'll been havin' a mighty nice time in my absence.

We have: "No sh#t Sherlock" as well as "I don't give a rats a**." Sorry just couldn't bring myself to type the words.

Don't drink alcohol, doc denied me tea and chocolate today after an endoscopy w/biopsy so I guess I'll just toast everyone with my valencia orange and carrot juice. Ha, ha!

Opps, I've already slipped up and ate some chocolate M&M's. How dare a doc deny a woman of her main food group! Well! I never!

When my first son went to boot camp and tech school, I held the door wide open for him. It was either he left or I was gonna kill him. He was being so arrogant and mean. Was a bit better when he got back, but the one thing he procured at boot camp was a sailors mouth. Couldn't wait for him to deploy. He is maturing now. Thank goodnes. Still has a ways to go; but he has gotten so much better. We can now tell he loves his family. LOL!

Daniel wants me to come to his more important doc visits. He is allowing me full access to his medical records for now. I told him when he is ready to transition to the docs on his own, I would respect that, but to keep in mind that I'm always available for questions if he has any.

It's nice the kids are growing up, but sad that they are no longer little children. Our lives have focused on them. Now what will we do?
 
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"well, hush my puppies and prune my magnolias, isn't this a disappointment?" :rof:

Well, where in sam hill was sam hill?:lol2: You think I don't have feelings Tesscorm????? Maybe next time your in a day dream you can think of sam hill. Thank you very much!:ybatty:
 

Tesscorm

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Ahhh, I would use Sam Hill when it's a 'heated' discussion... "Where in Sam Hill have you been all day!?!?!" :D
 
Sorry mother I was helping your parents settle into their new home because their to elderly to live on their own.
By the way mother where were you????
I'm the grandaughter and I'm helping YOUR parents.
It's sad you know when your grand daughter Grace is using the loo more the the elderly living there.:yfaint:

Sorry Tesscorm, I had to get that out!!!!:ylol:
 

Tesscorm

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:lol: what a great daughter you are!!! :D. This mamas out tonite! :banana: just waiting for my 'live' friend but had to check in here first. :lol:
 

Crohn's Mom

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I FINALLY have a full day with absolutely NOTHING on the schedule ~ Amazing !
So where is everyone else today ? Don't you all know youre supposed to revolve around MY free time ? :ylol:

It's nice to be able to sit here and catch up on everyone's updates! I may not respond to all, but I think my eyes are strained now from all the reading today! Just look for my "thanks" and "hugs" and you'll know I'm always stalking you! :hallo3::hallo3:

Hope you're all having a relaxing, fun weekend ! :ghug:
 

crohnsinct

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Haha I am doing the finances and bills today :boring: Every now and then I reward myself with a check on some threads...still so behind from vacation and the craziness afterward.
 
Well we went to a bbq this afternoon - and yes it is Scotland so it did rain! Andrew's football team won 11 - 0 today which was fab. Now I have Amy's friend over for a sleepover tonight :ybatty: - who knows when they might go to sleep. Never quite understand why it's called a "sleep"over
 

DustyKat

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Crikey Sascot! That's a cricket score! Well done Andrew!


I am on holidays!!! Yeehaw!!! Hence why I am up and down like a honeymooners nightie when it comes to catch up time here! :ylol:

Oh yeah Tess, we don't give a rat's arse either! :ybiggrin:
 
Well wasn't that a fun night last night :yfrown:. Amy's friend decided she missed her parents - managed to get her to sleep which I thought would be the end of it, but no, was woken at 2am and 3am. Had to call her parents at 3.15am to come and get her - so very, very tired
 
I feel for ya Sascot.
My niece is staying the week-end. She never has had a problem at sleep overs. So the ONE night Grace sleep through the night is the night that my niece decides she's NOT tired and misses her mommy. Will see how she does tonight. We had a church outing to the sand dunes. There tired, I tired and sore. They should sleep like logs.

The sad note is Grace seems to be very pale now and has a low grade fever. I guess it was to much for her little body. But boy she could keep up with kids twice her size.:thumleft:

:soledance::rosette1::soledance:
 
So where is everyone else today ? Don't you all know youre supposed to revolve around MY free time ? :ylol:
Crohn's Mom, Didn't you get the memo? Everyone revolves around my free time. Snicker, snicker.

Crohnsinct, Can you slip over here and do some of my finances too? They're just so boring... especially the medical bills.... Sigh....

Sascot, Sorry to hear the sleep over didn't go so well. Do get some rest. Don't have that child over for a sleep over ever again! There's a reason it's called a sleep over. It's kinda like a hang over, only it's a sleep over cause the kids are so tired from staying up all not and NOT bothering the parents beauty rest, that they need to sleep there (over) until they feel like going home. LOL!

Have you ever heard of a "funover"?
 

Crohn's Mom

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Oh that memo must have been lost in cyberspace somewhere ! LOL

Went and pampered myself today and got my hair done :) Trying out the "bangs" thing again..haven't had bangs since well, the 90's? yikes ! LOL you know what they say tho...Bangs over Botox !! :rof::rof:
 
Crohn's Mom, Sounds like you had a wonderful day. Treasure it for a long time to come.

I have bangs. I've had them for a long time. They grow way too fast and drive me crazy sometimes.:rof:

I had a day of pampering recently when my family and I went to the family camp run by Joni and friends. www.joniandfriends.org The camp staff brought in hair dressers, massagers, folks who painted our nails, gave us foot baths with various creams to put on our feet and even had a craft we could make. We had such a blast. It was for ladies only. We snuck my 14 yr daughter in. (She doesn't look 14, she looks and acts older.) She loved it. I hadn't seen her smile like that in about 7 months. She even won the drawing for a door prize. Bless her heart, she shared her prize with me. How sweet. (My daughter is also undiagnosed and has been in a lot of pain for months now.)
 

crohnsinct

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Natural...so you figured you would just keep the bangs until they came back in huh? I am feeling like that with clothes these days.

It is my anniversary and my kids (well the two who are still home sniff sniff) insisted on watching my wedding video. Our cheeks hurt from laughing so hard at the 80's hair styles, clothing and way we danced. So glad I saved my dress in case one of my girls wanted to wear it. O tells me it is hideous.
 

DustyKat

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I didn't save my dress because I never had one in the first place...yes, as much I hate to burst all those saintly bubbles that you hold me in...Dusty lives in sin! :rof:
 

crohnsinct

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No freakin way! You never got married?! Still with the kids' dad? That is so funny cuz my husband and I never talked marriage he just went out and bought a ring. The night he was going to propose I was going on and on about why do people get married...so stupid..I don't need a piece of paper...just live together. Needless to say he proposed 2 months later. Still wasn't sure but figured I could always change my mind. Also didn't want children. 23 years and three children later.....
 

DustyKat

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Nope never and yep, Mr. Kat is the kids father.

The funniest thing is when when someone goes on about people not being married and having kids. I sit and listen and then say, I'm not married and I have children. They usually say (between the coughs and splutters), oh but that's different! Really??? :rof:
 

crohnsinct

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LMAO! Isn't it fun to catch people like that? I get to catch people all the time when they talk about the "resource room" kids at school taking all the attention or the "short bus" kids...oh you mean like my daughter?! Bite me!
 
What is LMAO? I know, I know, sheltered life, blah, blah, blah...

DustyKat, I think it's awesome that you are with the kids father. Some people flip psychologically once they are married and end up getting divorced. So what was the point of marriage? Just make sure you both have good wills so that when one of you kicks the bucket, the other won't be left high and dry. You got no judgment from me.

I'm with you crohnsinct, keep the clothes until they come back in. Just like the bangs. Who's got time or money to waist. Hee, hee!

:ylol2: I'm with you all. I love catching folks eaten' their own words. It's loads of fun. Yep, my son rode the short bus in preschool. He went to a special ed center. So glad they have services for the little ones. Now he's in college and his "short bus" is his fathers old Honda CRV. :rof:

I drive the long bus (Honda Odyssey):highfive:

Gotta take a short break and cut hubby's hair and possibly son's hair too. Be back in a few...

:eek:utahere:
 

DustyKat

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Why? Because you troll the internet looking for dancing poo smileys?
That amongst other things. :ylol:

Get outta here Naturelover! LMAO!!!

Laughing My Arse Off...or as you yanks say, ass. Which is a donkey btw.

LMFAO...now do you want me to spell the F out?
 
DustyKat, By George, I think I've got it! Nope you don't need to spell out the F. Besides, the system might reject it. You were going to spell fairy, right? Snicker, snicker.:lol2:
 

Tesscorm

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Got a bit of catching up to do here... :)

Naturelover - that sounds like my kind of camping! :)

Crohn's Mom - glad you had a nice day!!! Let's see a pic of the new 'do! :D

Dusty - Enjoy your holidays!!!!

Sascot - What a score!!! Way to go Andrew!! (just out of curiousity... we are talking 'soccer', right? Or are you actually talking about 'American' football?) And, hope you've had a chance to catch up on some sleep! ;)
 

DustyKat

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Oh god! Start running Tess!!! Football is football is football, the purists game, life and death, the only true sport! It's SOCCER! :rof:

@sascot...Do you follow the Scottish premier league? Does Andrew? I don't but Matt does, I don't know that he follows any particular team, and my Dad is Scottish, he is a Hearts man through and through.
 
Dusty I agree - football is FOOTBALL (yes, soccer), very very important in Scotland! We do follow the Scottish League, our team - Falkirk - is in the first division (one division down from the premier league). Don't think Hearts is liked by anyone in our family, :ylol:.
What's with all this pampering people? It's all I can do to get a shower for more than 3 mins before someone is shouting for me!!
Crohnsinct - way to stick to your guns! Married and 3 kids later :yrolleyes:
I had a dream last night that I had 3 kids and was pregnant with my 4th :ybatty:. Can't tell you how relieved I was when I woke up to just 2 kids :lol2:
 

Tesscorm

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:rof: What a dream!!!

I have a friend who had two small children, wanted a third but hubby wasn't so sure... so, no big deal, two was good... however, as she had had two babies and was now a busy, busy mom of two small ones, the job of 'taking care of business' was left to hubby... :ybatty: a surprise pregnancy soon followed, with TWINS! :runaway: (But, honestly, there is ALWAYS something going on at their home!! Always lots of fun!! :))

I will never forget something her son said to me, he was too young to get the meaning and was just repeating his dad...:D He was approx. 6 years old, younger sister 2 and twin girls just born, I asked him how he felt about having 3 sisters, he shrugged and said "I dunno but my dad said when they're older, him and I get to go away for a week every month." :rof:
 
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crohnsinct

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jmk: i know right? I remember a day where we were talking consistency, color etc and Izzi's mom chiming right in all while eating her lunch!

Sascot: he constantly reminds me of his two biggest i told you so's...trust me he says...I was right about marriage and kids. And a dream? You were seriously sleeping long enough to enter dream state...SCORE!

Off to go see my coed..yes, already! She needs a printer and all I am is a bank but I will take it if it means I can sneak a peak at my girl. I am sure she won't allow much more than a drive by...
 

Tesscorm

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Banker is only 'one' of our jobs! :lol: But, you know..., she could have just asked you to transfer funds???... she could actually just be missing you as much as you're missing her... :kiss:
 
crohnsinct, I would pick up some ink too, they go through it quick!! Unless you want to save that for another visit!!! And I agree maybe she just wanted a little Mama facetime!!!
 

crohnsinct

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Well, I picked up the printer and a sandwich from her favorite sandwich shop oh yes and three or four grocery bags of snacks (no comments...remember I am Italian!!!). M&M's no Hersheys. Anyway, we went to her room (shocked she had us seen in public), we installed her printer, she took her sandwich and she kissed us good bye. Oh yeah and she gave me a book to be returned to the bookstore and said I could feel free to go myself while she sat in her room and ate her sandwich. Wham Bam Thank-you mam! I am sure Dusty has some clever hooker reference for my quick visit.

So if she needed mommy time it seems and hour and 15 was all she needed. I did pick up and bring ink but darn Clash that was a good idea to save it for another trip.

Ah yes and she told me about her "friend" from h.s....she got written up her first night there for alcohol!!! I was freaked. Don't get me wrong. Not freaked about the alcohol as much as I am freaked that she is going to school with kids sooooo stupid that they get caught their first night there! Also perturbed she is ruining the reputation for our high school. O wants to go to that school. Guess G will have to prove the family rep for now.

I type as I drink my big glass o wine!
 

Tesscorm

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At least they get written up for alcohol! When Emily was looking at various universities, we looked at Uni of Toronto (largest, most respected, most prestigious, blah, blah, blah in Toronto), we look at one of their residences - very nice, small apartment style (each apt with 4-5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living area with couches), 3 levels of security - into 'private' areas, again into apt and again into each bedroom :), co-ed floors but single sex apts and they matched up roommates by interest, not age. BUT, I don't consider myself prudish, not even close BUT each resident was allowed to have 2-3 sleepover guests, either sex. So, in theory, Emily would be 18, could be rooming with a 22 year old who has a boyfriend who's 25 and Em could be waking up to a living room with two to three 25 year old men! I found this really bizarre and was very uncomfortable with it.

She chose to go to another university for other reasons but, out of curiosity, do you guys find this strange or is this normal?? :yfaint:
 
Tess, reading that does kinda freak me out as a parent. However, as far as I remember at my university they had blocks of flats with about 5 bedrooms sharing one kitchen/lounge and bathroom. There were no adults manning the doors, the flats were co-ed and I don't think there was a limit on who you could bring back. I of course was still staying at home with my mom and just drove into uni - think I missed some partying!!!
 

DustyKat

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Wham Bam Thank-you mam! I am sure Dusty has some clever hooker reference for my quick visit.
You are making me blush crohnsinct! :redface:

Some of the residences here are same sex, usually the ones with a religious affiliation, outside of that they are all co-ed. Sarah lived in an 8 bedroom, 4 bathroom apartment and the mix was 5 guys and 3 girls, all different ages. There was one guy in another apartment that was was about 30 and they called him Dad! :rof:

@Naturelover...Well stop perving on my knees!
 
All of the universities J looked at had coed residences, most suites were separated but that is it. There were overnight guest rules for some of them but for the most part there wasn't. When we first toured I have to admit I was freaked but J more so by the space of the older dorms closer to the uni and the distance the newer suite dorms were from main campus so she decided on a state school for the first two years where you weren't required to live in a dorm as a freshman. But honestly, her neighbors ended up being guys and I swear if it wasn't for them cooking she would've starved and they were constantly checking on her and her roomies, changing the oil in her car, meeting her at work when she got off so she wouldn't have to walk to her car alone. Wish I could move them right on through college with her!!!
 

Tesscorm

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:redface: Well, maybe I am more prudish than I thought! :lol: When I was younger, I shared a place with friends, male and female, but I think what threw me was that she wouldn't know who she'd be waking up to... and that they could be so much older. Guess it's time I woke up and smelled the coffee! :wink:

Then there's Stephen :facepalm:... went out with a friend this past weekend and they both tend to look older than 18... after a club, they'd gone to eat something and a couple of women started to talk to them, asked them how old they were and S and his friend said 21. :lol: Women started oohing and aahhing that they looked 'older' but, 21 was 'okay' (women were 25 and 27!). They all ended up eating together, etc. S said the women started reminiscing about their proms, so S and his friend did as well, only difference being, the women were going back almost 10 years, S and friend, 2 months! :lol: Women ended up giving the boys their numbers! :yfaint: S and his friend then admitted how old/young they really were and women snatched back their numbers! :rof: (Gotta wonder what he DOESN'T tell me! :eek:)

I think they both need to go out of town!!! Ignorance would be bliss!!!:dance:
 
Tesscorm I do know the feeling!! In return for the cooking, oil changing and getting her safely to her car from work J frequently goes downtown to pick them up after the bars close!! She says they make their plans knowing if they get into a tight they can call her and she will get out of bed and go pick 'em up and bring them home. I wouldn't want to be them though because J is the grouchiest little thing when you wake her up, probably in their bar state they don't even notice though!!
 

Tesscorm

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That's a pretty good deal!! :) Don't get me wrong, I think co-ed sharing is great, probably better than a bunch of girls only, like I said, it was just the 'stranger' and age thing that got me. Then again, I'm sure a big part was the whole transition with her moving out, etc. I think she ended up with the best of both worlds though... ended up staying home but one of her best friends is in residence downtown - most weekends, she stays with her friend... :D
 
Yeah, the age thing became a factor this year for J but not co-ed. Her and her roomies decided to move to a new development that just opened but two of the roomies didn't turn their lease stuff in until late so that divided the four into two pairs...then they paired J and her roomie with 2 grad students who are 30, J is 19!!! We were so worried, I mean 19 year old teeny boppers with 30 year olds but they are two years into their MBA and each work 2 jobs so J says she literally never sees them...so far so good.
 

crohnsinct

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Yeah the age difference would freak me out but more from the perspective of it being their first time at college and it impeding their ability to make friends and most definitely the fact that an older person is way more likely to have a male visitor staying over. Ewww! Boys=cooties.

And Dusty?! Coed apartments?! That explains a lot.
 

Tesscorm

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:lol: Apparently, women are legally allowed to go topless in Toronto but, to be honest, I don't think I've ever seen any women going topless here... (my prudishness came from somewhere! :lol: Certainly not from Portugal where they're ALL topless at every beach, waterpark, etc.)

Funny enough, although it is allowed, we just had a protest demanding that women be allowed to go topless ??? Then again, the protesters are Raelians, people(?) who believe the earth was created by aliens (which I suppose makes them aliens too??).
 
Okay so if there is a law that women can go topless maybe they were protesting that the law doesn't specify that alien women can go topless :confused2::confused2:

Yikes so now not only do I have to worry about invading aliens but also topless invading aliens:shifty-t:
 

crohnsinct

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:rof::rof::rof::rof:

You guys suck! I declared Tuesdays "No Tush Talk Tuesday" and vowed to stay off the forum and devote my time to my home, dogs and children and you have sucked me in!
 
Honestly though crohnsinct...you are abiding by No Tush Talk Tuesday...we are talking about alien titties not tushes so really it is safe!!
 
Crohnsinct, how insane do you think C's GI will think I am if I start the convo with well the other day while researing and talking about naked aliens I realized C needs some dental work and this might be something I should discuss with you...:awe::eek:utahere:
 

Tesscorm

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Question for any Floridians near Fort Lauderdale... Kimmidwife, Crohn's Mom, ???

Can you suggest a hotel (not expensive but clean!!!) that is right near the airport? We decided to leave a day early for the cruise, just in case of weather delays up here, but the availability of flights sucked! Our flight gets into Ft. Lauderdale at midnight... so I really just need a place to sleep, nothing fancy, as we will be leaving the next morning.
 

Tesscorm

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Clash, you definitely need to explain your train of thought!!! :rof: How did you go from naked aliens to cavities?!?! Now I definitely know some of us have ADD! :lol:
 

Tesscorm

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We don't leave until Dec. 29 but because of the holiday season, I want to make sure we get a room booked... You know how it is, if I don't get it done now because it's too early, I'll leave it and leave it and forget about it and before you know it, it'll be too late and we'll be sleeping at the airport! :eek:
 
Ha ha....On Crohnsinct thread about O I had asked a question about dental procedures and Remicade and what I should discuss with GI...it just followed through to over here and naked aliens!!
 
Clash, you definitely need to explain your train of thought!!! :rof: How did you go from naked aliens to cavities?!?! Now I definitely know some of us have ADD! :lol:
It should be plan as day.:shifty-t:
Seeing naked aliens causes one to lose there teeth.
Their by needing a dentist.:sign0085:
 

crohnsinct

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:rof: :rof: :rof:

Give it up Crohnsinct... you need us to get through your day! :lol:
Yes I do Tesswhich is exactly why I am coming on the cruise with you. Book a hotel room for the others also...they don't technically have to sneak into the suitcases until we board the ship.

Now if you would all get over here and help me with the cleaning and cooking I would be all set...oh that is not what you meant by support?
 
I'm off to take my children outside. I leave you all to this insanity.
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Oh, Grace poo-poo today. It took 3 days to do it but she did. YA!:thumleft:
I have to get the brakes on my SUV fixed.:thumbdown:
What was that about ADD??????:ylol:


:rosette2:
 
Umm...that naked aliens cause cavities and poo that takes awhile cause brake wear...or maybe...

Farmwife, I'm so glad that she was finally able to go!!! I hope you get some answers soon. I know it must be hard and I hope that precious little one gets to feeling tip top real soon!!
 

Tesscorm

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You should've just taken Grace for a drive with you... if I was a passenger with you driving an SUV with no brakes, I'd shit my pants! And it wouldn't take 3 days! :lol:

But, way to go Grace!! :banana:
 

crohnsinct

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That was classic Tess! :rof::rof::rof::lol::lol::ylol2::ylol2:

Farmwife: Yay Poo:dance: Dancing bananas will have to do as I see David hasn't found us worthy of dancing crap yet and I would venture to say that after today we may never be!
 

crohnsinct

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O.K. I am off to buy school supplies with my kids. I bribe them every year. For every item they can find in the house to reuse I pay them a dollar. They think I am being all environmentally conscious or trying to reduce the clutter in the house or just too cheap to buy supplies..truth is I am just too lazy to drag out and get them and the crowds at Staples drives me insane. If the darn teacher's would get a list more than two days before school starts I could order the crap and never have to leave my bubble!

Try not to get us kicked off the forum while I am gone!
 

crohnsinct

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Well that was awesome! Went to Staples and sent O and her sister off to find O's pencil case and binder ring along with all the other crazy, fighting parents and kids and I ran to the printer ink section which was quiet and calm because no sane person darkens the doors of Staples the week school starts. Met O and her sister at the register and skipped out with my bag of three things. I was the envy of every parent in there:ytongue:


and I saved a bundle and got my shelves and drawers cleaned out!!!SCORE!
 

Tesscorm

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Way to go!!! :applause:

I think I'm going to use the same ploy with my kids' clothing! I'll save on buying them more clothes (won't have to buy new jeans to replace last season's perfectly good jeans) that they have and they can stop asking me for money because they'll have some from 'recycling' their clothes! :lol:
 

DustyKat

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How did you go from naked aliens to cavities?!?!
Elementary...aliens probe cavities.

Question about school and dress. Do any schools over there, US/Canada, require a uniform?
 

Crohn's Mom

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Private schools mostly Dusty :)

Public schools do have what they call "dress code" though, mostly outlining what is unacceptable (short shorts, spaghetti strap tank tops, shirts with cursing or drug/alcohol reference, etc..)
 
All the public schools in our area have a dress code that requires collared pullovers and khaki pants. There is no requirement it be a certain color though, like the shirts can be any color and the pants can be black, tan, or navy.

C goes to military school so he is in a class A uniform everyday but Friday then it's black pants with school collared pullover.

Dusty, a friend of mine lives in Sydney and her two young kids(twins) go to The Scots College, not exactly sure what that is but they have the most adorable outfits. They also now have the most awesome accent!!
 
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