TITTWIS 43 - Sandbox Edition

It makes me really proud of him to see that he, at 7, has enough self-control to not say things that aren't parent-approved.

I am doing absolutely nothing for Valentine's Day, and you know, I'm perfectly okay with that. So hey, Sara, I'll babysit! :)

(stupid distance.)

Spencer does that too, sorta - "Mama, is crap a bad word? Can I say it? What about hell?"

Spencer and the Nickboy need to form a rap duo. Titled that.

Someone swears on the DVD or the TV..

Amber (nine nearly): "oh, Shall I turn it over?"

Blummin sensible kids.

I wish you could babysit; we are supposed to go to a party at A's boss's house on Friday, but 4 sitters have turned us down, as have my parents. I think we're doomed.

I swear way more than I should and usually Al3x doesn't repeat it. (J. does sometimes, though). The funny thing is that Al3x will call me out on really mild words like, "crap," which are apparently not allowed in school. He just ignores it if I use serious swear words.

Spencer picked up a couple of bad words when he was very small "FUCK FUCK FUCK!" (oh that pleased my mom somethin' fierce), but now (if he doesn't ignore me) he does says things like "mama, you shouldn't SAY that! It's a BAD word!"

I should totally tell people I will babysit on Valentine's Day - I never thought of it. I mean, we have movies and a ton of video games and popcorn and ... yeah.

You could have a crowd of kids! And if you have kids, then they'd have someone to play with and you wouldn't have to entertain them...

I know, right? Most of my friends here either don't have kids, or have kids that are way older than mine and don't need babysitting, so I'll probably just order chinese and watch sappy movies. It's cool.

I didn't know where else to post this but it made me laugh.

Eve de Harben?

i would host a lost-vday fap (will kate choose sawyer or jack?) but there's that, you know, distance thing.

Okay that is pretty funny about the hoax. The letter wound up in a book? Wow.

Sam, it would be fun to watch LOST with people other than my husband, but most people are not fans of watching with closed captioning. I love it, though, because then I don't miss anything. (Kate chooses Sawyer, therefore proving that good taste occasionally prevails, even on network tv. I gotta say, though, that Jack's heroics made me almost like him.)

I say she should go heal Sayed's broken heart. Or make Hurley a man.

Mmmmm Sayid. Yum. (That would make way more sense than either Sawyer or Jack in my opinion).

I want more Hurley, too. He's funny and sweet and therefore attractive.

There's not enough JIN in this series yet either (just repping for other handsome dude)

overall - way too much Jack and Sawyer. esp Jack.

Am I wrong for being shocked that a v-day card and a pack of hairbands just cost me $7.50. what the hell? shit be expensive. . .

JIN, too. Very awesome.

Cards in general are insanely expensive. My mother has taken to not buying them and spending the money on a small thing of chocolates instead. I guess that wouldn't make much sense if you were sending chocolates already, though.

it's just a card for G to accompany his oh so loving car mats and stuffed creature. I think it was 3 or 4 bucks. sigh.

That's what I mean; cards used to be a lot cheaper than that! Maybe I'm just projecting into the future, though; are they going to be $10 when I'm 90? (I fear I'm sounding like a combination of the Grumpy Old Man and a really fretful old lady...)

A customer pointed out the other day that I kept apologizing for the prices of things. Every time I sell a four dollar loaf of bread, I feel like someone's being cheated. (I know a large part of this is the culture shock of moving back to the expensive northeast, though.)

-- that was connected to the discussion by the fact that I noticed the other day, sodas are more expensive than when I was a kid, candy bars are more expensive, but the "2 for $1" bags of candy and the 25-cent ice cream bars are the same price -- because they simply made them smaller.

everything's more expensive! wtf?!?

Cans of coke costing .75 sucks b/c you could used to be able to get a coke and a snack for one buck. :(

it got totally freaking frigid here this morning. boo. :(

Cokes should never cost more than 50 cents. It should be a law!

Sorry to hear about the cold weather Sam. My car said it was 5 degrees out when I dropped J. off at preschool; it would be okay if there wasn't some wind. Brrrr.

I thought I would be virtuous and exercise this morning, but I'm just going to take a nap instead.

I will shut up about my cold weather. I know you can pwn it.

my allergies are acting up today to. as are my clients. bah. where is something good to entertain me?

always get cards at the dollar store.

:( I'm way too last minute with my cards for this. I went to the crappy CVS by campus that only had a few picked over cards left (although I did find a nice one.)

Target actually has lots of cool, not so high cards. (well that's true for everything at target.)

do not want to be at work today.

I checked out the break room vending machine for the first time the other day (I've been being virtuous by not even looking at it). It is FULL OF POPTARTS for $0.20!!!! Only strawberry though. Maybe I'll take one home to Mr. Jaq as a valentine offering, in case Amaz0n doesn't deliver as they promised.

!!!!

I just bought poptarts downstairs in our vending machine, 2 for $1. they were apple strueduel. not even strawberry. :(

I wanted to send a card to a friend of mine yesterday and realized the store doesn't sell them -- so I sent her a First Communion card. I figured, hell, at least it's pink.

$4, ftr.

im at the office all day...im supposed to cook dinner tonight for v-day, but if i have to snowblow when i get home, that ain't happening. its v-day everyday at my house anyways.

hi chris!!

Sam and anyone else who's interested, Here is how you pronounce the French curses and epithets I posted above.

Oh, and Good Morning and Happy Valentine's Day to you all.

Happy happy joy joy (and heya Chris indeed!)

thanks Michael!

chris, the card accompanying my roses this morning said 'yeah I know it's valentine's day, but I would've been thinking about you anyway.' Which I guess sums up G.'s attitude. :)

I buy most of my cards at a place called 'Avant Card' and I don't mind paying $$$ if the cards are by local artists or are otherwise cool.

my wife got an ipod shuffle and diamond studs. i don't think im going to get roses on my way home the roads are horrendous. i do hope i get teh sex though.

see thats how i feel sam.

I think I'm going to make a VDay card out of old catalog cards. And then, I'm going to go home and make giant steaks with gorgonzola cheese baked on top.

i got a shuffle for my bday and my boy doesn't see the value of things like diamonds. I think it's just the flowers and dinner for me, which is fine.

and also the sexing. (and molly's steaks, pls)

See, I'd rather have diamonds than flowers because flowers just die and then I have to figure out how to dispose of them. Also, diamonds are small and will not clutter up the house.

I am not expecting diamonds, though; maybe a book or something. I think last year A. got me a bunch of See's Candy, which I love.

(Oh yes, and happy Valentine's Day to all of you!)

HVD all y'all. xxxx

*I'm* not opposed to diamonds Sara. :) G just thinks they are a waste of money. damn, there goes my grill.

flowers are nice but yes transitory. I really just want steaks. and sex.

Happy vday luna!

Someone at work put a little bag of candy hearts on my desk. This one was of them. I am afraid to eat it, for fear I will hallucinate.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/390279080_6815dfc176_m.jpg

And yes, happy VDay everyone!

haha, yeah that's totally x!

my coworker brought girl scout cookies. i'm about to snag one.

god, am i going to work today? all the work i've done so far is massively annoying which makes me not want to carry on. i have to find something more interesting.

Mmmm girl scout cookies. I love the Samoas!

(xpost to Sam) Well, diamonds could be considered a waste of money, I suppose, but so could almost any other gift. (books - you can get them from the library; flowers - gorgeous, but they die; chocolates - gone too fast and also lots of calories...). Actually, I'd be happy with any of the things you mention, though!

Also, I'm happy that I can stay home tonight and not have to spend the night in class. Oh, and I'm excited to hear about the kids' V-Day parties at school. They were both really excited about it when they left this morning.

we saw Bob Saget as our Valentine's treat (so romantic to be told not to fuck ostriches). Tonight will be a regular night plus some angst over some houses we've been looking at.

xpost

the girl scout cookies are thin mints, bleh. I got the peanut butter patties the other day. num num.

I'm surprised to hear that kids have parties in school anymore! I thought most of them had been banished.

Do they sell girl scout cookies door to door anymore? I doubt they'll be selling them outside the grocery store today, not in this weather.

At least in Northfield, the kids have Halloween, "holiday," and Valentine's Day stuff for sure. I have no idea about other areas, though.

As for the Girl Scout Cookies, we have several Girl Scouts come to our door every year and we buy a box or two from each. Even in last weeks' insanely cold Minnesota weather! (Ahem, then we buy a case of Samoas from A's boss's daughter and stick them in the freezer so we can eat them all year).

Is it Girl Scout cookie delivery time? Where are my 2 boxes of Samoas?!