<p>When my kids were little I had a list of things I would never have to say.</p>
<p>“Son, do not snip your adorable pre-schooler lips with scissors just to ‘see what happens’”.</p>
<p>“Daughter, do not try to do a handstand on a rubber ball just to 'see what happens”.</p>
<p>Because bloody lips and broken collarbones is what happens. The young adult version of this is something like, “Darling child, do not drink 13 beers in one evening TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS…”</p>
<p>I know there are many other such items lurking deep in my sub-conscious where I have buried them in the trauma dungeon:). </p>
<p>Nice to have the D home for break. 15 year old S is also glad she is back. </p>
<p>D has done a great job of balancing being around the house, spending time with family and sharing time with her boyfriend, although I could live without the dog barking wake up call I got at 2:30 am when she arrived home.</p>
<p>15 year old is starting to squirm for Christmas day already. The anticipation feels nice because W has had some troubles with her meds since late October and it really has not felt festive round the house.</p>
<p>Best of the season to all. Happy Chrismakwanzaka to you and yours.</p>
<p>Back from successful quick shopping trip with youngest son! He needed good black shoes (has always had slightly used hand-me-downs, poor child) and I found comfy, fake-fur-lined, no-heel boots for me. :)</p>
<p>See, this is what I am talking about! I am so jealous :). You took son on a quick shopping trip (notice that the operative word here was quick). Son’s concept of a quick trip will and 6 hours out shopping will never be in the same sentence.</p>
<p>But on to my current spazz moment… I cannot find my crockpot. I know that I don’t use it that often, but who loses a crock pot?</p>
<p>sybbie, don’t feel bad - I don’t know where my crockpot is either. Also, yesterday I was searching everywhere for my 3’ X 3’ butcher block cutting board and couldn’t find it (although I’ve kept it in the same place for the past 13 years). Finally, I broke down and called H at work to find out if he knew what happened to it. Turned out that DH figured since I don’t use that cutting board too often (Christmastime, for making sugar cookies), he would store it in the attic. It would have been nice if he had mentioned that to me.</p>
<p>Alumother - you have a point there…lol. Actually, my husband doesn’t do woodworking projects, so that wasn’t one of my concerns. My 11 year old S, well, that’s another story. </p>
<p>I have only used my crockpot once, when I first got it, many, many years ago. It has since disappeared, and I haven’t really missed it. The funny thing is, every couple of months, when my mom is shopping at Costco, she will call me up and ask if I want her to pick me up a crockpot (that’s how I got one in the first place). If I wanted, I could have quite the crockpot collection by now.</p>
<p>Still don’t know where the crock pot is (D said I should call my sister because it is probably at her house). </p>
<p>It is just one of those thing that you use every couple of years. I planned out this great pot roast, bought all of the stuff figuring I could let it slow cook overnight (Since she really hates for Christmas dinner to be a repeat of the thanksgiving meal we just cook stuff we haven’t had in a while. Chicky wants to know if I can make crab cakes so I sent her to the fish market to pick up some while she is getting Thai food). </p>
<p>Now I have become obsessed with the thought that I can’t find it, so I made a quick run out and purchased one for about ~20.</p>
<p>Not to be out done my BFF just called me because she is walking around lost trying to find the Broadway Panhandlerbecause she wants to bake a cake. i am not feeling that domestic so when I go to chelsea market, pickup some dinner rolls, stroll by the Little Pie Company, pick up some desert and then toss a little flour in my face (like the woman in the old rice krispy treat commercials) put it on a really nice plate and acted like I worked really hard baking it.</p>
<p>Hmm, we use our crockpots as warming dish/server things all the time. They only rarely get used for actual cooking. They are aces for my chili-cheese dip for New Year’s Day, too, and would justify themselves just for that.</p>
<p>(Tortilla chips, chili-cheese dip, and the Rose Bowl. What else do you need?)</p>
<p>Once we “lost” a large platter and I had no idea where it could be…for a couple of years…then it showed up in a suitcase where we had stowed it for safekeeping when moving. :D</p>
<p>WashDad - that’s actually a good way of using the crockpot that I hadn’t thought of - now I’ll have to hunt mine down this week for our New Year’s Eve get-together.</p>
<p>While the rest of my household was playing a cutthroat game of Diplomacy, I got to watch Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom play pirate on TV. Made my day. :)</p>
<p>LImomof2-
You are nearing an even bigger milestone-- party time in SA when we hit post #9500, so go for it!! Mootmom, jmmom, myself and others have revelled in the tiara, beerhat and other fineries when posting a milestone post. Its lots of fun , but drinks are on you :)</p>
<p>Anyone else notice taking a DH who never goes to the grocery store with you on a “quick trip”–is a mistake? He treats it like a field trip, looking around, checking out the wine display, etc. etc…when I just want to get what I need and get the heck out of there so I can start cooking!</p>
<p>Annoying and amusing all at the same time. ;)</p>
<p>mommusic,
I have noticed on the rare occasion when I ask DH to pick up a carton of milk on the way home, that he often appears with 3 grocery bags full of “other stuff.” :eek:</p>
