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1. 4 days ago on Stone Soup

   That is GOOD punishment!! I hate the flat screen husband bought – I cannot watch it. I have to wear special glasses so that the picture does not fry my eyes and he has to keep it so loud to hear it, that I sit with my shooting range ear plugs in my ears when watch our “Friday night midnight movie” and our “Saturday night date night movie” on it.

2. 4 days ago on Stone Soup

   One day in maybe 5th grade my mind had been wandering and suddenly I realized everyone in the class was laughing except the teacher and me. The teacher very upset about something and announced that everyone in the class would be staying after school (due to whatever the laughing was about). The teacher then looked around the classroom and said that instead everyone in a specific section of the classroom had to stay – I was in that section. She then changed it after looking around some more – everyone in that section had to stay – except me! She had apparently had seen I was not laughing and not realizing it was due to my not paying attention, thought it was because I was behaving. I am sure that I had been paying attention I would have been laughing also!

3. 4 days ago on Stone Soup

   The “duck and cover” drills were intended to make children feel better and that they had some sort of control if there was some sort of attack. It was only mildly intended to actually protect the students.

4. 4 days ago on Stone Soup

   Shilpa – So glad that you found each other. May you have more years together than husband and I have had and have in the future.

5. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   Huh?

6. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   Sounds really good for me – except the smell would annoy the heck out of me. I do not like any scents – well, maybe food cooking and CHOCOLATE – though have to avoid the latter as I am a chocolate addict.

7. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   Definitely need 2 bathrooms !

8. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   We took the lights off the front bushes (our outdoor lights) during last week as it was to snow and they are in the garage waiting to be packed up.

   I will start taking down the main tree probably this weekend to make him happy.

   I will then need to switch over the previously mentioned Teddy Village to Valentine’s.

   I will also need to take down and store our other small trees inside. We have one in our studio which only has (part of) the ornaments we have made for ourselves over the years – some of same also on the main tree. In our dining room we have a small tree which holds the annual brass ornaments we receive from Colonial Williamsburg.

   I also have a beaded tree I made but that is small – maybe a foot tall – and matching sized ornaments. It stores easily – slide into box, tape box closed and put away in basement.

   I also have some Christmas figures – Santas, elves, etc – some of which I stitched, some gifts from someone husband worked with, etc. which get stored away in a LARGE box in the basement. One of the Santas is made of plastic and is husband’s from when he was a boy. One foot was broken off this Christmas when we took him out of the storage box. I sat and held his foot in place for about an hour – after husband glued it back on – to make sure it would be correct and stay attached when the glue was finished drying – he had been doing well. Will have to make sure he is stored safely this year.

9. 4 days ago on Pluggers

   I had the same thought!!!!

10. 4 days ago on Pluggers

    We put up several trees inside – will talk about them in another post. One year my teddy bear ornaments were taking over our tree (now our main tree) in our living room. We had bought a new tree and I had husband make a base for the small tree-shaped section of the old tree and put it upstairs in "the teddies room, aka the spare bedroom. This evolved to a teddy village at the top of the stairs (think Christmas village populated by small bears – toys, figurines, etc). We did not want to take it down and I came up the idea of changing the village monthly – Valentine’s Day etc. (Changed 11 times a year – January split between Christmas and Valentines.) It has also expanded to 3 different sections across the top of the stairs and into that Teddies room.