- Irish Woman talked me into some ‘family time’, which entailed journeying to the wilds of southern Indiana, there to partake of the waters.
- By waters, I mean we stayed at a hotel that had an awesome indoor water park.
- A fun time was had by all, but there’s always a hitch.
- Girlie Bear got a little car sick on the way up, and didn’t feel well the rest of the day.
- Two Dramamine and 10 hours of sleep helped her to feel better.
- I wore a tee-shirt in the water park because you can use the 3 F’s to describe me, and I didn’t want to scare the locals.
- Fuzzy
- Flabby
- Flourescent
- Going to a water park in December will give you some pretty clear fitness goals.
- “I want to look more like that.”
- “I never want to look like that.”
- A true mark of a loving wife: Being exhausted from chasing Boo all afternoon at the water park, and still finding the energy to go down a steep hill to fetch pizza and beer for dinner.
- I shudder to think of the amount of stuff we will be taking on a family vacation that lasts more than a couple of days.
- For an overnight trip, we filled up the trunk of Irish Woman’s car.
- For our trip to Florida in 2015, I’m going to need a U-Haul.
- It is rarely a good sign when your wife wants you to take her to the indoor flea market and makes sure you take the truck.
- I’m surprised to find out how hard it is to give away a couple of old tube televisions. None of our regular charities will take them.
- My plans for New Year’s Eve are to play video games with Boo, drink beer, and get to bed early. I’ll know when midnight comes when I’m awakened by gunfire and fireworks.
- Irish Woman relented this evening and now agrees that we should stain and clear coat the basement floor.
- The problem is that I never suggested stain and clear coat. I just wanted to buy floor paint and put on a few coats.
- Something tells me that staining the floor is a lot more work, but it’s a compromise.
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Posted by daddybear71 on December 31, 2013
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bikergranny2
/ December 31, 2013DAV, in MO, takes tube tellies.
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daddybear71
/ December 31, 2013Thanks. I’ll give them a call after the holiday.
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Old NFO
/ December 31, 2013LOL, vacations with kids… DON’T want to remember…
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auntiejl
/ December 31, 2013My oldest is extremely susceptible to motion sickness, and we’ve used the chewable Dramamine tablets for years because the kids couldn’t swallow pills (too young). However, it became increasingly hard to find them, and they weren’t carried at the Big Box store where I usually shop (three kids and a youth pastor’s salary and my occasional work income; I take every price break I can). To my everlasting delight, I discovered Bonine chewable tablets: they last 24 hours, they taste marginally better than Dramamine (raspberry chalk as opposed to bitter orange chalk), they’re smaller, and they’re more cost-effective. I love them especially because I can give one to Large Fry in the morning when she has field trips for school, and it’ll still be working when they come home in the afternoon, even if she’s gone most of the day.
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daddybear71
/ December 31, 2013I’ll have to look into them. Boo is the one who normally can’t take country roads or stop and go traffic. Thanks!
What we normally do for Boo is strip him down to his underwear, give him a lollipop to suck on and keep his mouth moist, and give him lots of cold water. We also take frequent breaks and pray that he falls asleep.
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auntiejl
/ December 31, 2013Hard lemon candies are also good for upset tummies. The best in order, from most to least: hard ginger candies, hard lemon candies, and hard peppermint candies.
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Bryn, North Wales, UK
/ January 1, 2014Re. the CRT disposal, we found three years ago that none of our local charities wanted (working) CRT TVs or monitors. Also VHS tapes & players were no longer wanted.
Offered the lot on Freecycle – no takers, even in our relatively poor part of the UK. Power consumption and space saving have become major issues with this sort of kit over here.
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daddybear71
/ January 1, 2014Probably similar reasons here. Luckily there are recycling options available.
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Frank
/ January 2, 2014Quote:
I wore a tee-shirt in the water park because you can use the 3 F’s to describe me, and I didn’t want to scare the locals.
I do it so that the young women won’t become barren…
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daddybear71
/ January 2, 2014Dammit, coffee burns when it passes through the nasal passages!
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