Will the teachers strike tomorrow or won't they... guess we'll find out at midnight (the 10pm press conference had no info).
@bestcee The teen is home and said that his teachers say that there is still a possibility of a strike, since this was just an agreement between the bargaining committees, and hasn't been approved by CPS or CTU yet. But it seems unlikely that they'll strike. Definitely last minute... Alex said lots of tired or absent kids today.
oh we had so many strikes when Sarita was in secondary :( I do understand the need they have, but here the kids suffer a lot with interruptions, hope all is well for you guys!!!
I had road works and building works a couple of years ago so I can feel your pain...hope it ends soon!!!!!
Ugh. I feel you! They're building 3 houses on our street (2 of them 2 houses down and one right across the street) - so annoying. :| And our street is constantly blocked off.
Things I've learned today before 8am, our dog's fear of storms > her dislike of the shower & frying bacon sets off our fire alarm.
Totally educational @bellbird as I also learned that our fire alarms talk along with the annoying siren noise. It's a woman's voice yelling "fire" over and over.
Thunder Shirt and be sure to look up any meds your vet gives you to calm her. Some are chemical restraints and makes things far worse for your dog although she can't respond normally.
@carilyne I'm definitely going to look into getting a Thundershirt. I had been skeptical at first, but after wrapping Mango up in a blanket during the last storm and seeing her calm down, makes me think that this might work for her.
Clara started her freshman year of high school today and Alex's high school won't start for another three weeks... this fall is confusing!
Infinitely more nervous about my son riding his bike around the city than I am about him driving. Deep breaths.
@jesskab We both survived the day! Thankfully tomorrow his job is within walking distance from the house, no bike!!
@jesskab Thanks! The burn isn't that bad really, it's just the fact that my right arm is striped that gets to me LOL! BTW... we have a hamster now :-)
@jesskab This one is so very sweet! She ended up waiting to get a hamster until we got back home. So, it's not the teddy bear one I mentioned before.
OK... maybe we should rethink adding new pets... came home from our trip to 10 gallons of missing water and two dead goldfish :-(
I snorted, I seriously snorted so hard..sorry for the death...but what a hysterical demise...I need you to catch up on PL so I can see it in all its glory
@berniek @AnneofAlamo RIP Bubbles and Pheven! It's a real mystery... no water anywhere... not on the counter, not in the cabinets below and definitely not in the fish tank! Forget PL... this may need it's own page! :-)
We kept 2 in the same cage. The con: they fought each other and we ended up with 0 hamsters. :( Apparently males are territorial (wish my parents had been told that. As a 7yo, waking up to the carnage wasn't cool). So like @jesskab mentioned having 5 in 5 cages, that would help with that problem. :) I'd love a guinea pig for our kids. I just can't get over what happened with my hamsters as a kid.
@Tree City YIKES!! Hamster carnage is not good! Clara is so in love with this little guy... sadly, she's already named him (Frank). They had a Disney-esque moment of touching paws through the glass. She's sure it's meant to be... sigh. My husband is firmly against it, and I'm more of a softy when it comes to pets, mainly because my parents were so anti-pets growing up. Not sure what to do.
I hope you two can figure you something. At least a hamster is in a cage and doesn't need to be walked or put on a leash... ;)
Currently have two teen girls in my kitchen attempting recipes they found on Buzzfeed... not sure how this will go!
@bestcee The cookies and cream puffs were okay. The oreo truffles were really good. The six cakes they baked are all waiting to be assembled and frosted. :-) They did wash their dishes and wipe the counters though!
Oh, the meet and greet--how cool! #jealous :) Where did you see it in MI, if I may ask? We saw it at Meijer Gardens. I'd love to do the Maks/Val show at DeVos this summer but it starts at 8 and that's DD's bedtime. :( (We go to shows in MI cuz we stay with my parents and make it our summer vacation: because why live close to Baltimore/Philly/NYC and actually see a show there??? lol.)
The meet and greet was fun! Really quick though... but Clara did get a hug from Val (she's sooo not a hugger...lol)! We saw the show at Interlochen. There was a girl in our meet and greet that had seen them in Grand Rapids AND was seeing them at Interlochen. She was a full on fan of the show!!
It's funny, we have so many shows that come here that we don't see because real life gets in the way. So much easier to see shows "on vacation"! (Had to split this up since I went over the character limit, and then I got a second error message for posting too close together!)
Obsessing about what it means if they do actually cut my son's high school's budget by 40% next year (that's $8.5 million gone!).
so sad.... here they want to put up students Universities fees up again....., and also cutting budgets for schools that give children a wonderful education, sad that people in governments all over the world favor their money stealing to kids education.... :(
Ever pull all of your photos for the week for your PL spread and realize that they're all of food? :-/
Sometimes I choose the theme of food for my photo a day. This year I am having a break and just creating monthly pages with whatever photos I took that month - sometimes not many others depending on events - lots.
Working on my Disneyland pages and seriously stressing out over choosing my next project mouse kit to buy!! Can't decide!!!
@AnneofAlamo and @PLM No tears! 1) We were almost late so I was a little "off" and 2) we're really early in the process (he's just a sophomore). But a year from now, when it's "real", I'll probably be a total mess!!
@bestcee That's about the point I'm at right now! I did do a DYD project in 2015, so I'm tempted to end after Thanksgiving and just have December in my DYD album. But then that would mean I would have to finish up my DYD album... sigh.