Speaking of wine there is a wine festival here In April and I am contemplating going. I have never gone because I know I would just get hammered and I don't want a hangover. I know the proper way is to spit the wine out but who wants to do that. Decisions I tell ya. My friends always go and I always say no. I think this might be my year to try it. And then probably never drink wine again in my life
That is just the wrong way to wine taste! Don't ever spit out perfectly good wine. In fact don't even spit out wine that tastes like shit just take a deep breath and swallow.
So much talk of donuts lately. I haven't had a donut forever. I want one too.
prettymama36 (michyme123 do you CFL?) and Joolschweets, it just occurred to me we never discussed you picking up two of my favourite Riders last month. Gah! I'm just so anxious to get the season going!!
H texted me and asked if I'd be mad if he went to see Deadpool with his buddy while I'm at work today (It's his day off). I said no, as long as I get to go to a movie with a friend on a weekend while he keeps Tins. He seemed okay with it.
I hope he does some housework today, or I'll really be ticked. He was off yesterday and went to play disc golf, and he's off today going to a movie. My days off consist of chores and keeping the tiny human.
Post by prettymama36 on Feb 18, 2016 11:15:39 GMT -5
Now I want donuts too. It's supposed to rain here today...in Canada...in February. I'm irrationally excited about this although the roads will be ridiculous. tiffbot I was going to bring it up when I heard we signed like...your whole team. Lol! Should make for an interesting LDC and banjo bowl this year!
Would it be weird now if I changed my name here? There's maybe sort of a possibility that I'll be looking for jobs soon and I want to be a little less google-able...
Can't they delete all my post history too? Is there an all-powerful board ruler I can contact?
Hey NariaDreaming, what do I need to do to get my account/posts removed?
I can delete all of your posts- it won't delete any place you've been quoted, unfortunately.
And then I can delete your account.
And then you can re-register with a new name.
Just send me or bibliothecary a PM to ask for it to be done. I'm working today and biblio's got an angry teething monster on her hands.
5 years TTC 2 c/p's 2 failed IUIs/1 cancelled IVF 1 failed IVF 1 failed FET BFP 12/1/15. We said goodbye to Tiny 1/4/16 Fresh cycle #3 2/16 8R/7M/5F BFP 5/12/16 We said goodbye to flutter on 5/27 and poprock on 5/28 BFP 8/30/16 We said goodbye to Samuel 10/3 (Trisomy 16) Moving on to Donor Embryos BFP 12/20/16 We said goodbye to Turtle 12/30
prettymama36 Dressler was the dagger to my heart but yes you are now and old us, and we are now an old Edmonton! I keep checking for the schedule to be released because I want to figure out what games I can go to this year!! It's also the last year in our old stadium so I want to get the kids there!
Post by prettymama36 on Feb 18, 2016 11:25:24 GMT -5
tiffbot Dressler was our best pick up for sure. I'm excited for the new season too! Lots of changes which was necessary (for both our teams) I know what you mean about the old stadium, I was sad when we moved to our new one. It's amazing, but I have so many awesome memories of the old one! For sure take the kids. The schedule should be out soon you'd think.
2 more episodes then I'm all caught up for tonight. I need a wine recommendation. I like cabs. My go to is Josh.
I just told SO that I need to take a shower in next half hour before I have to leave and he just decided to take one himself. And like Joolschweets he is going to take forever to take this damn shower. He's lucky it's takes me literally 2 mins to get to Gymboree.
LO and the dog are playing very nicely and adorably together tight now.
The cab is a pretty solid and Mello drink alone wine.
That is just the wrong way to wine taste! Don't ever spit out perfectly good wine. In fact don't even spit out wine that tastes like shit just take a deep breath and swallow.
lol right?! Mh told me so many people there do the whole swirl, smell, spit. But then my group of friends (and many others) just go booth to booth and drink all the wine. A ticket is $80 so if I'm going I will have to drink all the wine. And that's why I'm slightly terrified lol
I don't spit but I do encourage the swirl and smell. You swirl, smell, taste a small amount the taste again. A lot of wine will smell completely different than it tastes. As a newbie I'd stay away from things like Syrah, petit Syrah, zins, and anything described as a heavy, full bodied or tannic wine. They are big and bold and usually a higher alcohol %. Stick to whites, Merlots, Pinot noirs and light cabs and you'll be good for your first time out. There's no right answer for wine. You either like it or you don't. Everyone's pallet is different.
I don't spit but I do encourage the swirl and smell. You swirl, smell, taste a small amount the taste again. A lot of wine will smell completely different than it tastes. As a newbie I'd stay away from things like Syrah, petit Syrah, zins, and anything described as a heavy, full bodied or tannic wine. They are big and bold and usually a higher alcohol %. Stick to whites, Merlots, Pinot noirs and light cabs and you'll be good for your first time out. There's no right answer for wine. You either like it or you don't. Everyone's pallet is different.
thank you! At the moment I only like sweet whites I hate reds and even dry whites. I really need to broaden my horizen.
This was me until about a year ago. I would suggest seeing if your local wine store has a tasting (we have two by us that every Saturday does free wine tastings.) It can help you to start to branch out. I used to hate Reds and now there are few that I can tolerate. I feel like it takes time to expand your palate but it can be done.
Hi everyone. I missed most of yesterday's excitement, but I'm not particularly sorry.
Today's been a full day. Dentist first thing this morning for a check up. Miraculously I didn't need anything doing! My mum looked after L while I was there. Then she went home and L and I did a bit of shopping, in the course of which I managed to drop my keys. Through a series of unlikely events I managed to trace the passer by who picked them up, who had very sensibly handed them to a passing police officer. I spent the next hour and a half trying to trace the officer and trying not to cry. (Luckily for everyone, L napped in the buggy.) Eventually walked to the police station all the way on the edge of town, and they said I should come back later. By another unlikely coincidence, as I wended my way sadly back into town, I passed an officer on the beat. As a last resort I told him I thought one of his colleagues might have my keys, and he smiled and said, "No ma'am, I have them." Phew!
After lunch mum took L again and I went swimming for the first time since December. The pool was flooded on December 31st and it only re-opened on Monday. L's swimming lessons are starting again on Monday, but taking her swimming doesn't involve much swimming for me!
After all that I'm pretty knackered. We came home past the cake shop. After all the extra walking and adrenaline this morning and swimming this afternoon, I think cake was a necessity, not an indulgence! H will be home in an hour and he's not working tomorrow, so it's a long weekend for our little family! Hurrah!
Now you guys have me in need of a donut. A custard filled one with chocolate frosting. We don't have any specialty places around here, so I'd have to go to the grocery store or a gas station to get it. Yesterday Target sent me a new redcard with a chip. I kind of don't want to activate it now because of mrsmonogrammed's recent card identity theft. (I hope everything has been resolved & never happens again!) The card itself also looks weird to me, like it should be used as a kid's play credit card.
I updated my short term disability for whenever we have another kid (not any time soon). The rep had really good donuts. Like specialty bakery donuts.
That's all I got.
I need to look into that too for next October, may I ask what you did? Bump up your state portion to have less unpaid/vacation leave?
I hadn't updated since I signed up 5 years ago. My salary has increased quite a bit so the amount of coverage I can get also increased. I also added something to get additional pay for being in the hospital per the rep's advice. He said based on my c-section that it would give me an additional $700+ because of the extra hospital stay. I think the entire upgrade is about $20/month (in addition to what I was already paying) but will get me over $1,200 added to my payout with the next kid.
I'm a teacher so everything is based on how my county does things. I don't know how this applies to the real (aka business) world because leave isn't really a thing for me. I get 10 sick days per school year (minus one so I can belong to the sick leave bank) and 3 personal days.
Now you guys have me in need of a donut. A custard filled one with chocolate frosting. We don't have any specialty places around here, so I'd have to go to the grocery store or a gas station to get it. Yesterday Target sent me a new redcard with a chip. I kind of don't want to activate it now because of mrsmonogrammed's recent card identity theft. (I hope everything has been resolved & never happens again!) The card itself also looks weird to me, like it should be used as a kid's play credit card.
Everything was put back in my account yesterday so we're all good on that front. But I also got a new target debit card with a chip, and you're totally right, it looks fake! I'm waiting to activate for as long as possible. DNW another chip card!
mrsmonogrammed I guess I missed where you had some identity theft with a chipped card. WTF, I thought they were supposed to be more secure?! My H and I have both had cards (no chip) compromised before. Crazy, but we got all of the money back right away thank God.
Speaking of wine there is a wine festival here In April and I am contemplating going. I have never gone because I know I would just get hammered and I don't want a hangover. I know the proper way is to spit the wine out but who wants to do that. Decisions I tell ya. My friends always go and I always say no. I think this might be my year to try it. And then probably never drink wine again in my life
We have a wine fest here and the lines are so long for tastes that it's impossible to catch a buzz. I still go sometimes though. My friends figured out that it's easier to just buy bottles and camp out on the grass getting hammered. Yay for national wine day. I need to pick up some nice bottles of Rioja. The cheap stuff I cracked open yesterday wasn't very good, even through the aerator spout.
tatersalad can I pick your realtor brain? I am having trouble deciding what to ask for to be repaired after the home inspection. Like trying to gauge what I think is major vs what is actually major.
KWIM?
Butting in...our realtor said to ask for things that would contribute to the over all safety of the house and/or major projects that we would not want to tackle-ex: our seller did not have the correct outlets around water sources, so we had her replace all of those, we also asked for all of the carpets to be cleaned because she had a dog that would have accidents around the house. They also gave us an "allowance" to bring the basement up to code since they finished it themselves.
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