CoTT 2 House of Cards

[raven1]

12 hours ago, Mancunian said:

I'm good thanks, I've been taking it easy this weekend and writing more of my story. I put my feet up this morning to watch the Women's World Cup. There was some good exciting football played and I hoped The Lionesses would win but Spain was the better team today. I took my frustrations out on kneading the bread dough, lol.

How are you Aod? I hope you're enjoying the weekend.

Hi Man!  Aod and I had a quiet weekend.  I mostly read and he played games on his new PlayStation.  It sounds like you had a productive weekend writing, baking and watching football.  Hope the coming week goes well for you.

[raven1]

9 hours ago, Headstall said:

This reminds me of our old washing machine. The wringer would pop up if you put too many clothes through it. I did all our laundry for those years my mother struggled.

Hey Gary!   Hope your weekend went well.  Yep, We also had one of those. When I got old enough and tall enough, it became one of my chores to help mom do the laundry.

[raven1]

7 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yum! I love mixed grain bread for snacking, but homemade white bread is great for sandwiches.  😋

Hi Page,  Hope y'all had a great weekend.

[raven1]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Tonight, we had dinner!

Finger Lickin' Chicken with sun-dried tomato pesto zucchini

We grew the yellow zucchini!

Hi Albert!  That looks so delicious!

[spike382]

4 minutes ago, raven1 said:

Hey Gary!   Hope your weekend went well.  Yep, We also had one of those. When I got old enough and tall enough, it became one of my chores to help mom do the laundry.

You guys are showing your age again Phi Chai!  

[raven1]

11 hours ago, clochette said:

I admire your patience to make bread so often

Hi Clo!  Hope you had a fun weekend.  I agree with you.  Making bread takes a lot of patience, which I don't have.  I love homemade bread, but usually fail when I try to make it.😪

[raven1]

10 hours ago, CassieQ said:

I've never baked bread, but would love to try it sometime 

Hi Cassie!  Just curious.  How's the writing going for you?

[Drew Espinosa]

5 minutes ago, spike382 said:

You guys are showing your age again Phi Chai!  

Look who's talking...

[raven1]

6 minutes ago, spike382 said:

You guys are showing your age again Phi Chai!  

The memories may be old, but the spirit remains young!  How was your weekend Spike? 

[raven1]

3 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Look who's talking...

You can't make comments like that if you want Spike to call you Phi Chai.

Hey Drew!  What's new in the Espinosa household?

[spike382]

29 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Look who's talking...

You're one year away from 30, then it's all downhill from there. 

27 minutes ago, raven1 said:

The memories may be old, but the spirit remains young!  How was your weekend Spike? 

Oh pretty good, just took care of some personal errands and did the usual chores.  Discussed the second episode of Only Friends at length with Drewbear.  Pretty standard. 

26 minutes ago, raven1 said:

You can't make comments like that if you want Spike to call you Phi Chai.

He's given up on that I think.  He's just trying to keep me from calling him Nong anymore. 

[Drew Espinosa]

3 minutes ago, spike382 said:

You're one year away from 30

Over one year and seven months away, actually.

[Drew Espinosa]

32 minutes ago, raven1 said:

Hey Drew!  What's new in the Espinosa household?

Hey Terry! My mother turns 57 in like 9 days!

[spike382]

9 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Over one year and seven months away, actually.

Let's think about how fast 7 months passes for us now.  Do you realize that our PM thread started longer ago than that?  

[Drew Espinosa]

16 minutes ago, spike382 said:

Let's think about how fast 7 months passes for us now.  Do you realize that our PM thread started longer ago than that?  

[spike382]

5 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

[Dan South]

Yall I’ve been here 

[Page Scrawler]

1 hour ago, raven1 said:

Hi Page,  Hope y'all had a great weekend.

Yep, things are good here. Lately, I've been having to go into Max's room to retrieve my phone, because he often borrows it before bed time and then falls asleep with it. I wondered what he could be doing with it each night, so I checked the (deep) browser history. Nothing appeared amiss, so I then checked the call log. A call made each night to the same number, which belongs to Michael's family, for over an hour.

I barely use the phone myself, except for arranging schedules and appointments, so the service bill can withstand a little stretching. When I asked Max why he keeps calling Michael each night, Max admitted that Michael sometimes struggles with night terrors. And so, Max has taken to calling him before bed, and they talk over the phone until Michael falls asleep. Apparently, it helps Michael calm whatever part of his brain that triggers the night terrors, so he can sleep easy.

Honestly, I don't know what I did to deserve such a compassionate kid. 

Edited August 21, 2023 by Page Scrawler

[Page Scrawler]

3 minutes ago, Dan South said:

Yall I’ve been here 

Hey, Dan!  *waves*

[raven1]

57 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Hey Terry! My mother turns 57 in like 9 days!

She's still a young lady!  Hope you all have something special planned for her. 

[raven1]

26 minutes ago, Dan South said:

Yall I’ve been here 

Hi Dan!  I hope you stay a while!

[raven1]

27 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yep, things are good here. Lately, I've been having to go into Max's room to retrieve my phone, because he often borrows it before bed time and then falls asleep with it. I wondered what he could be doing with it each night, so I checked the (deep) browser history. Nothing appeared amiss, so I then checked the call log. A call made each night to the same number, which belongs to Michael's family, for over an hour.

I barely use the phone myself, except for arranging schedules and appointments, so the service bill can withstand a little stretching. When I asked Max why he keeps calling Michael each night, Max admitted that Michael sometimes struggles with night terrors. And so, Max has taken to calling him before bed, and they talk over the phone until Michael falls asleep. Apparently, it helps Michael calm whatever part of his brain that triggers the night terrors, so he can sleep easy.

Honestly, I don't know what I did to deserve such a compassionate kid. 

Max is a definite winner.  Michael is fortunate to have a friend like Max.  Night terrors are common to kids so there shouldn't be a big problem unless it causes sleep deprivation.  I hope Michael's parents are keeping an eye on him.

[Bucket1]

Wow what a catch up… bread… more bread… a few meals… washing machines like my grandmother used to have… those mangles can be bad for fingers… the smell of freshly baked bread mmmmmmmmmm so good… and then finishing up with a rightly proud dad  

 

[Drew Espinosa]

5 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Over one year and seven months away, actually.

I've decided to express my age in duodecimal digits!

I am now 24.

[CassieQ]

7 hours ago, raven1 said:

Hi Cassie!  Just curious.  How's the writing going for you?

I got 2 ,000 words down this weekend.  I'll take it.