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Well good morning all. My email said i was suppose to do this, so i am..as i always follow directions..ha..anyhow..i'm from indiana..well that's where i live now..i did live in illinois until about 2 years ago. I have 5 kids..if anyone wants any, please feel free to email me. I'm putting them up on ebay soon..thinking i'll get a good penny for them..then maybe i'll have enough to build my new pond..Lets see here, I enjoy gardening, even more so when it's hot out and not this crappy half cold/half warm weather..so bring on summer..My children are 12, 11, 9,8 and 6...so i guess that is it..i'm not to sure what else yall want me to write in this thing..hehe.. Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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Hi there langford. I just love your post! Not gonna take any of your kidlets though as I already have 6 of my own. Mine are 12, 11, 6, 4, 2 and 1. All boys but the 6 year old.
Welcome to the Forum!
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Wow, alot of boys..we have 3 boys and 2 girls..! It sure is beautiful here today..but isn't going to last..better bring in some of my plants before i kill them. I hope my fish are ok..eeks..
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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I saw the weather today and it looks like a big cold front is headed to the midwest. Are you expecting snow there?
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Oh no..no snow..i would have a cow..well not literally..but, i would be pissed off at the world..where are you from? Tomorrow it is suppose to be 49 for a high..what the heck, ya know? i was all geared up for spring..and then this crap..What kind of gardening do you do? Do you have a pond
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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I don't want any of your wee~one's either.. Got two wee~one's of my own and one great big one that goes to work all day, and comes home and wreaks' havoc on the household at night time.. .....and I have another one that lives right next door to me... she's able to drive and go to AARP meetings and to drive me bonkers the rest of the time...
Welcome aboard, glad you found us.. Jump right on in, you sound like you'll fit in nicely!!! There's lot's to do and read here... Ton's of sections for all sorts of things to do.. And we always have some kind of yakkin' goin' on, even in the winter months and all thru all the holidays..
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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I do flowers and veggies and children No pond here but my FIL has a very small one that I am hoping to do a little planting in this summer. I am in Central Washington, along I-5 so we are pretty well into spring this year with a few cold nights thrown in for good measure.
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Weezie, i think your a bit behind triss and i on the kids..for real..i'll give them to you at fair market value..i mean i'm thinking just a couple bills and they're all yours. The only one i won't sell is my genious of a son, of course, i know what your thinking..he got his brains from his mother. And i agree, but i figure he'll be taking care of me when i am old and crippled..so i'll keep that one around. But that should give me like 800 dollars after they are all gone, plus the money to feed them, and cloth them and buy them more crap to take up my yard ..so..which one do you want? I'm finding out about how to build a new pond for pretty cheap...i have 2 already..and i want a huge one..around this pretty little tree i have..and my husband priced the liner..and he said..umm baby..have you seen the prices on this stuff..i said and i'm not worth it..as he is looking at a new guitar for 1500.00..so when he told me the guitar price the other day..i said..and you were complaining about WHAT? duh duh duh
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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quote:Originally posted by langford: Weezie, i think your a bit behind triss and i on the kids..for real..i'll give them to you at fair market value..i mean i'm thinking just a couple bills and they're all yours.
Ahhhhhh, I stopped at two for a reason...... *NO MORE MONEY!!* So, can't give you any $$ for them, havin' a hard time with these to monkey boys I got... Besides, I might have you by a few years.. gettin' toooooo tired..
quote: buy them more crap to take up my yard ..so..which one do you want?
That is toooooooooooo funny.... my yard looks like there is 8 kids living here... I have a rack of helmets, *for kids who come without helmets*, extra assorted bikes *I seem to be the drop off zone for bikes*, and dirt piles, balls, swing sets, climby units, skate boards, scotters, 3 basketball nets in assorted sizes, snow boards, saucers, roller skates and roller blades, hover crafts, controled racing cars, push cars and motorcycles, side walk chalk by the case, baseball stuff, golfing stuff, ramps for bikes, oh my gawddddddddddddd.... Have I gotten carried away??? *To the funny farm, he he, ho ho!!*
But thanks for the offer...
I'd love to see pictures of that pond if you get it though!!!!
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Yeah, well my hubby just called (i guess to scare me and let me know he will be there at work for at least another 5 hours. and to not be mad that he no longer has his clothes..they took them AGAIN - he again got nuclear waste on him and they won't give them back errrr) So i told him about this liner idea i got from this lady on this one website..it seems a bit cheap, but i think it might work..so he said, alright i'll start that right after i finish the basement..i said baby..the kids can wait dang it..i found someone on line to take the little monsters....no need for working on the basement..lets get going on the pond..he seemed a bit excited as well..now weezie, what's your address again? I'll ship em UPS..sounds like you got enough stuff to keep them occupied..you'll never even notice they are there...
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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quote: now weezie, what's your address again? I'll ship em UPS..sounds like you got enough stuff to keep them occupied..you'll never even notice they are there...
Actually, you are probably right, my house here is like a kid magnet... I can't get them to stop comin' here, no matter howwwwww many times I'm cranky at them...
I get after them about wearin' helmets, *we have a law here, up to 16 has to wear them..* and some moms' let them out at sun up, no helmet, nothing and they don't have to be home until dusk, *I AM NOT KIDDING EITHER*, so, when they are here, ther'es a bunch of rules.. and they actually stick around... I am going to have to work on my meanie routine...
Plus there's a house next door has 4 kids too... and they are always out.. it's a mad house around here I tell you....
I did have the upstairs kid here over Easter vacation too, and I put him to work, plantin' peas in the garden... he actually thought that was cool.. And put him to work, picking up branches from the fallen trees, then went and got a load of wood scrap's from the truss yard, then made him stack it, then they had to rack up left over leaves from fall last year to put in the compost pile.... **I am sooooo suprised that child still wants to come out and visit his Auntie... **
Anyways, get that pond going.. I can not wait to hear all about it....
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Hahahahaha...yeah my kids would leave...they would be crying to come home within minutes..I do make them clean up after themselves and whatnot..but the 5 of them running around they can get ya..they will leave a plate at the dinner table..when you ask them who left it there..all 5 of them look at me like i'm freaking retarded..now mind you i don't eat meat, so it's not mine you monsters..pick up your crap!!! Hehehe..as i'm sure you can tell i enjoy being at work..although i do nothing here and can get quite boring and annoying...i would rather be here then there..right? Sounds like your house is a bit of a zoo as well..weezie, do you have a pond? i'm just kinda scared about this thing this lady says to use..it's call a silo cap..have ya ever heard of such a thing? then she says for an underlayment..use old carpeting from like lowe's..they'll give you someones old carpeting...hmmm i'm thinking this would be REAL cheap...what do you think? or anyone else who has an opinion on this matter..i'm up for it..i just don't want to spend so much money on that dang liner..i mean 400.00 for the size i need..get real..it's going to hold fish crap..ya know?
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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I tell ya Weezie, when I vacation with the kiddos, I am coming to your place. They can have at all the toys and such and we can sit on the deck and sip iced tea!
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Why does the date say it's the 3rd of May and it's April 24th 5:o6 PM Iowa date and time?
Plants: 5 | From: Des Moines,IA USA | Registered: Apr 2006
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Is the clock on yur computer right? If so then check the time and date settings in your profile and be sure to click submit changes after you make them. One of those two things should help.
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Welcome to the forum! You're going to love it here and meet lots of wonderful people! So glad to have you aboard and I hope to see you in some of the forums!
Have a beautiful day!
patches
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Wow that big bear for ME?? How sweet..Thank you very much patches & princes..I appreciate the big welcome, I hope to see you all in the forums as well..well i have seen you both in the forums..i have read alot of them..As i do not do anything at work but play on the internet..hehe..hope everyone is having better weather than us..i had to bring in my planters last night.it was 39ยบ this morning when i left for work...brrrr..what is up with that...? oh well..enjoy your day!
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Triss: I tell ya Weezie, when I vacation with the kiddos, I am coming to your place. They can have at all the toys and such and we can sit on the deck and sip iced tea!
I don't know Triss, I don't have a deck and I surely never have time to sip tea...
But the kiddo's are Welcome to play in the back yard, and I'll put you to work
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Hahahahaha...i would put the kids to work..and make sure you let them know the benefits of having to do this work as well..they seem much more productive when you make it sound to there benefit..hehe..or threaten bodily harm..that seems to work with mine..hehe..Like our old 2..they don't like to do anything around the house or yard..so last year hubby and i decided it would be there job to clean up the dog crap..so of course, they were pissed off..so i kindly explained to them the benefit of cleaning it out of the yard..if they were running through the yard, walking or what have you..and you slipped and fell in it..that would be really nasty if you landed face down..or if one of the little ones did how i'm not thinking they would be complaining about cleaning it up instead of scrubbing the bottom of there shoes..soon..our yard was kept clean everyday...a couple times of them cleaning off the bottom of the others & there shoes..they decided it would be much easier the way i explained..HAHAHAHAHA..really this works on alot of things..you should all give it a shot..like with laundry...screw up there laundry 1 time..and then explain the benefits of you not doing their laundry any longer..good luck...
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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My kids are great helpers. They do what I ask when I ask cuz they know that is the way it works here. We all pull our own weight and everyone likes to help.
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Gee you sure have it nice..mine just think it's play time all the time...although they will work for money..hehe..i guess they know how the world works..hehe.
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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But we do let them know that when we have Family Movie Night and Pizza/Subs/Fingers, something to eat and some popcorn and a piece of candy, that that's where our money goes instead of giving them some $$.... And they do understand... My mom gives them a wee~bit of $$ here and there, but it's like a .25 or .50 cents and such.. *(most of the time she "barters'" with them...) they do some wood for her, they get a ride in Gramma's golfcart...*they have a blast* So, we don't have alot of $$ to give them..
But they are expected to work, and I do tell them, that they need to learn a work ethic before they get out into the wild world, or they'll be in a world of shock when it hits them in the face and they aren't prepared for it..
And don't get me wrong, I don't have that much work for them to do around here.. When I was growing up, there was a work load for 6 people and could have used more... And play time was scarce...
I do believe in a child's childhood, a time to play, and have memories, and be a kid.. They've got time to be all grown up, when they get there...
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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hi everyone!i'm from Portugal and i found this site and the forum very useful so i decided to register myself I'm a novice gardener and have aquired a lot of knowledge on the topic recently thanks to these sites.
Plants: 1 | From: Mafra, Portugal | Registered: Apr 2006
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Me too..and welcome..i'm pretty new as well (2 days now i think) the days all seem blurry cause it's been crappy out..and well i don't do anything at work besides sit on this forum and chat..well ..i research the helk out of everything and anything...my husband gets so happy when i do that, because it saves serious money..right? so portugal..cool..do you like living there? what kind of weather do you have?
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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I hear that..although growing up, i grew up with parents that were very well off..so i was a bit spoiled..but despite that..i grew up knowing and earning my money..so i do appreciate the things i have..but i figure if i have to work for my money..i should allow my children to earn money as well...my 2 middle ones..love doing laundry..and for doing so..they get to keep the change found in our pockets (only the change..no dollars) works for me..sometimes i purposelly leave money in there for them..hehe..but it takes alot to make a household of 7 work..ya know..lots of things to be done..obviously...today is suppose to be 63..you were right about it warming up a bit..cant wait for the weekend..
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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I am like Weezie, and the kids do not often get money, especially the lil ones, cuz we just do not have it to spare. Lys found oodles of change all over the house a couple of weeks ago and we let her keep it. She did me proud when we went to the store and she spent her money on herself AND her brothers! Things like that let me know I must be doing something right!
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I agree with you there..sometimes i just take 1 to the store with me..or 2..and if they come with me..usually they get a little something (pop, or a candy bar) while we are out..if they are good..which they all are pretty much now that they are older..and the other ones..don't care nothing about the rest..by my boy..he will not get anything..unless it can be shared with the others(gum) or i get something for all of them..very sweet like that..i don't recall dropping that one on his head as many times..could be what i did right..hehehehe..
Plants: 178 | From: Indiana | Registered: Apr 2006
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When I take the kids, I generally end up with 3 and most trips the kids do not get things. They know by now not to ask either.
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