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Rep Retirement Lodge 137: Counting the long summer days

Rep Retirement Lodge 137: Counting the long summer days

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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 137: Counting the long summer days

ShirtlessBob said:
That's why I like the Vicodin. It doesn't kill the pain; it just makes me forget that I'm in pain.
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It makes me not know I am amongst the living. I would rather have pain than not even be participating in the world
 
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Good Morning Lodge.

Supposed to be a gorgeous day today. Might have to take some time off after lunch to enjoy it. May be the last really nice day of the year...

Dam Crapberry stopped recieving my personal e-mails last night. Tried taking the battery out for a couple minutes and that didn't cure it. Will have to spend some time messing with it now.:mad: OK, now it decided to start working agin and a bunch of e-mails popped up on it. :confused:
 
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Nothing like a hearty discussion about painkillers, caffeine, and drugs in the morning. I love tLodge!

I'm probably asking the wrong crowd, but it's worth asking regardless-- what do you buy someone for a baby shower? She doesn't have a registry, and I don't have a clue. I had a million ideas for gifts for her, but nothing for her soon-to-be-arriving daughter.
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
Nothing like a hearty discussion about painkillers, caffeine, and drugs in the morning. I love tLodge!

I'm probably asking the wrong crowd, but it's worth asking regardless-- what do you buy someone for a baby shower? She doesn't have a registry, and I don't have a clue. I had a million ideas for gifts for her, but nothing for her soon-to-be-arriving daughter.
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One of these.

Best thing we got when we had our son.
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
Nothing like a hearty discussion about painkillers, caffeine, and drugs in the morning. I love tLodge!

I'm probably asking the wrong crowd, but it's worth asking regardless-- what do you buy someone for a baby shower? She doesn't have a registry, and I don't have a clue. I had a million ideas for gifts for her, but nothing for her soon-to-be-arriving daughter.
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Ooh, oohh, I know! A few ideas-
-Sampler of various little jars of babyfood, cereals, baby spoons, little snack carriers, baby place setting

-Christmas ornament with gift certificate to baby store (no one ever thinks of the ornament thing)

-Make a baby in a basket ( I do this all the time but it is expensive unless you do it with group to fund it)
--Get a wicker basket, make a half hoop out of a wire hanger and put at one end, use a crib sheet to cover the outside and up over the hoop so it looks like a bassinet. Use double stick tape to get it to stay on hoop
--make a baby by getting the flesh colored bottle of Johnson and Johnson lotion (peel off label and make face with fabric paint, fabric glitter or perm markers). Get some sort of hat for the top of the bottleface. I usually make hair out of yarn.
--body is sleeper- stuffed with varied little clothes items like socks, onsies, etc. I use some sort of little booties over the sleeper for feet, mittens for hands.
--put other stuff under 'baby' like baby books, various little stuff like small bottles of tylenol, thermometer, grooming kit, anything that is in the clearance section and different
--blanket over the top of baby body with feet sticking out, hands on top of blanket usually holding some sort of rattle thingy.
--put bassinet on a few yards of illusion/white netting and gather up over basket. Tie with bow.

Adorable, always is the favorite gift Wish I could post pics in here- they are so cute!
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
I'm probably asking the wrong crowd, but it's worth asking regardless-- what do you buy someone for a baby shower? She doesn't have a registry, and I don't have a clue. I had a million ideas for gifts for her, but nothing for her soon-to-be-arriving daughter.
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I'm with Goldy: something they'll use a ton. Maybe it's a guy thing, although I'm pretty sure my wife also loved the practical stuff we got. It seems like there's always a ton of cute things, and they end up piling up unused, 'cause you're so busy with the logistical things.

For example, we got a big stack (like 3 dozen) of small, thin, nice, soft, cotton washcloths -- and I'm telling you, we thanked the person who gave us those every day for two years, because it's shocking how much mess you're cleaning up. And it doesn't let up. :o [ED: Check out the Chickens baby in the Photos Thread -- she's got a little washcloth in the bath there. Perfect!]

That's not the most fun of gifts, but there are other possibilites. Even a Baby Bjorn (the baby carriers that hang the baby in front, a la "The Hangover") -- that thing will get used every day.

What else? Don't get clothes! Easily 2/3rds of the baby clothes we got didn't fit within two months, so I'd say clothes are out, unless there's a tiny Northern Michigan with Snoopy playing hockey onesie that you've got your eye on. :cool:

So I'd say go low "wow" factor -- high use and value factor.

Les, no disresepct! I'm sure any beautiful, thoughtful gifts from you would have been greatly loved and appreciated. :)
 
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DaveStPaul said:
I'm with Goldy: something they'll use a ton. Maybe it's a guy thing, although I'm pretty sure my wife also loved the practical stuff we got. It seems like there's always a ton of cute things, and they end up piling up unused, 'cause you're so busy with the logistical things.

For example, we got a big stack (like 3 dozen) of small, thin, nice, soft, cotton washcloths -- and I'm telling you, we thanked the person who gave us those every day for two years, because it's shocking how much mess you're cleaning up. And it doesn't let up. :o [ED: Check out the Chickens baby in the Photos Thread -- she's got a little washcloth in the bath there. Perfect!]

That's not the most fun of gifts, but there are other possibilites. Even a Baby Bjorn (the baby carriers that hang the baby in front, a la "The Hangover") -- that thing will get used every day.

What else? Don't get clothes! Easily 2/3rds of the baby clothes we got didn't fit within two months, so I'd say clothes are out, unless there's a tiny Northern Michigan with Snoopy playing hockey onesie that you've got your eye on. :cool:

So I'd say go low "wow" factor -- high use and value factor.

Les, no disresepct! I'm sure any beautiful, thoughtful gifts from you would have been greatly loved and appreciated. :)
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Ooh, good ideas. Thanks!
And, they already have the onesie, IIRC. :(
 
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'Diva, the wash clothes are a GREAT idea too. We bought some cloth diapers, not to be used as diapers, but they function in multiple ways to wipe up spills, cover your shoulder when burping the kid, etc, etc. Go practical and you'll be remembered with fondness.

Scarlet, I just sent you a FB message about a relative of a TV actor.

ETA: Lunching at Big Blue's bar today. Nice day to sit on the patio.
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
Ooh, good ideas. Thanks!
And, they already have the onesie, IIRC. :(
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Onesies, like the washcloths, are used a lot, so a second one would not be a bad idea. Or a bunch of plain ones. Traveling blankets (keep one in the house, one for the stroller, etc), also a good idea. I love the Xmas ornament idea. Also - bibs. I always try to get a 3-pack or 6-pack of bibs as part of a baby shower gift.

At our weekly staff meeting, I got a recognition award for my work on a project this past summer. They've never had an account manager on this event and I helped take a large pain point away from someone here in the department and got an award for it. That was a pleasant surprise.

Then I get a request from some random admin needing an ad for a program of an event their office sponsored. They got the request on September 19th. I got the request today. They want the ad on Friday. I told her that wasn't going to happen. If she had sent to me the day they got the request, then maybe. Why do people think it's so easy to whip up an ad? I have no specs or any information. [/mini vent]

ETA: goldy, just replied. and OMG!!! You must get dirt from him. I love his brother.
 
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Dave- should have specified- I always get stuff that are 9 months and above because that is when you run out of everything. No one ever gives clothes for larger sizes.

Congrats Scarlet!
 
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aparch said:
Morning lodge. Checking in from work. Figured work was going to rain out today, so I brought the laptop to try and distract myself from the meaningless drivel that is passed along to us on rain days.

One more night of work, then I have to try to (somewhat) adjust to daytime hours for this weekend. Some big event going on that I apparently need to show up at.

Well, I should if I want to make use of what I've spent already. :D
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Yeah, you might wanna show up to that, if you want to live.

leswp1 said:
Dave- should have specified- I always get stuff that are 9 months and above because that is when you run out of everything. No one ever gives clothes for larger sizes.

Congrats Scarlet!
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That is a good thought there as well.

Grrrrr... speaking of pregnant women, had one of them dumped in my lap today thanks to a coworker being sick, jerk. Prenatal isn't a strong suit of mine. And now I've got somebody coming in at 3 that had brain surgery last week. No pressure there. :rolleyes: At to top it off, I need to walk a coworker thru setting up for doing a hot stone treatment. At least with that I'm at least receiving one today.
 
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'diva - not sure how health/food conscious your friends are, but a certain USCHO dad was pretty psyched to get this for his daughter.
 
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bostonewe said:
'diva - not sure how health/food conscious your friends are, but a certain USCHO dad was pretty psyched to get this for his daughter.
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Is that our Nathan, who disappeared from here when he became a dad? :eek:

ETA: I think my wife and I would have loved one of those - especially my wife. She did prepare virtually all our son's baby food from scratch with the steamer and blender.
 
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goldy_331 said:
Is that our Nathan, who disappeared from here when he became a dad? :eek:

ETA: I think my wife and I would have loved one of those - especially my wife. She did prepare virtually all our son's baby food from scratch with the steamer and blender.
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I plead the 5th :p
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge 137: Counting the long summer days

I :mad: public transit... waiting 40 minutes for a bus sucks.
 
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