Comments on: Enough Featherbrain to Stuff a King-Size Mattress http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/ online mother Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:32:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kids and Cars: At What Age Do You Let Your Child Stay Unattended in a Car? | What About Mom http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-21866 Kids and Cars: At What Age Do You Let Your Child Stay Unattended in a Car? | What About Mom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:23:40 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-21866 [...] Spot while I get a drink at the gas station (or used to!) — in fact they were in the car when I locked my keys in it last [...] [...] Spot while I get a drink at the gas station (or used to!) — in fact they were in the car when I locked my keys in it last [...]

]]> By: Jane http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20661 Jane Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:01:41 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20661 MereCat -- Yeah, there shouldn't have been plastic in the oven. They were supposed to RISE in the plastic bowl, not BAKE. I put them in the oven so they'd be a bit warm to rise faster, but they got a LOT warm, and melted/cooked before their time. Thanks for asking. :P MereCat — Yeah, there shouldn’t have been plastic in the oven. They were supposed to RISE in the plastic bowl, not BAKE. I put them in the oven so they’d be a bit warm to rise faster, but they got a LOT warm, and melted/cooked before their time.

Thanks for asking. :P

]]> By: Audra Krell http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20403 Audra Krell Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:01:11 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20403 Oh! I had forgotten my first love.....thanks for reminding me about Gilbert! What a week you had last week, I hope this one is better. I really enjoyed your pictures, hopefully it was therapeutic to blog about it! Blessings to you this Christmas! Oh! I had forgotten my first love…..thanks for reminding me about Gilbert! What a week you had last week, I hope this one is better. I really enjoyed your pictures, hopefully it was therapeutic to blog about it! Blessings to you this Christmas!

]]> By: Tracey http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20093 Tracey Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:58:49 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20093 Featherbrainedness...what an awesome word coming from an English major :) Seeing your melted pan in the oven saddens me...I know how tasty that bread/rolls would have been. Someday I need to master the art of baking bread. See you in a few weeks! Featherbrainedness…what an awesome word coming from an English major :)

Seeing your melted pan in the oven saddens me…I know how tasty that bread/rolls would have been. Someday I need to master the art of baking bread.

See you in a few weeks!

]]> By: kikibibi http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20078 kikibibi Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:31:03 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20078 Jane! Friend! So sorry for your troubles! Admittedly, I am laughing, but at the same time really feeling for you! I actually had a post this summer entitled "stuff breaking down." Sometimes when it rains it pours! I once left a car running, unlocked, for over two hours at a mall parking lot. Came back, nothing gone, car still running. I love Iowans. On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (2008), I turned my oven to the clean cycle. Came back a half hour later to see flames IN. MY. OVEN. I left the water running in the laundry room utility sink and flooded my first floor. Twice. Carolyn has some great advice... we tried going for 28 days in a row, and although we had to skip a couple of days, it did bring us closer together emotionally and logistically... which gave us more time to talk over our joint "to do" lists, and our house ran more efficiently. Can't help you with the diaper thing though! Jane! Friend! So sorry for your troubles! Admittedly, I am laughing, but at the same time really feeling for you! I actually had a post this summer entitled “stuff breaking down.” Sometimes when it rains it pours!
I once left a car running, unlocked, for over two hours at a mall parking lot. Came back, nothing gone, car still running. I love Iowans.
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (2008), I turned my oven to the clean cycle. Came back a half hour later to see flames IN. MY. OVEN.
I left the water running in the laundry room utility sink and flooded my first floor. Twice.

Carolyn has some great advice… we tried going for 28 days in a row, and although we had to skip a couple of days, it did bring us closer together emotionally and logistically… which gave us more time to talk over our joint “to do” lists, and our house ran more efficiently.

Can’t help you with the diaper thing though!

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20064 Carolyn Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:33:55 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20064 Dr. Laura suggested today, that in cases like this (stress between man and wife), the first thing you need to do is have more sex. Make it fun and it could be the highlight of the week. Wink.. Wink.. WARNING: Sex leads to more children, which could lead to more light headedness (that is a word, right? sorry two of my own, I'm a case of extreme cotton brain) Love you, Thank you for sharing..... Dr. Laura suggested today, that in cases like this (stress between man and wife), the first thing you need to do is have more sex. Make it fun and it could be the highlight of the week. Wink.. Wink.. WARNING: Sex leads to more children, which could lead to more light headedness (that is a word, right? sorry two of my own, I’m a case of extreme cotton brain) Love you, Thank you for sharing…..

]]> By: MereCat http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20059 MereCat Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:35:13 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20059 Ok, I'm confused. Bear with me here as I do not even know how to bake my own rolls, but why was there plastic in the oven? Ok, I’m confused. Bear with me here as I do not even know how to bake my own rolls, but why was there plastic in the oven?

]]> By: Brindi http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20057 Brindi Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:01:58 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20057 So sorry you had such a bad week. And, yes, Gilbert Bly is going to be my next husband. So sorry you had such a bad week. And, yes, Gilbert Bly is going to be my next husband.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20047 Kathy Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:48:02 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20047 don't feel bad... I have weeks like this EVERY week... Its trickling down to the kids... J almost forgot his pants the other day. Best of luck -- stay away from the oven and sharp objects for a while don’t feel bad… I have weeks like this EVERY week…

Its trickling down to the kids… J almost forgot his pants the other day.

Best of luck — stay away from the oven and sharp objects for a while

]]> By: Jen @ JenuineJen http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20042 Jen @ JenuineJen Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:01:14 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20042 We all have our moments. At least you are able to admit (and so publicly) when you make mistakes and learn from them. The plastic in the oven really makes me smile because it reminds me of when I started the toaster with plastic next to it and things melted. So, not fun. We all have our moments. At least you are able to admit (and so publicly) when you make mistakes and learn from them.

The plastic in the oven really makes me smile because it reminds me of when I started the toaster with plastic next to it and things melted. So, not fun.

]]> By: Natasha http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20039 Natasha Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20039 Our Odyssey is red, too. Without the stripes though. Someone needs a solo vacation, I think. I forget to move the laundry because my husband turns the beeper all the way down. I forget piano even though I moved it to 9am so that there wouldn't be a whole day's worth of events distracting me. And I keep forgetting to buy Christmas presents for my kids and to tell my in-laws what they can get the kids. I said I'd do it last night but then I fell asleep at 5:30. For the night. Unbelievable. Our Odyssey is red, too. Without the stripes though.

Someone needs a solo vacation, I think.

I forget to move the laundry because my husband turns the beeper all the way down. I forget piano even though I moved it to 9am so that there wouldn’t be a whole day’s worth of events distracting me. And I keep forgetting to buy Christmas presents for my kids and to tell my in-laws what they can get the kids. I said I’d do it last night but then I fell asleep at 5:30. For the night. Unbelievable.

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20038 Lorraine Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:20:21 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20038 I used to lock my keys in the car all the time... with it running even. I think I did that like 6 or 7 times... It got so bad that now I don't let myself close the car door unless I have the keys in my hand. I still trip over my own feet on a regular basis and can't remember to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer to save my life. I used to lock my keys in the car all the time… with it running even. I think I did that like 6 or 7 times… It got so bad that now I don’t let myself close the car door unless I have the keys in my hand. I still trip over my own feet on a regular basis and can’t remember to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer to save my life.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.seagullfountain.com/2008/12/09/enough-featherbrain-to-stuff-a-king-size-mattress/comment-page-1/#comment-20037 Maggie Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:10:44 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2497#comment-20037 I esp. like the pic of the oven that Jane forgot. ;) Don't feel bad. Our children are cursed with their parents' clumsiness. Really. Becca trips over absolutely nothing and I hope that somebody somewhere is looking out for Thomas when the kid walks. I esp. like the pic of the oven that Jane forgot. ;)
Don’t feel bad. Our children are cursed with their parents’ clumsiness. Really. Becca trips over absolutely nothing and I hope that somebody somewhere is looking out for Thomas when the kid walks.

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