Movies, babysitting and more this weekend

@shaggin (71664)
United States
February 18, 2019 11:03am CST
Saturday morning my mother left to go to Daytona Beach Florida for a week. They break the drive up over 2-3 days staying at hotels after about 10 hours of driving each day. I had no plans so I sewed a huge spot on my couch that the stitching came undone. It’s been needing to be done for month but I didn’t have or feel like taking the time to do it. I just covered it with a blanket to hide it the past few months. Since I have Amazon Prime for a limited time I watched three movies : *The 3rd episode of ABC Murders which I loved. @DianneN you were right the final episode was the best! *Beautiful Boy which had a great soundtrack! It was based on a true story about drug addiction. *Love, Kennedy which was a really sweet movie. I wouldn’t have watched it if I had known it was a religious movie but it was pretty good and had me in tears. It was about a young girl who had Batten disease. Some of the actors and actresses in the movie were people who actually knew the girl. Sunday my boyfriend and I drove up to Lowe’s to get the parts I need for him to fix the problem that is causing the water pressure to fluctuate rapidly. I am hoping after the lines are redone and the new pressurized well tank is replaced I won’t have to get a new well pump. Last weekend when I was on the highway a guy was driving in front of me. A rock shot out from his tires and hit my window really hard. Yesterday when I was driving I noticed a crack up my windshield about 6 inches long :( When I got home my sister asked if I could watch her littlest child while she and her boyfriend went out. I hardly ever get to see her and wasn’t busy so I said sure. We had a good time coloring and watching 5 minutes of every show together before she changed it to the next movie. She got hot from dancing and took off all her clothes except her diaper then sat chewing her toenails while I was trying not to vomit and telling her to stop. The photo is of my niece controlling my tablet watching YouTube videos. Today I cashed out some of my points on MyPoints and got a $25 Amazon e-gift card. I am going to bake myself a chicken for lunch. I’ve never baked one before so wish me luck. Thanks to @Courtlynn and her mamma for the advice on what to do with it. I found a recipe on Pinterest that looks pretty simple so I’m crossing my fingers my son likes it. My boyfriends truck needs to go to the dealership tonight to get repaired. The 4-wheel drive or something like that keeps getting stuck on. He’s had it to the garage twice and they haven’t fixed it so he is taking it elsewhere. Unfortunately I have to drive 45 minutes to pick him up at the dealership and he is borrowing my van until his truck is fixed. He lives on an awful dirt road and my tires have horrible grip so I told him if he damages it he has to buy me a new one.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
18 Feb 19
Sounds like a long tip for your Mom. I want to see that movie. And I love this photo. Made me smile,
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
18 Feb 19
@CarolDM I believe they may all be prime originals. Do you have Amazon Prime?
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
19 Feb 19
How did your baked chicken go? Sounds eventful!
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@FayeHazel my son loved it which makes it all worth it. However I was so grossed out making it that I don’t think I can ever do it again. I’ve made many things with meat but never something that still looked like the animal it was. I keep getting queasy each time I think about it.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
20 Feb 19
@FayeHazel yep can check that off my bucket list not that it was ever really on there. My son saw how grossed out I was making it and he said I should get mom of the year. That made me feel good.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 Feb 19
@shaggin Aw, am sorry to hear that. But at least you did it
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Feb 19
good luck with the chicken. and what are you going to use while he has your car?
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@bunnybon7 I wish even more now he got a rental. Driving him up last night and him driving it to work today and me driving him up to pick his truck up again used a half a tank of gas. I told him how much it used and said wow you must use a ton of gas each week going to work since it was full before we left yesterday. I told him it was cold so I wanted him to pump the gas for me. Instead of him offering to pay when I gave him my card he took it and filled the tank. I said wow $31 for a half a tank that’s a lot. Still didn’t offer to pay
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Feb 19
@shaggin hope this doesn't make you mad but you need to find a new man that isn't such a user and cheapskate sorry. but i care about you like i do for any girl taken advantage of. it's why i have a lot of fall outs with daughter
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
19 Feb 19
@shaggin oh i see. anyway i guess it is a way he can save some money. myself i don't really like real flowers. they die and make a big mess to clean up but it was sweet of him to let you know he loves you and he wanted to make you smile
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
18 Feb 19
Have not seen of heard of this movie there.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@amadeo I think they may all be Amazon Prime originals.
@shaggin (71664)
• United States
20 Feb 19
@amadeo if you watch any of them let me know what you think. I have a big list of movies on there to watch next. I just need to get some more free time.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@shaggin you many be right.Now I can check this out.Have this
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
18 Feb 19
So glad you liked the movies! lol What a great time for your parents to come down. The weather is phenomenal!!! Before we flew, we broke up our trip the same as your parents. Sometimes going home, we vacationed along the way - Savannah, Charleston, etc Adore the photo!
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@DianneN my mom went South with her boyfriend. My dad stayed here in town testing a trailer down. To costly for my mom and dad to go but her boyfriend paid for a nice condo down there for a week. She has heard the weather had been cold but when she got there it was hot . I think people who live there all the time might feel it's cold but to us in the freezing temps anything above 50 feels amazing. The first night they stayed in Charlotte North Carolina. Second night Brunswick Georgia. They had planned to be in Florida by the third night but her boyfriend was having a hard time two hours to their destination so they stopped and stayed in South Carolina for the night. The doctors think he may be starting into early Parkinson's.
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@shaggin I understand now. No, we actually did have very cool weather for a bit, but it's back into the 80s. Oh, no! So sorry to hear about your mother's boyfriend. I hope the warm weather does him a bit of good.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
18 Feb 19
Aw, she's so little. And so glad you could spend that time with her. But ick at her toenail biting . Hope his truck finally gets fixed, buy that he hurts your car so you can get a new one already . You're welcome for the help. I hope it comes out good! Never heard of any of those movies. But glad you enjoyed them.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
18 Feb 19
@Courtlynn that’s so funny because I expect he would say something about wrecking it on purpose. He didn’t though.. yet. My son used to bite his toenails too it was so gross. I think the movies may all be Prime originals. There is hair on the chicken I had to pluck out that turned my stomach so bad. When I rinsed it out nothing came out but now some blood is coming out of it. I think because of the butter the recipe told me to put inside. I am sick to my stomach I never want to do this again I just really really hope my son likes it so it will be worth it.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@Courtlynn hours later and I am still queasy over it. My son was watching me when I was cutting it up and I was trying hard not to but was making awful grossed out faces. My son was so excited to try it and I told him I was just so thankful that he wasn't grossed out from my reaction. He told me I should get mom of the year for this.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
18 Feb 19
@shaggin oh no. Sorry. maybe you shouldve just saved it for you mom when she got back, lol. Ickkkkk! Though i used to do it too . But now I'm like ew why.
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@GardenGerty (157552)
• United States
28 Feb 19
I need to use my Prime more. Love the picture.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
28 Feb 19
@GardenGerty I have prime a few times a year around birthdays and holidays when I do online shopping. So I try to watch movies on there while I have it. I only get time to watch maybe one movie a week or so though.
@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
19 Feb 19
Well it sounds like lots of busy in your world!
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@snowy22315 I can go a week with nothing having to be done then all at once I'm busy with a million things.
@JudyEv (325750)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 19
Hope your baked chicken is a success. And I also hope your vehicle doesn't get damaged.
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@JudyEv Some of the chicken was pink so I am terrified now my son will get sick. I followed what the recipe said but my boyfriend said you have to weigh it and cook it a certain amount of minutes per pound. I wish he would have gotten a rental car so I wouldn’t worry about him borrowing it.
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
18 Feb 19
That is a cute photo of your niece :) have a wonderful Monday !!!!
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@shaggin (71664)
• United States
19 Feb 19
@Nana49 thank you! She is a cutie pie! I don't like to share photos here where we can be identified but I figured this was safe