Flash Flood Wednesday

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-22-2013
Flash Flood Wednesday
425
Wed, 08-13-2014 - 7:43pm

1. When you get heavy rains, do you get floods in your home or on your street?

2. What is your guilty pleasure TV show?

3. Do you light candles at home and what is your favorite scent?

Pages

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:51pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Why on earth do you need exact examples, you can't think of a single thing your family does together that you write in your calendar?  You need my specific details from my life for what reason? </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">No, I can't think of anything that I can't mention to a family member that they would just write down on their calendar. I have an example. I invited my sister and family for dinner tomorrow. I invited, told a time. She most likely wrote it on her calendar. I don't know as I wouldn't think I would have to share my personal calendar with her as well as share hers with myself for that and other things we might do together. </span></strong></p>

See...there is an example, dinner together.  This is not rocket science.

PumpkinAngel

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:53pm

jamblessedthree wrote:
DS soccer season has begun so we share dates/times of practices and of games etc. Maybe even directions, like to tomorrow's game as example, Lol. I don't see what's so difficult about that. I really don't get the whole purpose of knowing every itty bitty detail of my family's schedule unless it was pertinent to me, Like my sister who babysits for her kid's son. And yes, we are close.

There is another example and jams...nobody said they needed to know every itty bitty detail, that is more made up drama that really doesn't have a place in a discussion.

PumpkinAngel

Avatar for jamblessedthree
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2001
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:53pm

DS soccer season has begun so we share dates/times of practices and of games etc. Maybe even directions, like to tomorrow's game as example, I don't see what's so difficult about sharing examples either Molly, Lol. 

I really don't get the whole purpose of knowing the detais of my family or their schedule unless it was pertinent to me too, Like my sister who babysits for her kid's son. And we are close. 

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:54pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Yes, it's taken four or five phone calls to even the first three or four people to try to find a free dayte in common, and then when I call the fifth and that date doesn't work, it's back to the drawing board.  Shared calendars would be much less work.  These are the nine or so people I think really must be there for the party.  We will be inviting others, but if they can't make it, it is not a problem.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So all of these people have smartphones and they all use the calendars on them? How do you know that? </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">If I am doing an invite, I usually either send out ones handwritten, call the people or most often now, do an invite on facebook. </span></strong></p>

Facebook wouldn't work, most of my family isn't on facebook and some don't have email, lol!  A bunch of the family was together a couple of weekends ago, we all got out our calendars to plan another get together soon.  This is not rocket science.

PumpkinAngel

Avatar for jamblessedthree
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2001
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:55pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Yes, it's taken four or five phone calls to even the first three or four people to try to find a free dayte in common, and then when I call the fifth and that date doesn't work, it's back to the drawing board.  Shared calendars would be much less work.  These are the nine or so people I think really must be there for the party.  We will be inviting others, but if they can't make it, it is not a problem.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So all of these people have smartphones and they all use the calendars on them? How do you know that? </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">If I am doing an invite, I usually either send out ones handwritten, call the people or most often now, do an invite on facebook. </span></strong></p>

There are all kinds of socials coming up with the new school year starting this next week and the week after.  Texting isn't how we communicate that. 

 

 

Avatar for jamblessedthree
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2001
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 3:57pm
You are multi-talented bordwithyou, Social media and being so in synched with your phone regularly. You deserve a round of applause.

 

 

Avatar for jamblessedthree
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2001
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 4:06pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<blockquote><div style="font-weight:bold"><em>blackandwhitemolly</em> wrote:</div>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left"&gt;.  Well, it a sn't so long ago you were very critical of teens who overused their phones and you were worried that they would not learn proper face-to-face skills and not be able to function in jobs and things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align:left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:x-small"&gt;&lt;span&gt;And? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</blockquote><p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">.  And I guess you don't worry about it any more? Or you don't consider literally all day phone use to be overuse?</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><strong><span style="font-size:x-small"><span>I don't worry about it as I said there are other things in her life. I see adults who look like their phone is attached to their hand. You sound like one, sorry to say. This is just the norm and while I don't like it, there is not much I can do.</span></span></strong></p>

I don't do that either, I do admit to liking the camera feature on my phone and uploading pics immediately to fb when I want.  That's about it. 

 

 

Avatar for jamblessedthree
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-23-2001
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 4:09pm
I sometimes get lost in this age of techno toys, Remind me how we did it or our parents did it before all that... Lol.

 

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 4:32pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Why do you keep asking why someone NEEDS to do something, when everyone involved has said the don't NEED to do it?  You are not making sense.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">If you don't NEED to do it, then why do you or would you? </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">What type of things are people putting down on their calendars that they just can't talk to the person and put it down on their own? I don't get the syncing thing and sharing calendars.</span></strong></p>
No one needs to.  Sometimes it is more convenient.

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-08-2009
Fri, 08-15-2014 - 4:36pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">Yes, it's taken four or five phone calls to even the first three or four people to try to find a free dayte in common, and then when I call the fifth and that date doesn't work, it's back to the drawing board.  Shared calendars would be much less work.  These are the nine or so people I think really must be there for the party.  We will be inviting others, but if they can't make it, it is not a problem.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">So all of these people have smartphones and they all use the calendars on them? How do you know that? </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:13px; text-align:left">If I am doing an invite, I usually either send out ones handwritten, call the people or most often now, do an invite on facebook. </span></strong></p>
First of all, I already said that they do NOT all use electronic calendars.  If they did, it would be easier.   If I am setting a date for a dinner party, and not trying to make a date where all the people the guest of honor wants there, I will just pick a date and send out invitations.  In this case, my son would really like all his aunts, uncles, and cousins to be able to attend his going away party.  So I am trying to get the date that is most convenient for all nine people.  It has taken multiple phone calls, and we are not there yet.  If I could sync everyone's calendar, it would be much easier.

Pages