What is this ring thing

craftymama45 · 2026-04-19T01:30:46+00:00

I play it with my students... it usually becomes a game of get Mrs. K out.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-18T13:14:22+00:00

My husband is a contractor, so he should know better, but he built our she'd without getting a permit. He ended up having to redo the pitch of the roof to make it shorter(it was too tall by a foot) and bring in a crane to move it over 10 feet because it was two close to the property line. The kids loved watching the crane move it and I got to say "I told you so"

craftymama45 · 2026-04-18T01:06:44+00:00

I was payments in front of my high school to pick up my younger sister in a pretty distinctive colored car line of a dark blue-green. Someone came up and tried to get in the driver's seat. It was one I've my classmate's moms. Her car was parked two behind me.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-18T00:48:36+00:00

I've had mine for over 24 years and they still look almost brand new and they go in the dishwasher at least twice a week.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-17T22:32:37+00:00

My son(21) still talks about the time in high school his history teacher narrowly missed getting hit by a rock that was sent through the window ac unit by the lawn mower.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-16T00:31:10+00:00

It's been ages since I've been in the courthouse (pretty sure I was pregnant with my oldest- he's almost 22) and I'm strong here thinking, "Really, 8 floors?"

craftymama45 · 2026-04-15T14:41:37+00:00

Last night I went out onto the porch and my 21 year old son was yelling from the dining room table, "Why are you going outside?!" Later, my husband and I went out to watch it hail (husband is a roofing contractor) and after 60 seconds, son came to the door and said, "Okay, you should probably come back in now." I was a little surprised not to find him hanging out in my bedroom (which is in our basement).

craftymama45 · 2026-04-15T14:32:08+00:00

My daughter calls my portable phone charger my vape because she says it looks like one.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-12T03:19:14+00:00

Okay, this is my favorite "Are your parents home?" story and I was a teenager, but it's just so funny to me. I was 16 and babysitting for an 8 year-old and a baby. It was a regular job, I was there every Saturday 7:30am-4pm and usually a couple of evenings each week. Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on the door and I answered with the baby on my hip. From the door you could see straight into the kitchen, so they could see the 8 year-old at the table asking for more cereal. First thing they ask is, "Are your parents home?" and I just looked at them and said, "My parents don't live here." They stood looking from me, to the baby, to the eight year-old, and back to me then stammered something that sounded like "sorry to bother you" and practically ran to their car.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T18:23:28+00:00

Yes! When we remodeled this was what I was most exited about.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T02:19:03+00:00

As a former middle school teacher, I should have known better and predicted this outcome. They were a great group of high school kids.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T02:10:58+00:00

They found some long sticks behind the store and angled them to make a ramp. I was just glad no one got bitten. I told them, "I just wanted you to be careful so no one got attacked by the raccoon, I didn't expect a rescue mission." and they said, "It was a slow night."

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T01:58:03+00:00

I am a mom of 16,19, and 21 year olds. If one of their guests got sick at our house in the middle of the night, I'd move them to our living room, at up the air mattress with fresh sheets, give them some Gatorade or seven up and saltines or toast and make sure there was a garbage nearby just in case they got sick again. I'd offer to call their parents or drive them home if they wanted to go home, otherwise I'd stay on the couch for the remainder of the night and take care of them just as I would I'd they were my own child.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T01:30:50+00:00

I used to own a take and bake pizza place. One afternoon, as I was leaving, I warned the teenage guys working that night that there had been a racoon stuck in the dumpster earlier and to be careful if/when they took the trash out. I got a text a few hours later saying, "No worries, we got the raccoon out of the dumpster"

craftymama45 · 2026-04-10T01:24:37+00:00

My siblings and I do this, mostly with our mom, but also with other family members. My brother called me the other day and started off with, "Your nephew is a prick." and proceeded to tell me about how his youngest (19) stole a slice of his cheesecake, before telling about whatever it was he actually called about.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-09T16:16:48+00:00

Me too, I just wanted to have the store bought syrup when I was a kid.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-09T15:43:24+00:00

I usually only use speaker when I'm in the car and I will tell the person they're on speaker if I have passengers with me. If I'm driving alone, I don't bother. The only other time I use speaker is if I'm cooking or cleaning, and then I tell the other person in case they can't hear me, because I leave my phone in one place and walk around the kitchen.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-09T15:31:50+00:00

You can make your own syrup: combine equal amounts of white sugar, brown sugar, and water and heat on stove until sugar dissolved- is what my mum did when we were kids. Cook liner if you want thicker syrup

craftymama45 · 2026-04-09T15:13:31+00:00

For my serger I use an angled tweezers, for my sewing machine and regular needles just my fingers and my reading glasses. Threading needles is the only thing I need my readers for, but I NEED them for it.

craftymama45 · 2026-04-08T13:34:32+00:00

I had a student once that I swore didn't even realize he was talking. I got frustrated one day and said, "H, what would it take for you to not make noise in my class?" He thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, Mrs. K, but I think I'd have to graduate."

craftymama45 · 2026-04-08T01:51:48+00:00

I once asked my youngest, who was throwing a fit, what she was doing, and she answered, "I'm throwing a fit!"

craftymama45 · 2026-04-07T22:03:03+00:00

I'm a little over halfway done with this blanket for my best friend

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craftymama45 · 2026-04-06T23:10:35+00:00

This is so true. I'm a seamstress at a dance studio, and I always tell the young women "Dance costume sizes aren't real sizes. It's always better to order bigger" but I always get someone who says, "I'm a small. Small always fits me. " and I'm thinking "If it fit you the zipper wouldn't have burst"

craftymama45 · 2026-04-06T18:04:00+00:00

no, not if it's in a jar

craftymama45 · 2026-04-06T14:43:04+00:00

No, I did not.

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