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From: MaryW
Date: 01-10-2006, 05:48 PM (1 of 76)
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Everyone has a personal bugaboo, something that is really irritating or bugging them. Is it hubby's wardrobe, maybe your kids are driving you up the wall or is it the weather. Your car is dying or you need a holiday, er, sorry, maybe a break from the holidays. Whatever it is, post here. What's bugging you today? My dry skin is driving me absolutely bonkers. I need something more than skin cream. Between that and the hot flashes I am a total crank! 
MaryW
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From: mamahoogie
Date: 01-10-2006, 06:13 PM (2 of 76)
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I've had laryngitis for over 2 weeks now with a mild sore throat. It's not bad enough to make me feel really sick but I'm just tired and can't seem to focus on any one thing. I start to sew and quit, pick up a book - can't get started in it - back to sewing and quit, play games on the computer, try sewing again, etc. etc. It's driving me crazy that I cannot seem to concentrate and yet I don't feel sick enough to want to lay down and sleep. Doctor says its a likely a virus and has to run its course - but it only has til next week and if I still can't talk I have to have a throat scope - yikes! I hate having any procedures done anymore. I had my fill of doctors and hospitals when I had brain surgery and I avoid hospitals if I can. Even my husband is tired of the silence. It was funny for the first couple of days but after he misses the real me - the one that can talk and make him laugh! Violet I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-10-2006, 08:04 PM (3 of 76)
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I'm tired of one of my ferrets...he likes to dig out the litter in the potty boxes (all 3 of'em) till they're empty, ALL OVER the cage, the floor, the other ferrets. I'm tired of the mess. He's cute, but pesty. (I'm hoping he'll grow out of it soon....) I'm also tired of hearing the word Awesome. Everyone and their brother/cousin/sister/mom/dad/grandparents use the word. ( I don't unless I complain about it...this is #4 complaint). There are other words. I realize things go in 'trends' but this is one I wish would STOP. The word is not really that discriptive, it's just conveinent to use, because everyone says it. I'm also tired of my new years, starting off badly and staying bad. Traffic ticket, the furnace tried to kill us last week. (if I hadn't been up on the computer we all would have died). Our long distance company hasn't sent us a bill for 3 mnths, but it seems it's NOT their problem, they keep blaming everyone else. My new embroidery machine is 3 mnths old and has already been in the shop 3 times for stupid things. (the new update has supposedly fixed that). My husbands car (barely 20,000 mi on it) has to have new brakes and rotors. (yes it's under warranty, but of all things to go bad in less than 5000 mi, thats when the trouble started). We've never made a claim on our house ins., but because we live in FL, we're now paying over a $1000 a yr, when it started out 10 yrs ago it was $200. They also promise if we make a claim they'll add 20% each quarter for 4 quarters. Then let the price go down. I should feel gratefull, some people have had their insurance cancelled, no warniing. Whether they had a claim or not. I'm just tired of it all happening in a 2 wk period is all... I need a break...again...(and yes my mystery stereo is STILL playing...I'm gonna find that little sucker and bash his brains in...or at least box him upside the ears and let him feel what I do, when his stereo is on...the pain is wonderful...) Thank you for letting me scream !!!!!!!!! aaaaaahhhhhh....feeling better already. !  p.s....I'm still having trouble letting go of my baby (ferret) Bob. He was my best buddy. I belong to 2 petloss sites, but it doesn't seem to help. Reading about others pain doesn't help me either. Just makes it worse sometimes. Now I'm done, thank you.... Chrys
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-11-2006, 07:06 AM (4 of 76)
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I can't think of anything to complain about. But I will. Dorothy |
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From: Dede
Date: 01-11-2006, 07:55 AM (5 of 76)
I'm usually in a very good mood, smiling, making people laugh. For these reasons, some people think I'm a little "ditsy" and tend to talk to me as if I was an idiot (that's mostly at work). I usually bring them back to reality (I'm also very direct and to the point) and they don't seem to like it. They seem to think they can insult me and I have to take it.  No more.
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-11-2006, 09:41 AM (6 of 76)
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OK! Where to start? My eldest daughter is failing three classes. My aging dog needs to make the final trip to the vet but I just can't. My 39 yr. old husband spent the night in the cardiac unit because of chest pain. My kids had to take their lunches to school without icepacks because my husband always makes sure the packs are in the freezer. Nobody could eat breakfast in their favorite bowl because husband does dishes. I don't know what I was thinking last night. Why I didn't stop to think of the things that I should do before going to bed is beyond me. OH and I have been waiting for the stash challenge to start since Mary mentioned it back in November, now with everything going on who knows if I will find time to sew. My ex-husband hasn't paid a lick of child support in several months. I need to get a job to make up the difference and to get me out of the house. And to top it all off there is a woodpecker on my chimney pecking away scaring the daylights out of my little ones. Gina
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From: Lise
Date: 01-11-2006, 10:06 AM (7 of 76)
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I am sick of the "F" word used everywhere by all and sundry - even little kids. Lise 
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From: Jayde877
Date: 01-11-2006, 12:38 PM (8 of 76)
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I don't know if there's room here for all my gripes. I have my nephew's dog (Pit Bull) that feels he must eat EVERYTHING, including my leather couch and my daughter's Cabbage Patch Doll... I hate my job and have been looking for a new one for over a year with no success... I live with my in-laws (long story to explain this one) and my husband and I are about to go nuts cause his mother is a freak... My best friend's father died last Friday.... I have a TON of projects, sewing, computer, general stuff that I need to get done, but I can't ever seem to get around to them.... My husband is bugging the hell out of me. He wants to go to nursing school but won't fill out the paperwork needed to do so. He won't call and set up visitiation with his daughter (even though we just went ot court and they doubled his child support) cause if he would get his visitation with her, we could sue for custody since she is living with her grandmother right now.... Money, need I say more.... So many other little things that are driving me nuts that I don't have time to list. |
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 01-11-2006, 12:55 PM (9 of 76)
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My gripe is mild compared to many of the others, but it still is a gripe. My son, moved the last of his things to his new apartment on Sat., he was leaving there to go pick up his friend when some air headed women pulled her brand new Lincoln Continental right into the side of his car!!!! He bought this one with his own money, only has 20, 000 miles on it. The Ins Co. said that because it's a "older" car they will most likely total it out. THEN the women's Ins co was fighting with us over providing him with a rental because he is under 25 yrs of age. DS Ins agent got on the phone with the womens Ins and in my DS words, "SHE WAS RAISING THE DEAD WITH THEM!!!! Told them that she WOULD get their Lawyers in on the claim if this was not resolved!!" By 5 PM he had his car, mind you all the paper work was sent to the WRONG office for the rental!!! It was sent to Columbus instead of Akron. Today he is having to take on the Fin. Aid Office at his University, they have not been applying his loan payments to his bill. This was brought to our attention by the Bank that issued the Loans, they want to know why the loans are not being credited to his account. Then to top it all off I have been down sick with the flu all week!!! |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-11-2006, 01:16 PM (10 of 76)
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Mine is lack of sleep. Been going on for a couple of months. Need I say more?
Summer
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-11-2006, 01:26 PM (11 of 76)
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Mary for your dry skin, try a warm bath and float some (a lot) of old fashioned baby oil on top of the water and soak in it for a few minutes then just pat yourself dry and let the oil soak into your skin. Also, my sister-in-law in West Virginia ordered a set of the new olive oil product from QVC and she says her dry skin has almost disappeared using those. Dry skin really gets to me and makes me irritable and cranky. Patsy Patsy
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-11-2006, 03:40 PM (12 of 76)
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Miss Mary..are you getting enough oil in your diet ??? We ALL need a certain amt of oil. (and I don't mean drink it or fry everything) but my Dr's tell me eating the right kinds of oil will keep your skin from drying out. Olive and vitamin E. (fish oil). Eat it or put it on your skin. I like my new Aveeno body wash. (fragrance free) Sometimes fragrances will dry your skin. (alcohol). [[[ ]]] Pudge Now I feel like an idiot for petty gripes.
Chrys
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From: mommydionne
Date: 01-11-2006, 07:30 PM (13 of 76)
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Ahhh the problems of the world, the neat thing about your problems is that they are YOURS ack and you still have to deal with them big or small. Sigh........... I am just tired. Tired of mothering(4 kids, love 'em but they are wearing me out), tired of work (especially the briefcase sitting in the hall with work in it), really tired of dh finding new jobs for me to do all the time (explain the logic of him phoning me to tell me to call the plumber, there is an unnecessary step in here.) I'm REALLY tired of laundry. oh well this too shall pass 
Jeanette
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-11-2006, 08:48 PM (14 of 76)
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It's too bad we don't live closer to each other...it might be nice to have a day off and have a friend do your housework or take care of the kids or make the husband do something besides gripe. I'd be happy to help someone that way....I do it all the time.. Sometimes thats all we need is ONE chore to be done to help us out and we feel better. So we can have that REST of mind and body we all need... Or maybe we can all write in to Oprah and say we all wanna go to DisneyWorld, we need to get away...it's our Wildest Dream.... 
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-11-2006, 08:54 PM (15 of 76)
I have a problem with my son and his wife. They live next door to me in their Fema trailer. My daughter in law hates it here so she takes off to her family's Fema trailer which is about an hour away, at least once a week for two or three days leaving my son and his daughter here to fend for themselves. Of course, I have to take care of my Granddaugther getting her off to school and taking care of her clothes and things because he works from sunrise and don't get back here until almost dark when it's time to eat and take baths and then bedtime. I feel like I'm being used but keep my mouth shut because I really don't want to hurt my son by telling him point blank how I feel about this. He's really stuck in a bad situation and me unloading on him isn't making it any better for him. This puts pressure on me when I go somewhere it's really far from everything here so I have to travel and sometimes have to hurry back to get her when she gets out of school. Yesterday I met with my brother and sister to sign papers to have my Mother's house torn down and our place torn down and I haven't seen my family since the storm so it was good seeing them and wanted to eat lunch with them but there was no time since I had to be back for 2:00 to get her from school. It's just not fair!  Okay I let it out. Other than that I'm okay.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Maddie
Date: 01-12-2006, 02:40 AM (16 of 76)
| For me..its my boss. I have a new boss and she just got her master's degree and just got promoted into a management position. All new managers micro manage, and let me tell you...she micro manages. It makes me nuts. I hate it. I hate having someone looking over my shoulder 24/7. Ugh. |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-12-2006, 07:28 AM (17 of 76)
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My daughter's boyfriend's grandmother died yesterday. She was a sweet little woman we have grown to love. My daughter and her boyfriend live in an apartment in her house (her husband died last year) and took care of her. He just quit his job because someone had to be there all the time. Although his mother and sister lived with her they could not be relied on. My daughter tells a story about her boyfriend coming downstairs to take a nap and his mother calling through the baby monitor system they had set up, "Craig, your grandmother needs to go to the bathroom." There is quite a bit of money to split among the family and everyone expects a lot of trouble from my daughter's boyfriend's mother who has already spent most of her share. I guess there is one in every family. We will drive down for the funeral tomorrow. She was such a sweet lady, very funny. A real greatest generation Italian girl from Brooklyn. Dorothy |
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From: toadusew
Date: 01-12-2006, 09:46 AM (18 of 76)
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Dorothy, I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter's boyfriend's grandmother! Please accept my condolences on your loss. My vent for today is this--we have our house on the market and while we have had numerous showings, there has been no offer yet. Our realtor wanted us to drop the price $5,000 a couple of weeks ago, but we said no. At the current price, which is lower than any in the neighborhood, we have some "wiggle room", but if we go as low as the realtor suggested, we will only accept a full price offer. My house has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, is almost 24000 square feet, had a 2 year old roof that is guaranteed for 50 years, brand new fence, and a brand new garage door. I guess my biggest gripe is that the realtor only has a picture of the outside of the house on MLS and not all the nice pics of the inside, which are only on her company's website. To me, that makes a huge difference, but maybe she doesn't want to pay for the extra pics.  All of this is pretty petty compared to some things I've had to deal with--but I'm just getting impatient and wanting to get on with my move. We may have to send my mom ahead of us and that means we do it ourselves again, instead of putting her stuff on the back of the moving truck, and doing it ourselves means more time off work for hubby and more effort and expense. Ok, end of gripe/vent! 
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From: debsews
Date: 01-12-2006, 12:32 PM (19 of 76)
| Toadusew: I can relate to the bad realtor story. We now sell our property ourselves. We have had realtors try to talk us down on the price to get a quick sale and in one instance she told another realtor from another place how ridiculous our price was. We then starting showing our house ourselves and sold it for full price - to another realtor!!! I loved the ending to that one. Anyway stand by what you know to be the fair price and make them do their job. If they aren't you can always ask to be let out of the contract. |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-12-2006, 01:08 PM (20 of 76)
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My condolences to you also Dorothy. It is so sad to hear of a sweet older person dying. It makes me think of all the things she knew and could share with us younger folks with their wisdom.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-12-2006, 02:15 PM (21 of 76)
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My DH got a call from his sister to go check on their mom. She was having trouble breathing & her legs were swollen so bad she couldn't stand. He convinced Dad to take her to ER but didn't go with them. MIL thinks she knows more than the drs' She is an 75 yo overweight diabetic with high blood pressure & has had a quadruple bypass a few yrs. ago. Her toes have gone black due to the diabeties. Father in law doesn't hear well so we will only hear half of the drs. report. I can't believe he didn't go with them. They said they didn't need him to so he didn't. He has medical power of attorney for them. I wish I could go but I have DGS. & they wouldn't tell me anything anyway because I am not a blood relative. Now I will just sit & wait. But I am glad I have you guys to vent to.
Barb
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From: Dustbunny01
Date: 01-12-2006, 03:47 PM (22 of 76)
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my son with his bad grades in school DH loosing his job, due to plant closing
DB
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From: CodyGramma
Date: 01-12-2006, 06:29 PM (23 of 76)
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Well, I'm no different than anybody else when I say "Where do I start"... Last fall DH was diagnosed with prostate cancer...very slow growing so they told him he has time to decide what to do about it.....he made the decision to opt for surgery to remove the prostate completely but....our insurance only pays for a certain amount of the bills and just the diagnostics our bills are already above our heads... and.... because I lost my job two years ago and had credit cards which I paid fine on my own while I was working but since then have not been able to find work so have been taken to court etc. and now owe about 3 times what they started out to be due to the excess amount of finance charges, late fees, etc.! So now DH has decided with all these extra bills he can't afford the surgery!! Which will add alot more to the total bills we already have! they are already garnishing wages out of his part time (after retirement) job! So believe me the static between us is deadly already!!! So now I have added stress that he's not going to have the surgery and will probably die from cancer within 10 years!!! And because of my bills!!! So I will be the guilty party! Thanks for letting me vent! I needed that! |
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 01-13-2006, 12:20 AM (24 of 76)
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GAS BILLS!!!!! Along with the Electric Bills, Phone Bills, Cable Bills, Doctor Bills, Fees for this child for school or that one for school, Food on the table, House Payments, Credit Card Bills, never mind the Interest that they slap on the NEXT month!!!!! Oh yeah did I forget to mention the Car repairs, the gas for the car(s), not to forget the TAXES!!!!! Federal, State, City. ALL of these are going up and up and up, the only problem I see is that there is no money to pays these because people are LOSING THEIR JOBS left and right!!!!!! They are either leaving the State or the Country!!! Then we have to deal with all the "elected" idots and their crap. Is it any wonder that people are abusing drugs and booze, sometimes it's hard to feel positive about things when you have all this and more to worry about in your life. Do you ever remember your parents or grandparents having to deal with what we are having to deal with? Mind you I don't think that day to day living was any piece of cake during the Wars and the Depression, but this!!! Their values where a lot different then what they are today. Sometimes I feel that technology has done more harm than good. |
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-14-2006, 05:04 PM (25 of 76)
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MIL went in to ER. She was having a heart attack. She had been having mini ones for a week but was waiting for a good day to go in. They did a heart Cath yesterday. The old Quad bypass is ok. but they found a new blockage & put a stent in. DR. said she would be in until Sun. or Mon. We went up today & she has gone home. I am so mad at his family!!! no one called to let us know. DH was the one sent to check on her & get her in. I was expected to make all followup calls to family that was to busy to be at the hosp. But no one could be bothered to call & let us know she went home. DH wonders why I complain about his family. I think sometimes they are so inconsiderate & think of themselves first. If there is nothing in it for them they don't do it. Thanks for the vent outlet. I am going to watch DS bowl with them in an hour & had to get some of this out so I don't create a scene. Barb
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From: Shellymoon
Date: 01-20-2006, 11:40 PM (26 of 76)
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Rush, Rush, Rush.... Everything has to be done right now and I'm frustrated with the microwave life conce.t My employer sets unrealistic deadlines and there is no time to finish your last project before you have 10 more piled on your desk. For goodness sake, we create junk mail and advertising...What's the rush I ask you? Then, my husband tells me he wants to go on this particular mission trip this year. Good plan. Requires passports. Getting passport for kid requires both parents to be present with the kid by 4 p.m. at the little government office. Kid gets out of school at 3:50 (along with 999 other kids). I get to government office at 4:05 and do not have the proper birth certificate...all that rushing for nothing. ANd, DH, for whom I am doing this, hasn't even lifted one finger to fill out paperwork, but he wants it done now, now, now. ANd do I even need to mention the rush of traffic on the tollway? Let's all slow down! Shelly Moon
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From: allie-oops
Date: 01-20-2006, 11:48 PM (27 of 76)
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Well, small gripe - broke my toes Monday and I'm stuck in my sewing room. I thought it would be nice, but I can't seem to focus - the pain in my foot makes it hard. And it's the foot that cost so much, too, it has two pins in it. ARGH. I can't go to the doctor, we have no health insurance. I must say though, that it seems a small thing with what so many others are going through. Hugs to all of you! Allie "onward through the fog"
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-21-2006, 09:18 AM (28 of 76)
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I love my editor -- I really do. He is one of the finest people I know. He is also a bit of a flake and HE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY this week. Next story, he says, will be about winter camping. I call the camp ground. Now winter (snow) this year, no campers. OK, he says, Do the Dirt Motorsports Hall of Fame. I call set up a meeting and talk to the media guy. They open in May. Boss says to far away, lets do the wineries. Local wineries in the winter. By now I'm ready to strangle him. But it's wine, so I'll let him live. Arghhhh. Dorothy |
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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-23-2006, 12:31 AM (29 of 76)
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Dorothy - ever done a story about dog sledding??? It's a great winter sport!
Laura
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-23-2006, 08:53 AM (30 of 76)
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They don't really do much dog sledding around here (that I know of). I've done one about lawn mower racing though. Dorothy |
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-23-2006, 11:50 AM (31 of 76)
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Ice wine Dorothy! Big in some areas. They pick the grapes after they have frozen on the vine. My daughter winter camped in the mountains of Calgary years ago. She loved it! They wrap up in silver thermal blankets and have layers of everything. MaryW
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-23-2006, 12:24 PM (32 of 76)
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They don't do much ice wine around here. I hear the Canadian ice wine is the best.... and very pricey. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-23-2006, 12:45 PM (33 of 76)
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Yup, they make it here and on the west coast. Dessert wines.
MaryW
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From: Sherri
Date: 01-23-2006, 02:52 PM (34 of 76)
Right now my whole life is bugging me. To many complaints and demands. I really am feeling overwelmed and am trying to get my head above water.  Sher My website
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-23-2006, 06:20 PM (35 of 76)
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That is when I get so depressed. You have to make changes.
MaryW
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 01-25-2006, 10:13 AM (36 of 76)
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MY OTHER HALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tells me that we are on the "Budget Plan" with the Gas Co., ONLY for me to find out that we aren't and that we are OVERPAYING our bills every month, even though our Gas Usage has dropped!!!! I blew my stack with this one, so now I have to go pay an extra $43.00 to them in order for us to be put on the Budget Plan of $96.00 a month. He's telling me that we are on a Budget of $107.00 a month with them, but yet the Gas Co shows nothing about a Budget Plan AT ALL or even for the amount he says they told him!!!!!! Then he wonders why funds are so tight around here!! He can't budget the BUDGET PLAN!!!!!!!! UGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MEN
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User: Sewhappie
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From: Lise
Date: 01-25-2006, 11:15 AM (37 of 76)
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Inconsiderate cell phone users. They are everywhere and their business is always so urgent that it can't wait and other people are forced to listen to the idle chatter and inanities . I have had to stand in a checkout line while the person ahead of me finished her conversation before she could fumble for her debit card ! Needless to say no apology offered ! BAH! Lise
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-25-2006, 11:31 AM (38 of 76)
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Cell phone users in cars!!!!! I hope how soon Oklahoma makes it illegal to talk on a cell phone while you're driving. These people are the worst drivers. They're so engrossed in their telephone conversations they don't even know what speed they're driving!!! Patsy Patsy
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-25-2006, 12:15 PM (39 of 76)
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I work retail and am amazed by how people talk on their cell phones. I have had people be next in line and hold up the line because they are on their cell phones. I leave them to talk and go to the next person, and yes it causes trouble. I have had people ask for my help and continue talking on the cell phones expecting me to wait for them to finish. Sometimes the person they are talking to on the cell phone is the one I am really trying to help and this I will work through, but not if they are just talking about nothing of importance to me. Driving while talking on the cell phones is not allowed in the city I live. But don't kid yourself it is not enforced. The police have better things to do then pull over every cell phone user. If they see someone talking and driving erratic then they will pull them over.
Summer
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From: Bama
Date: 01-25-2006, 10:14 PM (40 of 76)
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I'm tired of having to do everything for the kids with no help from hubby. DD has cheered all school year and I'm the one who went to all the games and took her to practices and competitions. Hubby went to ONE game. I told him some day he'll wish he had tried to go to more.  She'll remember it too.DS is in karate. I have always been the one to go with him. His teacher closed the dojo he had been going to a few months ago, so DS and some other of the students have been traveling about 45 miles to another class 3 nights a week most weeks. Thankfully, most of the time 2 of the older students take turns driving and let everyone ride with them and just give them gas money. DS doesn't have his drivers liscense yet. The problem for me is I have to take him to meet them about 9 miles from here and pick him up there when he calls and says they're on their way back. Some nights it's 10:30 or later when they get back. Hubby's excuse for not taking his turn picking him up is he has to get up at 4:00 a.m. GUESS WHAT?? I get up with him!!! He gets ALOT more sleep than I do. I'm lucky to get 5 hours. Hubby encourages our son in his karate because he practically lives for karate, but he puts all the stress of it onto me. When both kids have a class or practice at the same time and I tell him he has to take one of them he acts like he's so inconvenienced. ArggghhhhhhIt feels good to vent! I'm sitting here waiting for ds to call now while hubby is snoring away in bed.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-25-2006, 10:39 PM (41 of 76)
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Bama I know how you feel. But if it's any comfort the kids will remember who did what. Mine did. My hubbys' excuse was I'm not into baseball, football, cub scouts ect ect ect. Hey.......guess what? I wasn't either but I was into my kids!!!!!!!! He wasn't I guess. If I had know that when I met him I wouldn't have married him. He is a good person he just didn't know how to be a good Daddy. He taught his kids how to work and provide for their families but didn't teach them how a active father was suppose to act. Thank God my kids are not like him they tuned out to be pretty good Dad's.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-26-2006, 01:28 AM (42 of 76)
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Bama, Been there done that. With 5 kids all into everything I was always running. The worse was hockey, it was a traveling league. Have to wake all the kids up at 3 AM and get to some place in Canada or north of us for son to play. Was so glad when he wanted to quit that sport. Game days I would have to go pick up the in-laws. I am glad they came to watch but it was just extra work. My dear ex hubby would say well get someone else to drive the kids tonight and come watch me bowl! Boy oh boy what a treat! At the time it was hectic and I felt frazzled, but I know my kids really appreciated me taking the time to do it. They tell me now that they are parents themselves and find out how it is to be always running. Now I can go and watch the GC do their thing and what a joy it is. Your right the children will know who gave up their time and who didn't. Mothers. we can do everything 
Summer
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-26-2006, 08:45 AM (43 of 76)
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My girls are very close to their father as adults because he often was the one to do things with them, to haul them around and such. They both have always made very good choices when it comes to men and relationships too, and I think it is because they spent so much time with a nurturing father -- and grandfather (his dad) too. Dorothy |
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From: heartland
Date: 01-26-2006, 04:36 PM (44 of 76)
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Hy dh's procrastination bugs me!!!! Life would be so much better for him (and ME) if he would just face the issue and deal with it! Cleaning also bugs me! Why is sorting out what to keep and not to keep such a hard job? Also, why does it create such a mess in the rest of the house? This is exactly why I choose not to do it all that often.
Donna
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-26-2006, 06:13 PM (45 of 76)
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Cell phone users in cars!!!!! I hope how soon Oklahoma makes it illegal to talk on a cell phone while you're driving. These people are the worst drivers. They're so engrossed in their telephone conversations they don't even know what speed they're driving!!! Patsy AAARRRRGGGHHHH! Someone once drove into me while using their phone. It's now illegal across the whole of the UK to use a phone while you are driving unless using a hands-free kit. People still do it though - like the dozy woman this morning who tried to reverse into me gggrrrrrrr Why do you call them "cell" phones but we call them "mobiles"? I am completely ticked off with other people's bad planning being foisted onto me in the form of a crisis that I have to sort out. This ranges from stuff at work (continually) to "where have YOU put my science homework, I need to take it to school today" or "Where have you put my building pass, I need to go to work early and I can't get in without it". Talking of which, if men had handbags they would never lose anything - wallet, mobile phone, asthma inhaler, keys, sunglasses....need I go on?
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-26-2006, 08:47 PM (46 of 76)
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This evening on my way home, I wanted to throw my phone out the window and through the windshield of a dippy man on his phone driving 50 miles an hour in the middle lane in bumper to bumper traffic (65 mph speed limit) this evening totally oblivious that he had traffic backed up for at least 2 miles behind him because you couldn't get in either the inside left or outside right lane the traffic was so heavy and moving so fast in those lanes. That was on I-35 southbound; then, I get on I-40 and there's one woman yakking on her phone and driving 40 miles an hour and another woman weaving from lane to lane because she was looking at her phone trying to dial it instead of looking at the highway. By the time I got home I was ready to scream!!!
Patsy
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-27-2006, 08:36 AM (47 of 76)
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You know what's bugging me this week -- the weather. Not that it is cold (and it IS cold) or that it snowed (five or six inches over a couple days) -- it is supposed to be cold and snowy in January and February. But it is supposed to be cold and snowy in December and November and it wasn't. So my boss came up with a great idea last week. Do a piece on the biggest snow storms of the last century. It meant digging through old newspaper clips from about 1925 through 2000. But I like that. It was a fun story and I had fun. It, of course, included lots of references to the lack of winter this year. Hahaha. It came out yesterday when it was cold and there is snow everywhere. So people are huddled around their heaters reading what I wrote about the mild winter. My boss calls "I thought the storm story turned out great," he says. He never knows what he thinks of a piece until it is on newsprint. "David," I said, "We made it snow!!" "Yeah." I could HEAR the grin on his face. Dorothy |
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From: heartland
Date: 01-27-2006, 10:49 AM (48 of 76)
It is hilarious when a phone rings, everyone reaches for their purse or pocket with that, is it mine, look. Don't they know what ring they have it set at?  Also, why do most people hollor into the phone?
Donna
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-27-2006, 02:35 PM (49 of 76)
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Well this morning my YS called to tell me the furance in my house was not working. Since I am living at moms taking care of her, my YS and YD are living at my house. I can't just get mom up and out to go check it all out so I have to do the phone bit with the kids. Turns out I need a new furance and tonight I shall be going over there to check it all out. The estimates for a furnace are enough to take anyone budget and send it into a tailspin. Needless to say I am not a happy camper right now. What I did find amusing was my kids reactions when I told them how much this was going to cost to replace. Anything in the house that needs replacement is spilt 3 ways, and they are all still in shock at the price. Even though I miss my house very much I do believe this is a great experience for my 2 YC about the cost of being on your own. So there is the silver lining for this little set back.
Summer
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-30-2006, 01:38 PM (50 of 76)
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My leg is bugging me -- bad!! It had been a little stiff in the knee for a couple weeks. Yesterday I bent it to put a sock on and heard a pop with a pain that shot up to my hip. I sat in a chair the rest of the day and only got up to go to the bathroom, Fortunately we had some crutches left over from some past mishap or I wouldn't have made it to the bathroom. I just got back from the emergency clinic -- so much more comfortable than a hospital emergency room. They yanked it this way and that to X-ray and prodded and poked. Really they were all very nice and gentle except one nurse or aid or whatever that was supposed to adjust my crutches and put a brace on me. She put the brace on and had me standing -- on one leg of course -- and just walked off. I couldn't move without putting weight on the bad knee which just wouldn't take it. The wheel chair was just two steps out of reach. I had tears in my eyes by the time she got back. Not from the pain but just feeling sorry for myself. I'm home now -- hubby took off work to take care of me. Within the hour I'll have some pain medication so it'll get better. Just needed someone to whine to. Dorothy |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-30-2006, 01:56 PM (51 of 76)
OOOOUUUCCCHHHH! Dorothy!  Did they find out what is wrong?? You deserve a little whining.Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: Magot
Date: 01-30-2006, 02:26 PM (52 of 76)
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When you go back Dorthy a lit judicious crutch work might be needed. "Opps sorry, did you trip on that?" " Goodness me, how did I miss you?" Sorry to hear about your nasty moment - you don't just LEAVE somebody like that! Get well Hun. love and kisses, Jan
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-30-2006, 04:51 PM (53 of 76)
Dorothy take care of that knee lady. We don't realize how bad we need those little things like our knees until we can't walk because of them. Let us know when the pill takes effect  how your feeling. Whin on dear that's what we're here for......... whin on. hugs Susie
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-30-2006, 05:06 PM (54 of 76)
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Ouch Dorothy, I know how that is. You take them for granted, then one day...wham! They are gone.
MaryW
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-30-2006, 05:07 PM (55 of 76)
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Summer, what happened with your furnace? Such a worry when you can't leave.
MaryW
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-30-2006, 05:45 PM (56 of 76)
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Ouch, poor Dorothy. Have you tried massaging Emu oil on it? Supposed to work wonders (I can't remember if you are a vegetarian). Australian EO is supposed to be the best. Also supposed to be good for psoriasis, eczema and arthritis. I'll let you if it works - I've managed to souce some in the UK from a licensed importer so it should arrive sometime over the next few weeks. |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-30-2006, 11:16 PM (57 of 76)
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We got our new furnace, a/c week before last...cost almost the same as the roof and the fence...so thats $20,000 less in our savings...isn't it nice for people to take all your money...I LOVE Fl...something is always rusting out, blowing away, eaten by termites or molding into the green monster from hell. (and the furnace people brought FLEAS into our house...yep...NONE of our neighbors have animals, found -a- flea on one of the ferrets after the furnace people left....they didn't have fleas BEFORE. Nice of them to leave a present )(they kindly put down cloths on the floors, so they don't dirty the carpet...musta been in a flea ridden house before mine...luckily I keep flea shampoo in the house, just in case...)Can I have a vacation now ??? 
Chrys
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 01-31-2006, 08:28 AM (58 of 76)
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Dorothy, hope your knee is getting better. Chrys, that is terrible that the repair men brought in fleas! I have a dog and a cat and don't have a flea problem. Keep stuff on the dog and the cat doesn't go outside!. I have a day full of work to do today, have to go to the hospital tomorrow for gall bladder removal. Know I won't be able to do anything heavy for a week or so. Good thing is my problem is not stones, it just doesn't work right. About 30 to 45 minutes after I eat, I get cramps and pain for about an hour. That is the gall bladder trying to empty itself, but it won't empty, hence the pain. It is not terrible, just enough to know it is there. Will be so glad to have it over tomorrow. Don't think I have ever looked forward to having surgery! Sue |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-31-2006, 10:36 AM (59 of 76)
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I would like to get my hands on the "clown" that posted that piece of crap to our General Sewing Board!!! Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: mozeyrn
Date: 01-31-2006, 11:09 AM (60 of 76)
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I already thanked Mary (or one of her staff members) for the removal. Some people have no taste (or brains for that matter).
- Maureen.
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 01-31-2006, 12:09 PM (61 of 76)
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Tuition going up and Financial Aid being cut!!!! Not everyone is made of money and many of these kids are having to pay their own way through College!!!!! Jobs closing here and going elsewhere outside of the country. I could really get going on this, but out of respect for Mary and others here I have said enough. |
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-31-2006, 02:06 PM (62 of 76)
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I have a day full of work to do today, have to go to the hospital tomorrow for gall bladder removal. Sue My friend had this done - she was jumping about again after 2 weeks (and I MEAN jumping about), hope it goes well. |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-31-2006, 09:35 PM (63 of 76)
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Had my gallbladder out in 93, same thing, didn't work. They did it with a lapriscope...4 small holes, no stitches just tape. I was in 24 hrs (350 mi from home at the nearest AF base, so they had to keep me), drove 2 days later (when I shouldn't have, but heck...it was only to the post office). I had trouble eating for awhile...I donno...maybe it was just me, but I've heard other people complain about the same thing. Things will make you sick to your stomach for about 6 mnths. After that, no problem. (remember the NO HEAVY LIFTING part...trust me...).
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-31-2006, 10:36 PM (64 of 76)
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My cousin and my Aunt In Law had that done also and they couldn't eat food with any fat. As long as they stayed away from fat they were okay. They also lost weight. It's something about the gallbladder makes enzymes that help with digestion and that's what makes people sick after surgery the lack of these enzymes. The doctor can give you a pill form of the emzymes and that makes in better. Good luck suesodyssey. Hope you are back on your feet in no time. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 01-31-2006, 10:44 PM (65 of 76)
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Thanks everyone...now if I can just get to sleep for the night. Have to stay overnight...had stents place last year...doctor just wants to be safe. Will be nice not to have the cramping after eating...and the weight loss sounds great! Need to drop about 25 pounds then will be at my old fighting weight!! Sue |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 02-01-2006, 07:54 AM (66 of 76)
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Don't count on no cramping after eating. I had discomfort if I ate anything fatty for years. In fact I still do and it has been about 30 years since mine was removed. And back then they split you from stem to stern to get at it. Dorothy |
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From: toadusew
Date: 02-01-2006, 09:16 AM (67 of 76)
| My 25 year old daughter had her gall bladder removed when she was 18. She had problems after eating for several months|(after the surgery). Now it's better, but she still has to be careful about eating too much fatty foods. |
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 02-02-2006, 12:17 PM (68 of 76)
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My latest gripe, For Christmas DD & DSIL ordered a subscription of Threads for me, sent payment along with the card the week of Dec 12, 2005. I mentioned something to DD about the new issue being out and that mine should have been here by now. She called to check on the subscription, they don't have ANY record of it. They told her to contact HER bank and let them deal with it, Tandem Press ( or whatever their name is) can't be bothered with it!!!! According to the Bank it's cleared, but the timestamps are not very clear. I told her that if they have cashed the check than they have to have a record of the account, check to make sure that it wasn't posted to another account with a same or similar name, or even under her name. UPDATE 2-3-06 JUST received a email from the Magazine, seems that they NOW show that my account was renewed 1-26-06!!!! I asked her why they never showed this information during ALL MY PHONE CALLS!!!!! Couldn't give me a answer. I saved and printed all the emails they have sent me in response to my enquirers. |
User: Sewhappie
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From: Rea
Date: 02-02-2006, 10:09 PM (69 of 76)
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After 14 years, and letting my almost paid for trailer go for next to nothing, so we could buy this house, hubby decides he is not happy, and wants a divorce. Found out he spent $400 on cell phone bills in the last 2 months to call the single woman across the street. But they are "just friends". No way I can keep the house on what I make, and no way can I rent with 4 cats and a dog. I do have some life insurance on hubby.................... But I am a very strong person, I will be fine. I will keep my house, if at all possible, the first house I have ever owned. Y'all may have to take up a collection for groceries, but thn, I could stand to lose a few pounds. oh well, A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-02-2006, 10:52 PM (70 of 76)
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Oh Rea I'm so sorry you are going through that situation. We are here if you need us and I may not have much but if you need something just let me know. I'm sure I can spare a something if you need it and the rest of the ladies on this boards are here for you I can almost say I know that for a fact. If you need to let it out let it out we're here. There is a new country song out "She let herself go" I don't know if you've heard it but it fits most divorce women. If you get a chance listen to it. Hugs Susie I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: Rea
Date: 02-03-2006, 12:25 AM (71 of 76)
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Haven't heard that one Susie. Can I come live with you? j/k I won't really have to worry about eating. My sis and my best friend won't let me go hungry. I really just need peace in my life. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs
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User: Rea
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-03-2006, 12:34 AM (72 of 76)
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It's cute Rea. She let herself go when he left he says. She let herself go on a singles cruise, spent a week at a spa, ect ect ect. She showed him she didn't need his a*%. Cute song. A peace of mind is a start Rea. But don't forget you can do it without him, hang in there it will get better. If you'd like someone to talk to just PM me. Hugs susie I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
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From: Dede
Date: 02-03-2006, 07:58 AM (73 of 76)
Sorry about your situation Rea; you will be fine. Everything happens for a reason and you will make the best of it. 2006 is a year for change, to turn the page and to start over in the best way possible. I've seen it happen with a lot of people already and smiles are in everybody's face. Roll up your sleeve and do what you have to with an open heart and a smile and you'll see everything falling into place. Life has a way of healing one's wounds.  Let your soon to be ex play with his new friend and do not gloat with he realizes it isn't working out the way he hoped it would.
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From: pucktricks
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:48 AM (74 of 76)
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I'm more posting this to remind me to come back and read all of these later, and say HI! I miss you guys, I've had like zero time to keep up with what all is going on with everyone. So, now I'm trying to get back into the swing of things before it all goes nuts again. Ticia |
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 02-03-2006, 02:22 PM (75 of 76)
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Rea, Sorry to hear about your problem...but like Susie said, everything happens for a reason. My husband of 24 years left me for "MEN". At least yours was interested in women!!! Not to be taken lightly...I have a wonderful man that loves me and takes care of me. Just keep your head up and know you have a lot of friends out here with big shoulders to cry on! Thanks everyone also for the input on my gall bladder. Wasn't ready for the pain that followed, but know it will be better as I get a few more days under my belt...forgot, no belts for a while! Sue |
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From: Hogmami
Date: 02-04-2006, 12:13 AM (76 of 76)
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Glad to hear the Gall Bladder went good. I had mine out 30 years ago on Feb 14th. Don't miss it at all.
Carolyn
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