Seen at the city limits of a town near here:
"Speed limit - FLOORBOARD!"
I've never tested that theory while driving through the town, but it is amusing nonetheless. The sign has been up for years so I guess they haven't had anybody making trouble because of it.
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For those that don't have fb, Taco's Mama passed away this morning. Be in prayer for him and Elona. He's trying to get things in order to go home to preach the funeral.. :cry:
I missed seeing that somehow. :( Prayers.
Aww. They've sure had their share of trials lately.
:(
Losing your mother is tough. Ugh.
Losing any parent is rough. :sadbounce:
Been a long day. Went over to a friend's house for a bit, then came home. Lou has picked up a part time job at a local restaurant because she wants extra spending money.
Funny how she can have people begging her to come work for them, but I tried for 6 months to find a part time gig and couldn't get a call back.:smirk:
Go figure. I didn't want to work more anyway. I just wanted more money for my car hobby. :freaky:
That's why I prefer a computer hobby. They are cheaper and the old ones don't sit around in the yard - they sit around in the room where nobody sees them. :D
Hey Ruby, a thought - if this salsa is going big-business, where's the paypal? I know they charge the seller per transaction but usually it's worth it. And are you going ebay, amazon or both?
Quote from: Lynx on June 10, 2016, 10:18:49 AMThat's why I prefer a computer hobby. They are cheaper and the old ones don't sit around in the yard - they sit around in the room where nobody sees them. :D
Hey Ruby, a thought - if this salsa is going big-business, where's the paypal? I know they charge the seller per transaction but usually it's worth it. And are you going ebay, amazon or both?
But- your computers aren't used as a decorative component. My old cars are, and are often used as photo props too. :hypocrite:
Lord I will be glad when today is over. It's Friday, and I have ALL week off next week for cars,car, and more cars. And Uncles. And, of course,I get to host Sasquatch in his annual appearance in my area. I intend to use him to get handicapped parking and other age-related benefits. :lol: (He got a discounted meal the other day due to a senior discount, for those of you not on facebook. I told him it was understandable- lack of hair on top, abundance of hair in the ears, complete lack of style in clothing- old age. Completely understandable. He was NOT pleased that I pointed that out.)
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Quote from: Roscoe on June 10, 2016, 12:45:49 PMAnd, of course,I get to host Sasquatch in his annual appearance in my area. I intend to use him to get handicapped parking and other age-related benefits. :lol: (He got a discounted meal the other day due to a senior discount, for those of you not on facebook. I told him it was understandable- lack of hair on top, abundance of hair in the ears, complete lack of style in clothing- old age. Completely understandable. He was NOT pleased that I pointed that out.)
You live in Arkansas. Which is proof enough that you are handicapped already.
And I think the age related benefits were for my wife, she just doesn't want to admit it...muhahahahaha
Quote from: Lynx on June 10, 2016, 10:18:49 AMHey Ruby, a thought - if this salsa is going big-business, where's the paypal? I know they charge the seller per transaction but usually it's worth it. And are you going ebay, amazon or both?
Right now we're invoicing through paypal, but we're working toward using a program that will integrate inventory, bookkeeping, and shipping all in one. Ebay and Amazon? Pffft. Neither. We're going into grocery stores. :D
Well, okay, I MIGHT do that, but.... I'd kind of rather not. For now, I plan to market primarily in the northwest... stores that are known for carrying local products. (We'll keep selling to individuals across the U.S. that want to order direct, but I want to keep moving more and more toward stores carrying our salsa, so I won't have as much bookkeeping to keep track of. lol And hopefully, the business will grow faster that way, too.) Then, as the Pirate Ringo's Salsa name starts getting known, we'll grow to meet demand in other states. Oh, and we do have our own website (not fully functioning for salsa yet, since we can't sell to anyone except friends and family until we're fully licensed, but still, we have the domain) so we can continue to sell via that, as well.
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:hi: I've been paroled! Or furloughed. Or something. I don't have to think about parolees for a week....
Gonna sleep in tomorrow, then probably do a bit more work on the yard, and run around in the old truck. My change out the 02 sensor too...I think he's running a bit rich, and I've had the sensor in for a week but no time.
Ruby: Well, a friend of a friend of a friend told me that her friend's friend wanted some... :teeth: Guess they have heard that one at the licensing place.
When y'all start the factory going, make sure a family member is head of quality control. I HATE it when a really good brand of something goes pro, then goes cheap, then starts tasting like every other brand on the shelf.
Ok Ruby...settle this for me, I've got two jars of salsa from you so far, and they are dark maroon almost brown in color and it's pretty spicy...(well the first jar was, the second one is still unopened.) and Barb got two jars and she said that the darker one was the hot hot one she ordered...but the lighter red one was the mild? I told her the one like mine must be regular heat and the lighter red must be hot hot...
Which is it? And what is this other one you talk about? The 8 (or was it 6) something sauce...
How many flavors or heats are available?
BTW...I finished my first jar yesterday and I'm trying VERY VERY hard NOT to open the second...because I need to eat the other two jars of my cousins salsa too...hers isn't canned and I'm afraid it will go bad if I don't hurry and eat it. Lol
PLUS, I was trying to wait till we had a thing at the church and I wanna give samples to try and boost your clientele. So I wanted to save my newest jar for that.
OOOO! What if you sent me, 6 jars of the regular flavor, or whatever it is I have, and I take them with me and let ppl sample MY jar, and I'll sell the others to them right there...I can divide the shipping cost up for the number of jars you send and add to the price and you could send in a flat rate box. So the shipping would be cheaper per jar and I could sell them all and give the people cheaper shipping...get them hooked and they will pay later.
I could give your FB info and order forms. Lol
In fact...could you make up and send order forms out to distribute with sauce?
I KNOW I could sell some here. I even know the owner of the local grocery chain I used to work at...he buys local made goods too...
Just some stuff to think about. ;)
Melody - LOL!! I want to say yes, yes, yes, and yes, to most of that, BUT.... we're not licensed yet. :P To answer your questions... the darker red is the Original PRS flavor/heat, and I would say it's on the warm end of medium. The lighter red color that Barb has is the mild prototype (called Pieces of Eight) and that recipe he's still playing with. Pieces of Eight is the one I fell in love with. Not just because it's more mild heat, but the flavor is absolutely stunning. (I'm not just saying that 'cause Pirate Ringo is my hubby, either. It's seriously my favorite salsa I've ever tried.) Not too many people have tried that one yet (mostly a few local friends) and we haven't got the recipe set yet, but it's close. The other problem with PoE is that it's considerably more expensive to make. He's talked about just keeping that one as a family and friends only thing, just for special occasions or something because of that. But.... I don't know. It's seriously amazing, and if I can come up with a cheaper supplier for some of the ingredients, maybe we could make it work. He may very well be right about it being cost-prohibitive though. It's a lot more time consuming too, which is going to KILL profits when we go to the co-packer. We shall see. Right now we're losing money on every jar, but that's to be expected at this point in the game. :)
Quote from: Lynx on June 11, 2016, 08:10:14 AMWhen y'all start the factory going, make sure a family member is head of quality control. I HATE it when a really good brand of something goes pro, then goes cheap, then starts tasting like every other brand on the shelf.
No kidding. Once we can get the recipe tested for pH levels and such, and get it tested at the state, we're planning to be present at the co-packer for that very reason. It's not going to be the same as it is making it from home - it can't be. But we're going to keep it as close as possible. Maybe we should hire you for quality control. ;) :D
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Ya'll are killing me with the salsa. I WANT some. BUT- I have upcoming unpleasantness that requires me to run extensively. And not only am I a tightwad, I also will sit down and down the whole jar and two bags of calorie laden chips, chased with a nice drink, in one sitting..
Thus causing me more weight to carry. When I get done with the Academy though....that jar and bags o chips are MINE.
In sharing, I got up this morning, got a haircut, and bought a buffer and car wax. An hour later Rusty looked great and the buffer went back to Walmart because it quit working on the last fender, making me dig out the old buffer.
Then Hayden and Chey talked me into a roadtrip. An hour later, we were at the little Ozark waterfall swimming hole. They swam for an hour or so when white trash came along. Why some folks think that it's necessary to drink alcohol, cuss and smoke cigarettes while in one of God's most beautiful places is beyond me. It's almost like a church for me- so peaceful and quiet it's like God's outdoor cathedral and I don't want to even speak loud, silly as that is. These buffoons had no such convictions, so we left and spent the next hour or so on back roads until we found a hidden tiny campground on a Ozark mountain creek. Perfect for our first teardrop adventure!
After the kiddos swam a while longer there, we met Lou for dinner at CICI's buffet pizza, and I got drug into the Shoe Carnival, where I discovered that the Carnival's fool/clown of the day was me, after having to buy shoes for the family. Domino and me were the only ones that were not treated- we's still havin' to bare-foot hoof it.:pound:
Quote from: Roscoe on June 12, 2016, 03:44:41 AMYa'll are killing me with the salsa. I WANT some. BUT- I have upcoming unpleasantness that requires me to run extensively. And not only am I a tightwad, I also will sit down and down the whole jar and two bags of calorie laden chips, chased with a nice drink, in one sitting..
Thus causing me more weight to carry. When I get done with the Academy though....that jar and bags o chips are MINE.
The conspiracy is nearly complete.
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"I also will sit down and down the whole jar and two bags of calorie laden chips, chased with a nice drink, in one sitting.."
Sounds like a good plan.
From roughly 9am this morning until 12ish, I had bad close to a perfect morning. The kiddos wanted to go back to swim, and I needed to "test-pull" the camper, so we headed back to the little mountain stream. Only about 3 feet deep or so, the water is so clear you can see the rocks on the bottom....and it has quite the current. And it was COLD at first.
We parked and set up, and even I trundled out into the water with my old jeans and shirt. Just got out there like a fat old hippo, and sat down up to my neck in the shade while the kiddos played in the rapids.
It's my new favorite places. No one else there, other than the group of canoeist? that paddled through.
As I sat and soaked, with the trickling sound of the water, the frogs croaking and the kids squealing, all I could think of is how blessed I am, not only to live in this wonderful country, but to have the time to spend like this with those I love. I just wished Lou would've went, but she didn't want to. I said a prayer that the kids would always have the opportunity and would take the time to enjoy this in their lives.
I was at lunch today with friends and I was talking about your salsa, and I got a couple of ladies very interested...but I've run into a snag...is the salsa gluten free? I have a salsa lover who loves the smokey flavored kind, and I almost had her sold...until I realized she is on a very limited diet and she needs to know if it's gluten free. Even if she has seasonings with a HINT of gluten, she has reactions. She's very sensitive.
I will double check with Chris, but I'm 99% positive it's completely GF.
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To the best of our knowledge, both flavors are completely GF. (And you can tell her that I've had experience with having to go GF for a while, so I know to check even off-the-wall stuff you'd never suspect.)
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Awesome. Ill tell Jessica. :)
Also, Ruby..since Jenn and Isaac are not on FB, isn't there something you should tell them? I know Jenn would be especially happy. Lol
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Now I'm all curious.
Yes. I'm still alive. I've been sick off and on for 3 weeks now. It's all sinus *Oh my, I need to improve my vocabulary*. After finally breaking down and getting some sudafed it seems to be breaking up. I just hate the way that stuff makes me feel.
Been at my summer job for over a week now. Just have to keep telling myself it's just for summer.
This week I have my parents dog with me while they are off to the beach. It's like taking care of 2 hyped up children.
Brandon's car is tore up and thankfully my mom let me borrow hers for the week at least until we can figure out what exactly it is and if/when we can afford it.
Quote from: MelodyB on June 13, 2016, 12:19:48 PMAwesome. Ill tell Jessica. :)
Also, Ruby..since Jenn and Isaac are not on FB, isn't there something you should tell them? I know Jenn would be especially happy. Lol
Ummm yes, do tell. Or someone tell. :demand:
Yuck Heather. Sorry you're still feeling the yuckies. Sudafed makes my heart pound, I hate it.
*grin* I was just thinking that, as I signed in.
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Congratulations! Is this kid 12 or 13?
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Seriously, congrats!
haha congrats
Thanks! Well.... Guess it depends on how you count, Mini. :D
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I suppose congratulations are in order... As long as it does not hold up the salsa shipments. :demand:
Haha! Well, it might while I'm in the hospital having a C-section, but your shipment went out today, so I think you're safe for now.... ;)
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I can't wait to hear what Isaac thinks about the salsa and what all he uses it on!
Im dying for more ideas!
:hi: Got up this morning, and cleaned the yard up. Then backed the camper into the carport and tore it half apart to fix somethings that annoyed me, and put windows in. I think I can call it done, except for some minor trim work. While I was installing the windows, a friend gave me two gallons of Polyurethane, so I gave it two coats, and then Chey painted the interior a pretty "Hawaiian Teal" color she picked out. Very 1950's and appropriate.
A queen size air mattress fits in it...but the girls have taken it over and are staying in it tonight.
Car show starts tomorrow!! :clap: :clap:
Bobby: That sounds about right. Girls or boys, kids would want to use it for a camp-out.
Quote from: SippinTea on June 13, 2016, 09:57:46 PMHaha! Well, it might while I'm in the hospital having a C-section, but your shipment went out today, so I think you're safe for now.... ;)
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Has it become so routine that you're already planning for a C-section? o.O
I remember Steven Wright saying he was born that way. He said there were no side effects... but when he leaves a room he always goes out through the window.
Lookie Here! I found the new sharing thread!
Chel, it's about time. ;) :D
Isaac, no, but unfortunately, because Teddy and the tiny one are only going to be 16 months apart, there's a good chance of rupturing my incision if I go into labor. :/ I'd prefer that not happen. I never wanted to have a C section at all, with any kids, but last time we had no choice, and this time.... well, we kind of have no choice again. :/ But it's okay. No, I don't WANT another surgery. But I'd rather baby got here in a way that was safe for both of us. :) Aaaand at least this time I know what to expect so I'm not completely terrified like I was last time. lol Besides, between God and the best doctor in the area, I think both I and the tiny one are going to be just fine. :)
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It's so hot & humid. It's rained so much this year it's just now getting hot but the humidity is rough.
Ruby: Salsa arrived. How long did it take you to pack that? It sure was packed shatter-proof though, I gotta say. I guess you heard about the elderly man who was mailing a package, and he was obviously a former USPS employee because he wrote on it, "Fragile. Throw underhand."
I got all the jars disinterred though, and I tried a bit of both kinds on the spot. I tried the mild first, so my mouth wouldn't be burnt-out when I tried it. Then I tried just a bit of the original. Gotta say I like the flavor of the original better, but the heat was a bit much. I know if you reduced the heat it would change the balance of peppers, thus the flavor, so a mild version of the original is not an option. It was good though. Uncle Fred said aunt Lucy is cooking chicken tonight so he'll give the salsa a try on chicken.
That original is sneaky though. The heat is a slow-burn kind. I initially thought, "Hey this isn't so bad." Then the slow-burn caught up with me.
One thought: Take a bit of salsa and a bit of sour cream and you have a wonderful dip for fries. Or tater tots or onion rings or fried green beans or about anything fried, or for celery sticks or carrot sticks or... anything dippable that is not fruit.
Salsa and sour cream also goes really good on an omelette. Just so you know. I knew this before I got your salsa though. I'm gonna have an omelette for breakfast tomorrow, just because.
I put a dollop of sour cream and some PRS in a bowl and dip my cheese quesadillas in it! It's soooo good!
Bah. You buncha salsa addicts. :pound:
Well. Been a busy, fun week so far. And Sam the 52 has scored some brake and clutch pedal pads, and a shiny chrome emblem for his hood. Sad that I kept looking through the swap meet for parts for a truck that I shall apparently never own again because I sold it to a selfish greedy gut truck hog. :P
I scored a SWEET seat for Rusty though, and I may have found the perfect solution for hiding the air conditioning I'm installing in the teardrop, if I can just catch the guy at his stall...don't know why he'd rent a space,haul stuff up to sell, then never be around the space to take money. :pound:
He's doing the same thing you're doing - looking around at all the stuff everybody else brought to sell. :cool: Sometimes we have the same problem at the local flea market.
So apparently my father in law has surgery this morning. Brandon forgot to tell me til yesterday that is was today.
Also I can already tell that this dog situation is not going to work out. 1 dog, yes. Going to get his rebellious, hard headed, refusing to be housetrained black lab with Whisk, no. He has done NOTHING to help out with Whisk [and Huxley-my parents dog who is here til Saturday] for the past week. He even forgot to put them up Sunday morning when i asked if it was ok to leave them in the yard to play while he worked on his car. Dreama [my neighbor/landlady] put them up when she got home from church because she got here before me. :roll: I can do 1 dog [and even Hux because he's a chill dog] but I'm NOT doing 1 dog and that pig headed brat of his.
Rant over. I have to go to work. Where we fry a lot of stuff. Lol.
Isaac - I didn't work a freight job for nothin'. :biglaugh: And while I know the current packaging methods are unorthodox (since we don't have pre-formed boxes and bubble bags yet) I also know how to pack fragile items (mostly) safely. Basically, if you put "Fragile" on anything, it means "throw it harder". You're better off to not put any labels, and just make sure you pack correctly. ;)
*Hugs* Heather
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Roscoe called us "salsa addicts"...
/me sits back to watch him come over to the dark side when he tastes PRS for himself.
Bwahahaha!
Quote from: SippinTea on June 16, 2016, 02:16:15 PMIsaac - I didn't work a freight job for nothin'. :biglaugh: And while I know the current packaging methods are unorthodox (since we don't have pre-formed boxes and bubble bags yet) I also know how to pack fragile items (mostly) safely. Basically, if you put "Fragile" on anything, it means "throw it harder". You're better off to not put any labels, and just make sure you pack correctly. ;)
*Hugs* Heather
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Ah, THAT explains it! And it fits my impression. I got the feeling it was a professional job done with home materials.
Never know when a previous job experience will come in handy. :cool:
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Everyone must be busy today...
Wore slap out. Will post more later...
Well. I'll just modify this instead of typing a new post. :P
Been a busy week. Uncle Ron came down and we enjoyed our usual running around/drooling at the carshow. Wasn't very many Dr Peppers drank though. We shifted mainly to bottled water because it was so hot.
Then Chellebelle, Germ, and family came over Friday. We started off by going to my favorite hidden campsite I spoke of and spent a couple hours in the water....AFTER Germ and I chased down the women. Apparently, Ole Rusty drug the camper quite well and at some point we got ahead of them a bit. When we turned off the paved highway, they didn't see us and we watched as they sailed by, oblivious to us. We chased them up hills and around curves, dragging the camper for about 5 miles.. :biglaugh:
But when we got back to the campsite we had an amazing time. I was semi-threatened by Chellebelle though. I'm pretty sure the only way to take it was a threat. Or a warning.... :o Germ began talking about building a teardrop like mine for Sam and camping in general, and I heard.."ROSCOE! First it was old trucks, then radios....and NOW..." :pound:
I get the distinct impression that Sasquatch has successfully transferred the blame for HIS hobbies onto my back, although I'm innocent as usual. :hypocrite:
We all had a blast though, and the guys went back after the carshow yesterday and played in the stream couple miles up the road, where we found a swimming hole so deep Germ couldn't touch the bottom. Cold,clear mountain streams...ah, they're awesome.
Maybe Germ will post some pics...if he doesn't I'll try to upload some...
I just can't believe the week is already over. :sadbounce: Now I'll spend the next two weeks getting caught up.
I'm still full of boogers and coughing.
My sister is coming up today so we are all congregating at my parents for Father's Day.
Dad has chemo this week.
Brandon's car is still tore up but we have ordered the part.
Hux is gone home and I'm pretty sure Whisk has done nothing but sleep since he went home yesterday.
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Ugh.
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What's up Mel?
:hi: Made it through the first day back. Incredibly busy. Cody came over tonight and got the Corvette back on the road.Tomorrow, I'll spend time cleaning the yard up after work...finally.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on June 21, 2016, 01:19:52 AMWhat's up Mel?
I'm just having blah days. I get up and go to work and come home and eat and sleep and get up and go to work...I miss my Mom so bad. She was so aggravating...but I had something in. My life to DO, to take care of...a purpose really. Without my parents to take care of, I feel so lost and alone. I mean I'm taking care of ME, and I'm doing ok, so far, but I just feel BLAH.
I like my job, but with the hours I'm getting I'm just barely gonna survive, and I don't want that. I don't know wether to try to find another and switch jobs again so soon, or stick it out and hope that my hours will bump up like she promised me in the first place.
This may sound selfish, but what I would really like is a husband who had a GOOD job that could support both of us and I could stay home and take care of the house and have dinner ready and spoil him.
I would spoil him so much! Lol
My ultimate goal or dream is to be a stay at home housewife/mother. But it really doesn't look like that's ever gonna happen. Even if there was a man come along...idk if I can trust him after the Allen mess. I loved him and I was sure (and so was my Pastor and others) that we were perfect for each other, and we really were, HE was the one who stepped out of the will of God and went astray. If he hadn't, we would still be together.
So how can I trust that won't happen again.
Ok...too deep and personal for 3am. I gotta get ready for work. Lol
I'm ok. Just say a prayer for me.
"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
- C. Kingsley
Mel are you saying you don't have anything in life to be enthusiastic about?
Not exactly. I'm happy that I can survive on my own again...even though up till now I've had help. I really don't know how to explain how I feel. I've just been blah. That's the best I got to explain.
Gonna try to go to the college this afternoon after work and talk to financial aid and check out class requirements.
Maybe if I get a busier routine and get to school I won't have time for the Blahs.
On break at work now. I wish I could change the channel on the TV...but we are only allowed to watch ESPN, CNN or TWC. And the guys around here would really be upset if I changed it from ESPN since its Final Four week. That's all they talk about around here. Lebron Lebron Lebron.
Lol
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Morning,all. Today I'm thankful for my bonus that will be on this paycheck. Very timely, since I spent $400 this morning for tires....but that'll outfit the 'vette for a year or so, and fix the tire that died on the teardrop.
So much to do...
Hope everyone has a great day, we're gonna sweat to death here. Maybe over 100 degrees.
Quote from: MelodyB on June 21, 2016, 01:15:11 PMI really don't know how to explain how I feel. I've just been blah. That's the best I got to explain.
I understand being able to not explain it completely Melbs. I'm with you! :hug:
School sounds like it could be a good plan though. I really don't see any reason as to why they would deny you aid. Let me know how it goes!
I am not able to get financial aid for the CNA classes I want to take, not because of me, but because they don't cover those classes. Plus they are at the other college about an hour and a half away...and I need $600 to pay for it.
I'm currently trying to find another way. There are other places that offer the classes/certification, I just have to find them.
The college was little to no help today. :smirk2:
Sending you a big hug, Mel.
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Lebron? Isn't that the country that sells oil to the USA? Or is that the country where they had all those protests over the national budget?
Just kidding of course. Even I know Lebron is a guy in sports. I'm not sure what kind of sports, but some kind.
Mel-if you believe me or not, I seriously hadn't even read any of this before I called you today. :cool: [and ps it was the NBA Finals. Final Four is college basketball generally in March]
Dad had his 1st day of chemo for this round today. All his bloodwork came back great again. We have 2 more days.
My hair is no longer pink. I'll miss it but I will NOT miss the upkeep. I'm actually back to what I remember my natural color to be. We'll see if my memory still serves me in a few weeks when my roots pop out. lol.
I am totally not haing a stellar morning. Slept poorly last night with weird dreams that I don't remember, just that they were weird. Then I had to look for my keys for 45 minutes before discovering they were on the guest bed, under some clothes I need to hang up. Bah. On top of that, I just feel kinda cruddy today. :pound: and it's church night, which I need no doubt, but will have to push myself to make it..
It's been a bad day. Dad has had a bad day. Mom was cranky. Brandon has been in a foul mood. I'm calling it a night because we get to do chemo again tomorrow. I'm so glad I took Friday off too.
Did everyone melt? Where are y'all?
It's hot enough to melt.
I've been exceedingly busy at work. No time to do much more than pop in here in the mornings before all hades breaks loose. I usually keep godplace open in the background, but not much time to comment.:-/
:hi: Morning all. Thank GOD it is Friday. Gonna take it easy and do some much needed work and lounging around the house, then Saturday night we have a youth service at church. Glad that this is a "no plans" weekend. The last couple weeks have been booked....
And in sharing, I hate some people. Someone hacked one of our seldom used cards that we have been trying to pay off. Fortunantly the card company declined it because it was from an area that I don't frequent, for $770. Then I find they have hit me for a $49 charge on xbox, a $79 Microsoft and another $49 Microsoft charge- none of which we have made. Disputed and cancelled that card. :pound:
I have yet to get out of my jammies today. Seeing as it is 830 pm, it's probably not going to happen.
Bella has not been as atrocious as I expected her to be. She has yet to use our floors as her personal bathroom but she also refuses to listen to me. :roll:
I go back to work tomorrow and oddly I'm looking forward to it. It's a welcome distraction to my dad's condition.
I haven't melted yet, but I've been a bit preoccupied taking care of sick kiddos. Blah. Not even sure how long it's been since I've been at church. Two weeks, perhaps?? Can't remember.
Kickstarter isn't going through, it appears. We have three days left to reach goal, and we're at 3% funding. :updown: But it's okay. We prayed that God would open the right doors, and close the wrong ones, and.... well, recovering from a C section smack in the middle of having to ship out all the rewards/incentives would have been a small nightmare. But He knew that. We plan to just keep moving forward as we were, and if our client base seems big enough by next summer to try again.... I dunno; maybe we'll try a relaunch. We shall see. We'll get there eventually, with or without Kickstarter. It'll just take us a bit longer without it. :)
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I spoke too soon about husband's horrible dog. :roll: she decided my closet rug was her personal potty as well as an old pillow near the desk in our living room. She's officially on probation. She has 2 weeks and if nothing changes, she's going back to grandma's house. Whisk has decided since Bella won't listen, then she doesn't either......
Came to check on dad after work. Please continue praying for him. Each round of chemo is harder and harder on him. He said today his chest has hurt all day like his tumor are trying to escape and find somewhere else to grow. I have no idea where I get my flair for the dramatics.......
Ruby: Sorry to hear that. Perhaps more advertising next go-round?
Bobby: Sorry to hear about that too. Some might think me paranoid but I only keep one debit card, linked to a checking account, and only as much in the account as I plan to spend. And overdraft protection is off - I don't want them draining $300 I don't have just because the bank wants to "protect" me from bouncing checks.
Oh, and in other news... You said Mini is copying your hobbies one by one. I'm sure you have heard that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. :teeth:
:hi:
Isaac, his copying my hobbies is a great thing. His blaming ME for them is NOT. :lol:
Had youth service tonight. Got to meet some...interesting people.
Guy has a cool car, and likes much of the same things I do, but he has some truly different spiritual beliefs.
I think next weekend, I may go camping. I've meant to fir weeks and still haven't slept the first time in the camper.
Ah, so you will lead your friend down the path of darkness... er, of wasting time but you do not wish to be blamed for it. I see how it is. :eyebrow:
Exactly.
And lands it's hot outside. Started some work on cleaning out the RV port in preparation of hopefully organizing it, on the way to enclosing it into another place to store old cars. I am out of space and NEED more space. With a bit of organizing, hauling off and scrapping some things, I will be able to hide stuff and make the place look a little better.
Ruby, Fuzzy, Chel... anybody else who knows anything about baking, I need some help. I need a chocolate crust that won't dissolve into whatever I'm baking on top of it.
See, I've been fiddling around with baked chocolate pudding lately. Same recipe as chocolate pudding on the stove top, but bake it in the oven. So I wanted to put a crust under it. Everything I try dissolves into the pudding mixture when I bake it. Chocolate pudding before cooking seems to be just too thin, it seeps down into whatever is under it.
And yes I have tried baking the crust and THEN baking the pudding on top of it. Still doesn't work.
Why not put the crust on top?
That's where it always winds up anyway. That's the problem.
:hi:
Ya'll certainly got quiet on here lately. Ya need to speak up! :pound:
Ugh. It's Monday again, and ever closer to the academy junk I gotta go do. :pound: It's also my mama's 72nd birthday, not that she will know. I just want to go hide somewhere today. Plan on spending a large portion of my day hiding in my corner office away from people. I wish I could take off and spend a day by myself, getting things caught up, or even better on some mountain creek bank alone.
I didn't sleep well last night. I tossed and turned. Flipped and flopped like a fish outta water.
A day off with no people, no noise, no distractions sounds nice. New(ish) boss is back from RI and he's here this morning hooping and hollering like a banshee. He's just so talkative, and so loud, and ACK. My previous She boss was soooooo quiet like abnormally. Such an adjustment to make for me. He was in RI ALL of last week, the peace and quiet was bliss.
Three-day weekend coming up though! Also doing community service in Habitat For Humanity's ReStore on Saturday.
I need 5 hours for my National Society for Leadership & Success leadership award. It's the last piece I need to get a $1,000 award.
Also applied for several remote/telecommute part-time jobs over the weekend to get some extra monies. Just struggling with it all. Rent's about to go up too, causing me major internal distress.
New boss gave me a box of Turkish delight with a paper in it about Ramadan. :roll:
You can't temp me sir! I got Jesus! :demand:
:laughat:
Smile politely, take the Turkish delight and send it to me. :teeth:
Quote from: Lynx on June 27, 2016, 05:44:01 PMSmile politely, take the Turkish delight and send it to me. :teeth:
It was gross. I took a bite out of several pieces, and then promptly threw it in the trash. Sorry. lol
That's a shame. Good turkish delight is a treat fit for the gods, as they say. Bad turkish delight is... disappointing.
:hi:
We use to have some Turkish folk that would set up a table every session at the Capitol and give away different Turkish foods. Some good, some....weird. Nasty, even.
Made it through the day. We had a going away party for a coworker that is retiring. And what kind of food, out of all the foods in the world , do they chose? Mexican. AKA MexCAN'T to me. :pound: I brave it, and ate of it, knowing I was dancing with the devil doing so. And I paid. Dear Lord, did I pay.. :sick:
Never again. NEVER. Especially not in an office with six ladies- And a bathroom that measures 4 foot x4 foot.
Speaking of turkish delight... I'll make the obligatory Narnia reference.
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/prudence.png)
Moments later the White Witch rolls up. She is confused, but tries to tempt the rover with a firmware upgrade.
I made a Narnia reference earlier, but the board ate it.
Urgh. Lord. Is it Friday yet?!? :pound:
Nope, but already Tuesday.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on June 28, 2016, 04:45:57 PMNope, but already Tuesday.
Already?!? What you smokin'?? This week be draaaaaaaggggin' by...
Right. As if we are going to tell a parole officer what we are smoking. You are not going to get us that easily.
More like why is it only Tuesday? But I am glad it's not Monday anymore.
Actually, hubby has the smoker lit but nothing on it yet. ;)
Isaac, everyone confesses to the parole officer. 'Cause I'll find out anyway. Once they in my office, they MINE. I have drug tests on the shelf.
And slightly off the topic, it's kinda shocking to have one of the parole officers go to get one of the test and hear them say, "Crud. We're outta Meth." :lol:
Dad had a bad weekend. He's starting to feel some better but there are a LOT of naps in his life right now.
Husband and I went to my home church this weekend. I've been praying about going back. It's my home church after all. I was surprised that Brandon voluntarily went with me. He did admit prior to service that he doesn't like any church because he feels conviction the whole time he's there. After service and going to take care of my dad, we talked on the way home and he said he could get used to going there with no prompting from me. I'm taking it as an answer to my prayers.
Also Brandon has decided that Mel just needs to move up here. She hasn't budged yet though.
His dog has thankfully stopped relieving herself in my closet, but I've been told she barks the entire time both of us are gone. :roll:
Quote from: Roscoe on June 28, 2016, 08:00:30 PMIsaac, everyone confesses to the parole officer. 'Cause I'll find out anyway. Once they in my office, they MINE. I have drug tests on the shelf.
And slightly off the topic, it's kinda shocking to have one of the parole officers go to get one of the test and hear them say, "Crud. We're outta Meth." :lol:
HA! That's fantastic! Wish I had been there.
http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2016/06/05
Pure genius!
:hi: Back at work. HAd a guy offer to trade me a Jeep plus cash for the 'vette. I'd love a Jeep, and this one had all kinds of goodies- but sadly was a four cylinder. No power. I'm gonna pass, but man, I want a Jeep...
I would eventually like a Jeep as well. Brandon seems to think I'd get myself in trouble though if I had one. I have no idea why he would think that. It could be because when I had the Passport there was a lot of 'I can do that' that made him nervous. :cool:
Sorry to double post but what do you all use to change your avatar? I used to use photobucket but every time I get on there it's a complete mess and won't let me do anything past load a photo onto it. It's aggravating!
I use photobucket too. but I have to do it from the actual website and not from the app. It is a pain though. That sites not very mobile friendly.
Yeah, me and photobucket have nearly parted ways over their pain in the rear actions. They used to be easy, but they've "improved" it and made it difficult to use. :pound:
And a Jeep would probably get me in trouble too. Offroading and a capable vehicle like that makes me feel ten feet tall and bulletproof- even when it's obvious I'm not. :lol:
I'm trying to use the site from my laptop and all it's doing is spinning trying to load and bombarding me with ads. Ugh. All I want to do is resize a picture!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Sandra, what would it take to convince Clarence he needs to smoke chipotles, etc, and become our supplier?? :D
Just in case anyone here wants the info (and isn't on the PRS FB page) we have a few jars of all three heats/flavors on the shelf right at the moment. I don't think that's ever happened before. LOL So if you want/need some, tell me quick. ;)
Feeling a little weirded out right now. There's an individual who left church a while back under some pretty yucky circumstances, but they love C's salsa. When they found out via FB that he's finally selling it, they started promoting it, and I got a message earlier today saying they have a customer who wants to buy some. They want to know if I'll ship some to them. :roll: Uh, most local people just pick-up, but whatever. It feels.... odd. You don't want to be around church anymore, you walked away from a bunch of people who love you, and you want to pretend nothing's happened and buy salsa from me?? Awkward. I wish we were already in stores locally so I could just tell him to go buy one off the shelf. lol
Teddy is still acting pretty grumpy. So out of character for my usually happy baby. I'm assuming he's still not feeling well.
:beret:
I can't wait to try the other two heats!
And on the Friday topic...I'm NOT looking forward to Friday THIS week... Work has been blissfully SSSSLLLLLOOOOWWWW these last couple weeks of the month, and since Friday is the first, and the third is on Sunday, EVERYONE will get their goverment checks and such on Thursday at midnight...that means they will be hitting the fast food for breakfast and make us busy. And something is wrong with our air conditioning in the back and I have been pouring sweat the last few days, and that's with it not being busy. I can't imagine when we actually have to hustle!
But, I'm not really complaining. The Lord has blessed me with this job and I am making it on my own now. I really like the job too, dispite the heat and the crazy first-of-the-month people.
Oh shoot, I didn't think about that! We're gonna get killed at our workplace too...
*Lynx goes off to invest in some body armor.
We will also be slammed this weekend but not because of the 1st. It's because it's the 4th on Monday and our diner is located 1.5ish miles from the lake and the public boat dock. I was warned that last year they were lined out the door, across the porch, and into the parking lot. People were apparently parking along the highway.
Ruby-As someone who has been in and out of church for various reasons, I can assure you it is awkward on their end as well. Just roll with it and maybe it'll be a way for them to reconnect to some church people. You never know.
Service last night was awesome. I'm so glad we decided to go back. I even had a good conversation with my ex and his wife [who I LOVE] last night and it wasn't awkward at all. Brandon got home from work and asked if I'd gone to church there. When I said yes, he said he was glad because that's where he wants to go! Woo!!
:hi: Nothing to report, really. Had a visiting preacher last night. Stomped all over my toes. Preached on gluttoney- but not necessarily food, but things.
:hi: ya'll need to POST!! :pound:
Thank God it is Friday. I am ready for this three day weekend. I have ZERO that has to be done, and a ton that NEEDS to be done. Bottom line is, I'll do exactly what I want to, nothing more. :lol:
Coincidentally that's what I do too... might be why not much gets done around here.
But you are not me and you will probably do more than I would have done. I would not have built a teardrop camper.
Quote from: Roscoe on July 01, 2016, 12:57:00 PM:hi: ya'll need to POST!! :pound:
Thank God it is Friday. I am ready for this three day weekend. I have ZERO that has to be done, and a ton that NEEDS to be done. Bottom line is, I'll do exactly what I want to, nothing more. :lol:
Friday is just another day for me since I don't get Saturdays off
It's already hot this morning. :shine:
For us Saturday workers, Friday just doesn't hold that same pizzazz.
Dad is feeling so much better! Yay! I went by their house after work today. We were talking about our plans to go to Michigan the beginning of August. It's been 11 years since I've seen that part of my family. Plus my parents were awesome and gave me a pack of toilet paper and bough me a pizza. [It's a really horrible week for us financially.]
Brandon should be finishing up our landlady/neighbors porch this weekend. Also we will be finishing up some odd jobs for her mom. Then it'll be onto the next job for her in exchange for rent money.
Also, Brandon is already talking about being excited for church Sunday!! :cool:
Posts...
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2 posts in 2 days.
I still blame Roscoe.
Everything is Roscoe's fault. Everything.
:beret:
Hey! Ya can't blame me for anything! I is innocent....at least until proven guilty. :teeth:
So, got up early this morning. Chey and Boyband,aka Hayden- he got his nickname because he loves to grease his hair up in fashion that looks for all the world like a 1990s boyband- wanted to go prowling around in Rusty. We put a few miles on him. While 3 miles from nowhere on a dirt road on the mountains, Rusty pulls to the left. I stop and hear hissing...yep. nearly flat. No one anywhere around, no spare, and no jack. :pound: We limped along with a near flat those 3 miles, until we found a tiny country store. Bought their last tire plug kit that had probably hung on the wall for 20 years and a kind Samaritan used his air tank to air it up. .
That was a close one.:lol:
And for the last 4 hours I've been mowing. And decluttering..
I just want to cry. I blame being a woman. After just paying our bills and Brandon's cigarette addiction, we have $20 to our name. We also have a credit card bill and my car payment coming up before he gets paid again. Lord be with us.....
I'm sorry, Heather. *hugs*
The kids coaxed me into taking them camping last night. Borrowed a spare tire from Kim, just in case. Nearly to the campsite, I rounded a curve and heard a "thump". Tire jumped out of Rusty's shallow bed and disappeared into the underbrush. Looked last night until dark, the went back and looked this morning for a hour or better. Stupid thing vanished into thin air. Now I have to 1) tell kim I lost her wheel and tire and 2) replace it with another spare I had, and 3) go to the junkyard to find a replacement. She won't be happy. Neither am I.
And to make matters worse, after setting up and them swimming for a bit, around 9 o'clock they decided they didn't want to camp after all, so I wound up de-camping and go home. Lord.
News from my corner of the net:
I tried a new idea for dessert. The church was my guinea pig because we had a church dinner today. I took the crust from a fudge revel bar recipe, but instead of oats I ground them into oat flour. Then I put some chocolate pudding on top of that, but I doubled the eggs and added some cream cheese to the mix, then I threw in a bag of chocolate chips just for fun. Then I baked the whole mess, let it cool, then put some whipped cream and chocolate on top of that.
The crust turned out to be a bit much. Next time I do it with half the crust and twice the pudding.
Linux Mint 18 is out! Hooray! This means nothing to normal people, but to a nerd it means a must-download. Unfortunately I blew through my 5-gig-per-month faster than a friend of mine blows through a speed limit, so my data flow is severely restricted right now. Hooray for bit torrents that don't care about interruptions! I'll get the 1.7 gigabyte system file sometime tomorrow morning, according to my torrent manager.
After church dinner I got home... and realized I had left a flash drive at church that I had to have. Le sigh. Went back to church and it was a good thing I did go back to get that flash drive, because someone had left the fellowship hall door unlocked.
I'm glad it wasn't one of those low-profile flash drives. If you lose one of those, good luck! "Let's see... was it in this computer, or that one, or did I leave it in the computer in the sound booth...?"
I was dragging so much and almost decided to skip church yesterday. Last minute I got dressed and went. It was one of those services where you feel like the pastor has read your mail so to speak.
We are almost finished with that blasted porch! Today we are going to do yard work for Ms Wilma then to my FIL's house for a cookout. Tonight we are meeting up with friends from church for the city fireworks.
It's raining here. Very dreary kinda day. Have ribs in the smoker for later. Guess im just gonna lounge around today.
Went to Ms. Wilma's. Finished up some planting for her and painted her steps. Went ahead and watered her flowers for her as well since she's not feeling well today. As we were leaving she went above and beyond to bless us financially. We can now pay our electric, a credit card, and get some groceries and put gas in our vehicles. I'm so glad I decided to really buckle down with my tithe. I told husband I had to tithe from the amount given today and he looked at me like I was crazy.
I currently have 11 bug bites. Hope I don't get Zika virus!
Plus we had to replace the seal on our toiley. Now there will be no leaking or that uncomfortable rocking because the prior bolts were too short! Woo-hoo!
I am not easy to surprise or amaze, but something happened today that blew my mind!
Many a moon ago - about 10 years worth of moons ago, in fact - I used to work at a factory that currently is not in business here. For a short time we had a coworker there who was... well, I won't say what kind of church he went to, but it was well known for being strict about things that every other church doesn't even consider an issue. This guy was always looking for a debate. I mean actively looking; he would continually say things to bait people into arguments about the church standards he wanted to argue about. He was forever disparaging others for not believing as he did, and he made it very clear that the reason he was putting them down was because they didn't believe as he did.
I would always deflect the impending arguments for two reasons. One, I didn't think they would profit anything. "A man convinced against his will/is of his own opinion still" you know. The second, more important reason is because I remembered something Paul said. He was talking about people who believe certain things are bad and people who don't. He said if someone believes something is a sin, but that something is perfectly fine, if the man does it believing it is a sin then it is a sin to him. Doesn't matter if there's nothing in the world wrong with that thing, if he does it believing he shouldn't do it then it's a sin to him. So if I somehow WAS successful in debating this guy into a corner, I might be talking him into doing something he still believed in his heart was wrong. I thought that would not only be unprofitable, but a very wrong thing to do. So every time he tried to start a debate with me I would always demur.
Today I was outside changing the external trash can and this guy walks up to me. He introduced himself as the guy I used to work with and he starts talking about how he used to always argue with people about that stuff, and he apologizes for all the times he tried to start an argument. Ten years later. Totally out of the blue.
:eek!:
We had a nice chat and I got to explain to him why I always deferred debates back then. He would not have understood it back then but he understood well now. And I think he looked a lot better now than he did back then. He looked happier now.
Kinda boosted my faith in humanity. Not completely restored it of course, but helped it out a good little bit, for sure.
I got the sunburn yesterday. OUCH!!!
Thought we had our toiley fixed. Woke up today to water in the floor. Some moron put more flooring on top of the already existing floor like a bunch of lazy people. Now we have to go back in and remove enough of the top flooring so the seal will ACTUALLY seal. GRRRR!!!
Went downtown for the fireworks last night. Got there early to wonder around. Saw lightening in the distance. Checked my weather app and there was a severe storm coming our way. We power walked back to the car and within 2 minutes the dang thing hit!
Yeah, it was raining lightly here... but people were still out to see the fireworks. Crazy. I rolled my eyes and rolled away to my home.
What was I even doing out? I was at work until 9pm last night. On holidays there's this mysterious illness that sweeps through the population - particularly virulent, it seems, in the workforce - and people stay away from work in droves. I was at work until late on the 4th of July last year, if memory serves. I'm not complaining, as I will be getting overtime pay this week. :cool:
I worked yesterday too. I didn't really do much but I was here 6 hours. For the holiday overtime. Sho need the monies.
I didn't do anything last night. I was in a grumpy state.
Storm woke me up about 1. Lightening was so bright and kept cracking near me. Ugh.
All you people who wish you had something to do... I could sure use your help. Just let me know and we will work out a deal... Lol.
Who's wishing for more to do? I got a full plate. My problem is triage.
People called in at work again today - allegedly sick, and I bet they really do feel unwell, but I suspect the cause is not a bacterium or virus... >.> So I'm staying late again.
Yay, money! :D
I have plenty to do. It's been a busy day, dealing with wayward souls. A trying day, to be truthful. And I wound up working over an extra 15 minutes, which doesn't sound like much, but lord it feels like it. :pound:
Now- I'd LIKE to be installing the starter solenoid that came in today onto the Studebaker. BUT- I have got to get something together for tomorrow night. And I have nothing..
I had a lovely weekend. Except the fact we lost another Saint to death. :sadbounce:
He's doing fabulous now though, so we really have no reason to be sad. He had a very aggressive cancer the past few years.
Other than that it was awesome and my holiday was great. I'm just not as spry as I used to be, because staying out after 10 and then getting to work at 5am the next day almost killed me. I was dragging so bad, made a bunch of mistakes at work...my body just shut down when I got home. I went home, put on pjs, ate lunch and dozed in and out in the recliner till bedtime. Lol
Today I'm more awake, but I'm still gonna do nothing after I get off.
Middle age is not fun. Lol
Hey Bobby, speaking of those wayward souls... Are you allowed to preach a little at work? "Hey I know this great plan that will help you kick that habit. It's worked for literally millions of people." :teeth:
Another reason Heather should not reproduce: I could have literally BEAT husband's dog yesterday and not felt bad about it. At all. She jumped our fence and went terrorizing small children [she's people scared] around the neighborhood. Took 25 minutes to get that idiot back to the house. Almost made me late to work. I will not discuss how swiftly I drove back roads to get there as their is an officer of the law on this board. Got home and the same dog had gotten on our kitchen counter and pulled a package of Chikfila honey mustard down and decided to open and eat it all over my favorite blanket on my chair. I told her the next time she jumps the fence she better keep going. I'm not doing this again. She was a large reason that I had to move from his dad's house years ago. Ugh.
Day off that I don't really need. I lost a day thanks to the holiday. We'll make it work.
:hi: Ugh. Last night was dead and dry. Woulda thought I'd ventured off into another denomination, one that isn't lively at all. I take part of the blame- seemed like I couldn't get the message I had across effectively. Oh well. Everyone has those times I guess.
Now I'm back at work. I'll see a few of these knuckleheads, hopefully help the few that want to be helped, and start the process to "help" a few that won't comply with their conditions back into prison, er, compliance.
I really like this job, but lord it is paperwork intensive, with more than it's share of idiots.
The last season of Criminal Minds is on Netflix!!!!!
In other news, we had a crazy person decide to start shooting at random cars on our main 4 lane in town around 2 am this morning. Killed a paper courier and injured 3 more, including a police officer. I'm waiting for it to hit trending on FB.
Bella jumped the fence again this morning on Brandon. We agree on a plan of attack, then he is lazy and everything I've done is...poof...gone. :roll:
Quote from: HeatherB on July 07, 2016, 11:02:14 PMThe last season of Criminal Minds is on Netflix!!!!!
In other news, we had a crazy person decide to start shooting at random cars on our main 4 lane in town around 2 am this morning. Killed a paper courier and injured 3 more, including a police officer. I'm waiting for it to hit trending on FB.
Heading straight to Netflix tomorrow. Lol
And we had crazy shootings downtown Dallas tonight too. There was a protest rally about the other black shootings in LA/MN. And two snipers opened fire, wounding 11 policemen, 4 dead. So sad. Sigh.
Be careful Roscoe. Sigh.
My heart hurts this morning to hear of Dallas. To be candid, I've tried to see things from the perspective of the Black Lives Matter group. And I understand the anger. What I don't understand is how the people that are peaceful good people that protest with them don't condemn the violence.
Newflash- ALL lives DO matter. Black, white, green, yellow- they are all souls in need of a Savior.
Instead, they get activists that don't work stirring up hatred between races. My opinion only- Black Lives Matter has at its core became a terrorist group.
The police shooting folks has happened and will continue to happen. When Officers feel threatened and in fear for their lives, they shoot to stop the threat. On the latest shootings, the New Orleans shooting, from what I have seen, I can see why the officers shot him. On the Minnesota shooting- I can't make that call, cause all we see is the aftermath. It APPEARS that the officer may have overreacted. But you know, given the vitriol that police are facing, it puts every officer in America on edge. And people on edge react explosively.
I see things differently after wearing the badge for so long. I have friends of every race that pin that badge on, and NONE of them are looking for a different race to target. All of them are wondering this morning about whether or not it's worth pinning the badge on. Because for all the bravado and bluster, they really wanted to make a change for the better in their community. And they didn't try to do that by burning down convenience stores and looting them, or shooting innocent people who came to an event simply to protect the protestors.
I'm thankful God took me off the street as a cop. However, I still carry that gun, and will continue to do so. People have gone nuts. Time to prepare yourself...for everything. And the first stop should be a prayer closet. If there is any doubt where you stand with God, lock yourself in and make your salvation sure. Because you can't stop a bullet in mid flight so you can repent.
May God have Mercy on my beloved country, and may he comfort the hurting this morning, be it the officers, or the good people that lost someone. As for the thugs that killed innocents- I have no words for them. My human side says that the scum should die and do it quickly.
.....and we had another shooting last night...oh and our 3rd armed robbery in a week...
on 2nd thought Mel, you may not want to move here.
Just my 2 cents from my perspective on life, we have racist cops running around here. A lot of them. I'm honestly surprised we haven't had any of the senseless murders around here.
Bella tried to jump the fence again this morning, however Momma Bear even with her bowl of Fruity Pebbles was way too quick for her. Score 1 for me!
We had the radiator replaced in our van a few weeks ago. The van has been acting weird since then. Took it in to a 2nd mechanic (this time to someone we trust a lot more). Mechanic #1 is someone we don't know, but he bought the shop from an older fellow we liked who had been really good to us. HUGE mistake. Via mechanic #2 we learned that mechanic #1 hadn't replaced the radiator correctly... it's leaking on both sides... the hoses are leaking... the wiper issue that had been annoying us is because he didn't replace the cowling correctly after the radiator job... and he didn't mount the AC dryer correctly either. BEYOND ANNOYED. It's supposed to be under warranty, but at this point I don't really want such an incompetent imbecile touching my van. Aaaanyhow. Mechanic #2 says that with the work currently needing to be done, and knowing that the transmission is showing some interesting signs of issues (known to go out on Dodge Caravans between 150K - 200K anyhow, and ours is at 200K) we'd really be doing better to just replace the family vehicle now. So now we get to look for a family van that will seat 7, and also hound mechanic #1 to refund our money and/or make it right. Did I mention I'm annoyed??
So much for posting happy thoughts only, Ruby. :updown:
:beret:
Wow, that stinks... Ben has a van that he is going to be selling... Lol
Ruby I've been there, complete with the whole grandfathering-in thing. A preacher friend of mine is also a mechanic, and I took my car to his shop for a time. Then he left the shop in capable hands while he went to work at a factory, mostly for insurance reasons. Then the capable hands moved on and... less capable hands, let's say... were working there. Took me an extra $80 at a different mechanic to fix the mess they made when they were trying to change a Ford Windstar's spark plugs.
But ever since obamacare made that workplace insurance untenable, my friend the preacher/mechanic is back and all is well.
I'm ready for school to start please. My summer job has gone to pot. I'm getting sent home after only working 2 hours. Losing complete shifts. I had considered working up until dad's chemo treatment in August but I've now been told that he won't have enough time for me then due to a former employee coming back. We are already not making it bill wise this summer and I WILL be going to see my family with my dying father in August. I haven't seen them in 11 years and then only briefly at my uncle's funeral. They were here for only 2 days. The last time I spent any significant time with them was 17 years ago. This time in life has taught me that family time is precious.
Hmmm, so the bakery needs more business? Would that I were there, I'd give it business.
After you see your family, y'all come down here and start a bakery. A real bakery, not that Wal-Mart pseudo bakery junk. We need a bakery like a man in the Gobi needs water.
So if any of y'all remember JennieLynnie, please say a prayer for her and her Boyfriend...her BF has been studying the Bible trying to make sense of all the election and end times stuff and he got convicted and was baptized in Jesus Name last week. Jennie is excited that he is hungry for God, and she too wants to come back, but it's hard on her cause she's been gone awhile. He is seeking for the Holy Ghost and has a ton of questions, so she messaged me and had me call and talk to her about some things she was fuzzy on, and asked me to pray for them.
So I'm asking for help praying for them. I've been watching and praying for her for a few years now and I am so glad she's made some steps home. To hear her voice yesterday made me almost just sob in the phone. It was awesome.
Please help me pray for them. Jen has 6 kids and they all need to be at church learning about Jesus. Three of them go with her ex, David, but the other three belong to Chris, her BF. So that whole situation needs prayer and guidance.
Thanks.
Isaac would slip in a puddle of his own drool if he were to visit here and step inside Andersons Bakery.
:drool:
Ohhhhh yeah.... :fork:
BTW...Andersons is in throwing distance of my church.
Pastor frequents there for the fried glazed croissants. It's his weakness. Lol
Fried glazed croissants?
*whimper*
Ah well. My family is full of good cooks so I will survive. But I do so wish we had a real bakery here.
In local news:
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Quote from: Lynx on July 11, 2016, 02:23:25 AMHmmm, so the bakery needs more business? Would that I were there, I'd give it business.
After you see your family, y'all come down here and start a bakery. A real bakery, not that Wal-Mart pseudo bakery junk. We need a bakery like a man in the Gobi needs water.
I left the bakery in mid-May when we moved back to Bristol. About 2 weeks ago I got a message that the bakery has actually closed.
I'm working at a diner out near the lake. All the fried foods an East Tennesseean could ask for and then some.
6 weeks from right now I'll be back in class!!!!
Well living in a metroplex, bakeries are by the dozen. haha
But I have a friend who bakes, as well as my mom.
Even as I type, I'm sitting here eating this fig muffin my Mom made over the weekend with fresh figs from her fig tree! :fork:
I dislike figs...
But that's ok...I'm sitting here with 6 jars of Pirate Ringos Salsa in front of me. Not to mention the one I still have unopened in my pantry.
Gonna have tacos tonight...and about to make quesadillas for lunch.
Any excuse to eat PRS. Hehe.
I don't like figs either. But these muffins were superb.
About the only figs I've ever tasted would be the world reknown Fig Newtons. I doubt they count. :sadbounce:
We have a new catering company/Bakery open here.... some awesome cinnamon rolls and pies, but I can't partake very often. Too many calories. Which did not stop me from enjoying that 300 calorie chocolate dipped fude ice cream Drumstik last night. And it won't stop me tonight either, since I know we have some left over.
And in sharing, Saturday night I smoked a bacon wrapped meatloaf. It was superb. I just ate leftovers for lunch....
Getting ever closer to the Academy. Prepare yourselves to hear nightly whining/progress reports, since they have internet.
And today has been a nightmare. I've been busy since I walked in, 30 minutes before we open..:pound: Just now got to take a lunch break
Ack. Heather + Melbs.
This season of Criminal Minds.
I just can't take it. Crying like a baby!!! :cry2:
Have you made it to the Derek episode? Tears. Just a whole lot of tears.
*EDIT* I'm at the end of the next episode and I literally dropped my drink jumping up from my seat. I scared the beejesus out of my dogs.
After reassurance from husband and my mom, I will make it through this poo show of a summer. 6 weeks til school!!
Ugh yesssssss that's why I was bawling like a baby.
And now I'm done with the season. My only consolation is that it left it on a cliffhanger....which means another season is coming!
I didn't watch the whole season, but I did see the last few episodes. UGH. That last one was a killer.
I feel ya. :cry:
I love me some Derek Morgan.
I didn't watch Criminal Minds myself, but my grandmother used to watch it. I got the impression every episode one of the main characters was threatening to quit. But I never sat down to watch an episode so that impression could be totally wrong.
How is your grandmother? She is so sweet.
I have one episode left. Poor Reid. I'm just thankful they gave me a Prentiss episode to console me once Morgan left.
Quote from: HeatherB on July 12, 2016, 03:33:45 PMI have one episode left. Poor Reid. I'm just thankful they gave me a Prentiss episode to console me once Morgan left.
I know right?!!?
Quote from: sunlight on July 12, 2016, 12:18:34 PMHow is your grandmother? She is so sweet.
Doing fine. She might outlive me. That would be a good thing, for the record.
Totally starving tonight. No idea why, but if it ain't nailed down, I'm chewing on it.
Bah.
I've had those days.
It's every day, or no days in a row for me.
Ugh. It's a dreary day. I've already walked/fast walked a mile and a half this morning, then cancelled that out by eating the last remaining piece of blueberry cheesecake for breakfast. :fork:
Got three folks to see today, and the rest of my day will be spent doing paperwork trying to get everything in order before I trot off to six weeks of Dante's Inferno.
I tried so hard to be good yesterday eating wise. I was with my dad and all was well until mom came home. They decided to go to my favorite mexican place.....the end. lol.
Today, me and husband both have off work. He's STILL working on the porch and I'm on flower bed weeding duty.
Speaking of duty, his dog is back on probation. I can deal with a little bit of pee every now and then. Now it's daily if not multiple times a day and yesterday evening I came home to 2 pile of the poo. Again, I'm glad she has chosen the bathroom floor, but I'm not living how we did out at his dad's house.
In local news, my dog is now hiding in his doghouse and I can't really blame him. We just went out for a training run to learn the boundaries of this new wireless fence thing I got him. Central transmitter broadcasts a signal the collar picks up, and if the collar gets too close to the boundary the dog gets a warning tone, then a mild shock. My australian shepherd is very intelligent so it doesn't take much. But this morning was our first trial run (on a leash) with this thing, so he's not really happy right now.
I feel like curling up in my doghouse too, but I gotta go to w*rk now.
Hey Roscoe, did your package arrive safely?
Trying to clean out and organize desk/office stuff today. Found a bunch of address labels with my maiden name on them, which means Bella is now having fun sticking them on everything in sight. :P :updown:
:beret:
Quote from: SippinTea on July 14, 2016, 08:45:02 PMFound a bunch of address labels with my maiden name on them, which means Bella is now having fun sticking them on everything in sight. :P :updown:
:beret:
I don't even know if you have any pets, but I already feel sorry for them. :p
That's when not changing your name comes in handy :cool:
No pets. And at least it's keeping her occupied. :P
:beret:
Yes. I've been enjoying it. :fork: Even sent a pic to Mel and Porter, bragging that I had received it.
Thank God tomorrow is Friday. It was a busy day, as usual. I think I severely underestimated the work load at this job, but I find that I actually enjoy it. I will be glad to get past the second week in September though...
Bobby I get the impression dreading it is going to wear you down much more than the actual week. By the time that week actually gets here you'll be worthle... well, as close to worthless as you ever get, which isn't worthless, but you won't be at your best.
Maybe it would be best for Lou to knock you out until that week.
Quote from: Lynx on July 15, 2016, 02:14:01 AMBobby I get the impression dreading it is going to wear you down much more than the actual week. By the time that week actually gets here you'll be worthle... well, as close to worthless as you ever get, which isn't worthless, but you won't be at your best.
Maybe it would be best for Lou to knock you out until that week.
You may be right. But the second week of september is the finish date. That's what I'm looking forward to. :lol:
And in sharing, one of my wayward souls went on a bender night before last. Burgaled a store, and assuming correctly that the police were on to him, waited until a dumb trusting soul left their truck running while they went in to cash lottery tickets, and hopped into the truck and took off. I hope lottery dude won a ton, 'cause he needs it to buy another truck.
Because of that inconsiderate act, I now have a couple of hours of added paperwork on my load that I did not need..:pound:
Raining here. No correction - it's POURING. :roll:
Thunder made me jump and yelp earlier.
Phones are down I guess? I can't dial out.
But I had a donut......sigh......ok four for breakfast. :hypocrite:
Send us some of the rain.
I finally got a new phone. I left the iPhone family and got a Samsung galaxy express 3. I like it. It's not too different than what I'm used to. It's new, and it's been years and years since I've had a brand new phone. It's pretty. Lol
Thank God for the weekend. I had a frustrating and tiresome week.
Bobby I begin to get the impression being a parole officer is like herding cats, but more difficult... because I have never met any cats with such destructive tendencies.
How do you keep it straight which forms to fill out for what?
Quote from: Lynx on July 16, 2016, 01:56:53 AMBobby I begin to get the impression being a parole officer is like herding cats, but more difficult... because I have never met any cats with such destructive tendencies.
How do you keep it straight which forms to fill out for what?
Yes.Herding cats that are stupid AND conniving.
The forms- eh, it's a learning process. After doing a few of them you get the idea of what you need to do. That and for the involved ones- like a parole revocation- I found one done by an experienced officer. I printed out all the pages, labeled each sheet with the word "EXAMPLE" , and shoved it into one of my desk drawers. Then when I get one I need to do, I pull it out and use it as an example on how to do it. My cheating is paying off, I've yet to get one kicked back and I can almost do them without looking now.
And in sharing, I planned to relax this weekend, but the washing machine had other ideas. Stupid thing- the drainage pump apparently went out. Being cheap and broke, I tore it apart and now if I can get the new part in, hopefully I will have repaired it tomorrow. I just hope that's all that's wrong with it. I was gonna complain about it dying until I looked at the year of manufacture and done some quick math. We've had it 8, nearly 9 years. Time has flown by...
Nine years is a long time for a major appliance? Man, time really does fly... I can remember when twenty years was the minimum you expected from a fridge or washer.
Or was it used when you bought it?
Our fridge is the original one in our apartment when it was built. It's that amazing 1971 yellow. Our double ovens and [sometimes working] stove top are the same color. The dishwasher is black :cool:
After a stern talking to from me, my sister decided to show up at my parents today. She has only been coming up once a month if that. :roll:
Well, I'm hoping for 20 plus years out of it. I thought nine wasn't bad, given the amount of use it has experienced. At any rate, I drove to Little Rock today and bought the drainage pump-$115, ouch- and put it back together. Works perfectly.
:hi: Woke up troubled in my soul today. Would request prayer for a situation in a close friends life.
Gonna try to teach tonight on the Fear of the Lord. Really pray that I can get across what I feel.
Of course, it would be better if God just showed up and took over.
I thought last sunday was bad....this sunday proved me wrong. Mentally I am struggling. Hard.
Thankfully my friend Amber invited me out on the lake. Much needed relaxation. Chemo starts Tuesday. My job only scheduled me for 1 shift this week.
/me shuffles past
It's about time!
Yes. Quick, someone lock the gate before the old goat escapes.....
:hi:
Goat? Where's the goat? I need someone to keep the lawn eaten/mowed down....
Been making kombucha lately. But my guys all love it enough that I'm having trouble making enough to have on hand until the next batch is ready. *grin*
Sean decided to try his hand at baking hoagie rolls. And now he's wanting to use them for dinner. I'm more then fine with that. Any dinner that includes (quick!) hot sandwiches is alright by me. Trying to decide between sloppy joes, pulled pork, etc... hmmm....
:beret:
* goes to Google kombucha, since that word is NOT in my superbly high vocabulary *
Lol.
It was a long day. Real long.
And now I have smothered a pork loin with all kinds of seasonings, diced onion, and apples and wrapped in bacon and have it smoking away. And I've poured some PRS on it too.m. Dinner will be a tad late tonight, but should be worth waiting for. :fork:
Fermented tea?!? You sot! :hypocrite:
Next thing I know you'll be like the late lamented Meller Yeller, chasing herbs and shrooms....:sadbounce:
Oh, how far will my heroes fall?!? *WAILS LOUDLY*
I too was wondering what that was...i see that y'all post pictures of bottles of it frequently. To win contests and such. Weird.
I have company coming tomorrow! Yay! My friend and her two sons will be visiting me for one or two days. Depends on how the little guy does, he has Downs syndrome and sometimes he doesn't do well out of his routine, but if he does well, they will stay two nights with me!
I'm happy. Went grocery shopping today for the things I'm gonna cook while they are here. I'm ready for a friend visit. OVER ready.
Ah kombucha. Never tried it myself, but I remember the hue and cry when they took it off the shelf.
In local news, I read something funny:
"Hey honey, what did you put in this casserole?"
"Well, I put beef, broccoli, rice, sour cream..."
"Eyeglasses?"
"Oh I was wondering where those were!"
Um. Wait. I'm one of Roscoe's heroes?? What.ev.er. :P
Kombucha is actually pretty yummy, but I would drink it even if it wasn't, just 'cause it's so high in probiotics. :) But we also have one of the best kombucha makers in the US producing at their factory in our area (Humm Kombucha). So if you try a knock-off brand, I can't guarantee ANYthing of what you'll think of it. :P
So I let Bella play in the rain and stomp in mud puddles this afternoon when a storm came through (yes, I'm one of those terribly negligent mothers that lets her kids actually BE kids - shocking, I know) :P and got some pretty cute vids. They're on FB, for anyone who wants to see all the splashing. LOL I ran Teddy out in the rain, too, and he loved it. Sooo... when all the watery/muddy play was done, had to give them both a bath. Which meant Miss B was late for her quiet time. While I was trying to get her settled, Mr. Ted was getting into everything and wailing loudly. Sooo... I put him in his play pen while I did a couple quick things, and I planned to go rock him to sleep as soon as I was done. Everything went quiet, though, and I just looked over there, and he's sound asleep. Wait, WHAT?!?! Babies actually DO that?!?! *flabbergasted* Bella has never ever ever - and I mean never - done that. I am speechless. And may need coffee to revive myself.
:beret:
"For someone who has the cancer you do, you sure are a healthy fella." -Dad's regular doctor :thumbsup2:
Today was the beginning of Round 4. Thankfully we were out of chemo fairly quickly. Came home and took a nap.
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Back at work. Lou and child are enroute to PEAK in Tulsa, leaving me on my own until Saturday. And I'm off work Friday....thinking about loading up the camper and disappering for a day or so..
Quote from: Roscoe on July 20, 2016, 12:48:33 PM:hi:
Back at work. Lou and child are enroute to PEAK in Tulsa, leaving me on my own until Saturday. And I'm off work Friday....thinking about loading up the camper and disappering for a day or so..
Our youth group is going to that this weekend too.
It'll be huge. I'm just too cantankerous and old for it. Last time I went, the music was so loud my ears rang for 2 days, and I am someone who doesn't have sensitive ears. Well, that, and the little incident when we got to the arena after about 70 percent of the people did and wound up at the top of some removable bleachers. All was well until the kid in front of me decided to worship by jumping. After about two jumps and me looking down to see over 20 feet to the floor beneath me, I leaned forward and told the young man if he wanted to worship like that, by all means do- on the floor. 'Cause I could just see that bleacher collapsing...
I decided right then and there I'm too old for that.
I default to earplugs for things like that. Every single time the volume is at blasting level.
And we wonder why our hearing gets bad.
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I'm majorly dragging thid morning. Don't feel great either. Fortunantly it is my Friday, I'm burning another vacation day tomorrow..:)
Quote from: Roscoe on July 21, 2016, 12:57:38 PM:hi:
I'm majorly dragging thid morning. Don't feel great either. Fortunantly it is my Friday, I'm burning another vacation day tomorrow..:)
I'm dragging majorly too. I didn't get to work until almost 9:20. I tried to take vacation tomorrow too, since my birthday is Saturday.
But the boss wouldn't let me...cus of my birthday. He's got surprises I'm guessing. Cus he hinted that's why I couldn't take the full day, he said I could leave early though haha.
It has also literally taken me ALL morning to post that one up there. It kept giving me a 'server hangup" error. :roll:
Bobby: My uncle Fred, you remember him? I mentioned your kvetching about paperwork and he said yeah, when he worked with the sheriff office he had to do paperwork every time someone acted the fool and he had to take the dude to jail. He said paperwork should come with a label of "Charmin" or "Bounty."
Emily is coming back to Criminal Minds next season!!!!
Also, Brandon is off work til Monday and I'm ready to already kill him.
They've decided to scan dad in 3 weeks because essentially he's healthier than he should be. Other than being tired the chemo hasn't effected him the way they expected. They are giving him enough that he should be sicker. I choose to see it as a positive!
Quote from: HeatherB on July 22, 2016, 02:14:59 PMEmily is coming back to Criminal Minds next season!!!!
But....but...Derek.
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It's my birthday!
Spent the morning with my parents and sis garage saleing.
Then having a swimming party with my girlfriends this afternoon.
Then birthday dinner with my family tonight.
Then Outback with my church friends tomorrow after church!
Happy weekend! :clap:
Happy birthday, Jenn!
Happy Birthday Jenn!!!
Thanks y'all! :hug:
I'm late to the party, obviously, but..... Happy birthday, lovely!! :)
:beret:
:hi: Yes, happy birthday Jenn.
Lou and Chey are back home. I've nearly melted, it's been so hot...
It would be inappropriate to discuss from where all and how much I've been sweating the last few days. Shew Lord.
Got up and going to church this morning. Brandon was dragging and decided to stay home. We didn't even get to the preaching before the spirit fell this morning. I was trying to scoot back from the prayer line forming in the altar and bumped into someone. Turned around and it was Brandon. He said about 20 minutes after I left he decided to get off his keister and come along. So not only did he get there, but he actually came up to the altar too. He's not fully there yet, but I enjoy watching his 'baby steps'. :cool:
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I'm back at work, trying to get 100+ casefiles current and in good order before I go away. Got two days to do this, then I'm off Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday at 2 pm, while my church is enjoying 5th Sunday potluck, I will be running laps. Bah.
I totally am unhappy with this, but my pastor pointed out that I will do fine, since God knew it was a requirement aand blessed me with the job, He certainly won't let me down. And my prayer warrior/Adopted Mama, Sis Hattie , stated that it'll be easier for me than I think. She has a direct line with God, so I'm hoping that means He's gonna send His angels to caarry me around that track. :laughhard:
My 86 year old cheering squad/back up prayer warrior/ retired minister, a sweet mischevious old lady named Sister Reed, has informed me that she too will be praying for me and will miss me while I'm gone... Surely with all this intervention I can survive...:lol:
*pats Roscoe on the head* We'll have a donut waiting at the finish line.
*evil grin*
:beret:
pssh nu uh. i already ate em.
:hypocrite:
Quote from: SippinTea on July 25, 2016, 04:11:05 PM*pats Roscoe on the head* We'll have a donut waiting at the finish line.
*evil grin*
:beret:
I got news for you lady. Weight loss or not, when I finish the academy again I am going to eat a whole dozen donuts. By myself. And chase em down with chocolate milk, and pass out from the sugar coma.
Oh, and :pound: evil Jenn
Got asked this morning if I'd change my shift from closing to lunch today. Gladly!! The sister who runs the closing shift is so cranky. ALL. THE. TIME. It took everything in me yesterday not to stab her with the potato peeler in my hand and walk out. Makes for a swift getting ready and out the door this morning, but I'll be grateful later.
Looking forward to the King's friends and family picnic this weekend. Brandon has never been to their farm and I'm trying to get my mom and dad to go with me. My mom has been there before and Sis. Barbara asks about her all the time.
Dad's disability went through!!!! He receives his first check mid-October and his back pay 2 weeks after that. I know that's a HUGE relief for them.
Also Brandon is getting back more financial aid than expected. We get a washer and dryer AND I GET MY KAYAK!!!
Yay for kayaks!
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Man, there's future EVERYWHERE!
We have a pot luck Sunday this weekend too. I'm making pot roast...gluten free so some of my friends can eat and not worry about gluten, and I'm currently trying to figure out a cake of some sort I wanna make. I may do egg free cupcakes so my little LiviBug can have some. She loves cupcakes and rarely gets to have any cause they have egg.
Oooo...i think I'll do chocolate cupcakes. Using cherry Dr Pepper in the mix instead of the egg. I've made it before...one can of soda in one box of mix makes a regular cake or cupcakes. No oil,, water or eggs needed.
I'll add some chocolate chunks I have half a bag of and maybe some cherries on top. Yeah that sounds perfect!
I love pot luck!
You can substitute flax seed for eggs.
"Use this formula to substitute for one egg. Double for two eggs, triple for three eggs, and so on... Zero cholesterol!
Ingredients
1 Tbsp Flaxseed Meal or Golden Flaxseed Meal
3 Tbsp Water
Instructions
Combine flaxseed meal and water and allow to sit for about 5 minutes. Add this ingredient to your recipe as you would the eggs."
http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes/how-to-make/flaxseed-meal-egg-replacer/
Today is my Chey's 10th birthday. She's growing up too fast...
I still remember how she was playing with the kids at my church and she was spinning around and around and around and around... Maybe you should get her some Dramamine for her birthday.
The more I've researched it, I can't fit a roof rack on my car. Curses to my Tiny Car!!!! Guess I'll just have to borrow Brandon's Subaru wagon for my kayaking adventures.
We baptized three tonight. Had two of our youth do terrific tonight- one sang and another took over playing the drums for the first time. Really proud of them...
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Been a day here. Got out this morning to discover a vandal had written a vulgar word on my car's drivers side window. Found out when I filed a police report that about every car in the neighborhood was vandalized last night.
Thought for the day: Grouchiness is like any other contagious disease - it spreads a lot faster when you keep your mouth open.
Quote from: Backseat Radio on July 28, 2016, 08:56:03 PM:hi:
Been a day here. Got out this morning to discover a vandal had written a vulgar word on my car's drivers side window. Found out when I filed a police report that about every car in the neighborhood was vandalized last night.
Kinda makes you wonder what kind of life that person has, dunnit, when his idea of a good time is doing stuff like that.
Some people I hope I will never understand.
Quote from: Lynx on July 29, 2016, 12:53:48 AMQuote from: Backseat Radio on July 28, 2016, 08:56:03 PM:hi:
Been a day here. Got out this morning to discover a vandal had written a vulgar word on my car's drivers side window. Found out when I filed a police report that about every car in the neighborhood was vandalized last night.
Kinda makes you wonder what kind of life that person has, dunnit, when his idea of a good time is doing stuff like that.
Some people I hope I will never understand.
I'm just thankful they didn't do anything worse to the car. There has been cases of car windows shot out and car tires slashed in my neighborhood.
Reading back over the posts, I have no idea why I put "dunnit" in my previous post. My only defense is yesterday was a long day.
:hi: Got little sleep last night. Our A/C was freezing up. I googled it and came back with all kinds of scenarios, including the condenser being dirty. Wait- I remember Robbie cleaning it and showing me how a couple of years ago when they came to visit/fix everything I had neglected. He saved me from far away this time. I went to work at 6 this morning with water, a toothbrush, and finally the air compressor.
It's been running for about an hour with no freezing up; before it was a block of ice in 30 minutes. Here's praying that fixed it. Lord knows I can't afford to pay a contractor to put a new unit in, and the timing is horrible for any major malfunctions sine I'm leaving in two days for 6 weeks, not counting weekends..
Wal-Mart shorted Brandon's check by just over 100 bucks. :roll: When his pay stub says 1 amount and another amount is deposited in our bank account. That's an issue. Apparently it an issue when any of Brandon's team picks up a shift. So we had to go get a copy of our bank statement for him to take in today.
Today is also my last day at the diner.
Wait, what?
Heather as I understand it picking up a shift means somebody did not come in when he should have and Brandon is filling in. if they have payment trouble every time they do this... management is training them to not be helpful and fill in.
We just got back from the King family picnic. Brandon is already taking a nap. lol. It makes me happy that he gets along with [some] people from church as well as he does. Him and Steven [Alona's stepbrother. I think that's the relation...] get along really well. We are supposed to go shoot guns with them sometime soon.
Mom has said her peace and counted to 3 concerning our trip. There is no way for all 3 of us to fit in 1 car WITH dad's oxygen machine. Dad is insisting on taking his new[er] car so I was just going to follow them in my car. Well, I'm in need of new tires but it's not horrible yet. Mom had a dream that she watched me fly off Interstate 75 in Ohio in the rain so she is making me take her car instead. I understand all the reasons but I'm more comfortable in my car. Sigh.
Church tomorrow then a friend's baby shower in the evening.
Ask your mother if maybe it's driving an unfamiliar car that will make you fly off the interstate?
...Man, that's a really cheerful thought. :-/ Hush Isaac.
No. It was my car in her dream. I've driven hers plenty of times before. Also I got a recall for my passenger side airbag but Toyota doesn't have the parts yet. Their advice was just don't let anyone sit on that side. :roll:
Well, Roscoe has arrived at prison, aka, boot camp, aka, police academy.
And I made it through the first day. A mile and a half in 18:45.
I wasn't the last in though
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Quote from: Roscoe on August 01, 2016, 02:57:29 AMAnd I made it through the first day. A mile and a half in 18:45.
I wasn't the last in though
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Hmm... I remember a church get-together I was at one time. First we ate, then we played softball. Between those two, some of us were sitting on the bleachers waiting for the rest to straggle out to the ball field. A friend challenged me to a race around the inside perimeter of the baseball field, so we took off running. About 3/4 the way around, he drops to a walk. I jogged on in and sat down. He walked up to the bleachers, leaned against them and said, "Man (pant, pant) gatorade LIES, man!"
Ugh. Getting up to go do pt. Going to be a long day. Had trouble sleeping last night, felt kinda poorly. Worried myself that I was having heart problems. Prayed about it and it went away, probably just a panic attack.
Fixing to go do an hours' worth of pt stuff, situps, pushups, ect. I'm really not enjoying this. Oh, and the promised wifi.....haven't found it yet. My data plan is fixing to eat up all of my rollover data. And I only have access to the phone at lunch and after 5, so if any of you text me, I can't answer until then.
ATTENTION ALL HANDS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! MESSAGE-BOMBING COMMENCES NOW!
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I wonder if we should tell Roscoe the dount is a lie...
Our sweet Sis Tammy from church [who gave the best hugs and was an inspiring worshipper] is now worshipping in heaven. It's so weird to think that within 12 hours of worshipping in the altar with her Sunday morning that she is truly worshipping Jesus face to face.
Also we had a local pastor, Bishop Dean Livingston, pass away on Saturday.
Sad times my friends.
Sorry for your loss heather.
And in sharing- This places suc- uh, inhales mightily and consistently. I am Very thankful I lost the weight I did, there's no way I could have done this weighing what I did. Up at 4:15, in the gym by 5, all kinds of calisthenics, then push ups and sit up for about 30 minutes- followed by an hour of weight lifting, or running, or the like depending on what day it is.
I'm surviving on water, a single serving bowl of honey nut cheerios with 1% milk for breakfast, a salad for lunch and usually a sandwich or the like for supper. After flag formation at 5:30, I walk a mile to two miles every night, to get the soreness out. Did I mention that it has been in the 80s at 5am and high 90's in the evenings? This place is killing me..but I will survive. Please, keep praying for me. I have muscles hurting where I didn't know I had muscles. I went to pick up an empty plate from the top of the salad bar and nearly cried from the soreness.
Bobby you are making me tired just reading all that. :p
/me hugs Heather.
Wow, Bobby, that's crazy.
It's like weight loss boot camp! Wow.
I'm sorry, Roscoe. I'll be glad when it's behind you.
:beret:
The Chinese disease is behind him... LOL
Quote from: Roscoe on August 03, 2016, 12:59:52 AMSorry for your loss heather.
And in sharing- This places suc- uh, inhales mightily and consistently. I am Very thankful I lost the weight I did, there's no way I could have done this weighing what I did. Up at 4:15, in the gym by 5, all kinds of calisthenics, then push ups and sit up for about 30 minutes- followed by an hour of weight lifting, or running, or the like depending on what day it is.
I'm surviving on water, a single serving bowl of honey nut cheerios with 1% milk for breakfast, a salad for lunch and usually a sandwich or the like for supper. After flag formation at 5:30, I walk a mile to two miles every night, to get the soreness out. Did I mention that it has been in the 80s at 5am and high 90's in the evenings? This place is killing me..but I will survive. Please, keep praying for me. I have muscles hurting where I didn't know I had muscles. I went to pick up an empty plate from the top of the salad bar and nearly cried from the soreness.
We're all SUPER proud of you though for doing it all!!!! :clap2:
It's killing me. :lol:
And I don't know about weight loss...I've lost 2 lbs this week. But my chest muscles are building up and the belly is already tight ing up. I'd likely have a six pack if I did this for 3 months instead of 6 weeks.
I want so badly to poke fun at you with that last statement, Roscoe. But I think I feel too sorry for how your 6 weeks are going to be too mean right now. :lol:
:beret:
???
Bobby you have to do this for six weeks? Just to be a parole officer? I thought all that stuff was behind you. Do parole officers in AR do their own chasing down of people who broke parole?
In local news, just as I was getting off work yesterday I got a text that the pastor was sick to his stomach and I would need to preach. EEEEK! It turned out well, but my nerves may not settle down for another two days or so.
I'm having motivation issues.
We drove to Michigan yesterday. I'm tired. I love my family but sheesh. I've already been chastised for driving out on my own (not my immediate family, the family we are visiting). :roll:
The weather here has hit the summer high of feeling like its 100 when it's only 10am. Maybe a few days off in the fall would be easier to do outside work. Or I'm just getting old. That's prolly it. I'm old.
Ya'll can poke all the fun you want. I'm laughing about the absurdness of me going through all of this again, when I've got over 2,000 hours of training that this mostly duplicates, and I've got more certificates than some of the instructors...lol.
The good Lord knew I'd need a kick in the rear to get in better shape, thus He provided it. :sadbounce:
Let that be a lesson- if you need to pray more- do it, don't make Him make you.
If you need to be more faithful- do it, don't make Him make you.
And if you need to be a better steward of the body he gave you, no matter how ugly (mini) or misshapen (mini), do it, for God's sake and yours, don't make Him make you.. :laughhard:
We have a few classes then test out tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be home basking in my own a/c and a tub of hot water by 7 pm.....
But what if he sees you starting to do it and then decides to help you out? A whole lot? Maybe it's just a jumpstart to get you further on to where you wanna be?
Quote from: sunlight on August 04, 2016, 10:27:21 PMThe weather here has hit the summer high of feeling like its 100 when it's only 10am. Maybe a few days off in the fall would be easier to do outside work. Or I'm just getting old. That's prolly it. I'm old.
It's legitimately hot outside and if you're old then I'm ancient.
*Isaac bops sunny on the head with his walker and shuffles off to yell at the kids playing on his front yard to get off the grass.
Quote from: sunlight on August 05, 2016, 05:28:48 AMBut what if he sees you starting to do it and then decides to help you out? A whole lot? Maybe it's just a jumpstart to get you further on to where you wanna be?
Maybe He has overestimated where I wanted to be...lol. But He knew what I needed for this job.
Post, thou varlets! I have commanded it!
And in sharing, I slept in today, have a pork loin smoking, test drove a Lincoln SUV I'm thinking about trading Lou's car for, and have walked two miles on a track in an effort to keep my muscles from locking up Monday....oh, and I enjoyed driving Rusty and the 'vette too. Trying to fit all the living into a day and a half....:pound:
Quote from: Roscoe on August 06, 2016, 11:01:26 PMPost, thou varlets! I have commanded it!
:pound:
Went to my cousin's wedding today. First time in months that I've been able to drive more than half hour from home and not feel like I've been kicked in the guts.
Had some company drop in unexpectedly last night. They left this morning. I'm not good at this spur of the moment entertaining anymore.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on August 07, 2016, 02:32:02 AMHad some company drop in unexpectedly last night. They left this morning. I'm not good at this spur of the moment entertaining anymore.
Note to self- ALWAYS be unexpected when you arrive at Fuzzy's house. :ugly:
Oh it's much better to be expected company. Then they know to cook something for your visit. And they're pretty good cooks in that family. :teeth:
Well, I'm back at the academy. If the days here went by as fast as the days at home, I'd be in good shape. Very hard to leave today, Chey was crying, and I'm missing my third church service in a row and I NEED that. Dear Lord, I hope that I can 1) get through this, and 2) it goes by quickly. This is so hard on me....:cry:
I'm currently packing up my car in Northern Kentucky for the last leg of this family trip. Will post more once I'm home. I'm just glad I'm headed south!!!!
It's nice to go on vacation but really nice to get back home, Heather ;)
Quote from: HeatherB on August 08, 2016, 12:31:26 PMI'm currently packing up my car in Northern Kentucky for the last leg of this family trip. Will post more once I'm home. I'm just glad I'm headed south!!!!
Roscoe- what if he saw what you were going to be satisfied with and knew it wasn't gonna be your best, or wasn't going to be good enough so he is giving you what you need even if you don't think you want it for what is coming up? :halo:
Quote from: HeatherB on August 08, 2016, 12:31:26 PMI'm currently packing up my car in Northern Kentucky for the last leg of this family trip. Will post more once I'm home. I'm just glad I'm headed south!!!!
:sing:
South bound and down
Loaded up and Truckin...
Chel- anyone ever tell you that your logic hurts my pea brain? 'cause it do. :ugly:
Managed to get through another day without quitting, which is a major accomplishment. And I walked an additional mile and a half tonight after dinner, which was a cold cut sandwich and a partial bag of chips.
I thought it would be a fun vacation, but sadly it got very frustrating very quickly. It was me, mom and dad. We went to see my uncle, aunt, cousin, her husband and daughter. The husband was a jerk to everyone about everything and my uncle can down a 12 pack in about 2 hours and likes to call everyone vulgar names. We got there Wednesday night and I was ready to leave by Friday morning. There were some fun moments in there but I would have much rather been in Mississippi seeing Mel....
While I was gone Brandon's starter went out [again] and he overdrew his bank account. The first time I let our dogs out, his brat jumped the fence on me.
I'm ready for [my own!] bed.
My bed was as amazing as I expected it to be.
Bella has now jumped the fence 3 times in the last 24 hours. I hope she hangs herself next time.
I have a couple instructors who could hang with Bella the dog. I wouldn't mind.
This morning was torture. Worse than before. Hurting bad. But, as long as I can vent here, I'll survive. I hope.
Happy birthday roscoe!
Happy birthday, Roscoe.
Happy anniversary, Chel!
Thank you!
I would much rather you have come here too, Heather.
Its So HOT! And we have a flood warning and bad storms so bad until the weekend sometime. Pastor has cancelled church for tomorrow and Friday morning ladies prayer due to bad weather. It's supposed to get bad before it gets better. I have to work the next two days. I hope I can get there and back safely. I drive 8 miles one way.
Really really lonely lately. I don't have much anyone around but work people and church people who have their own jobs and families...all my friends are married with kids and everyone started school this week and I just have the cats. Lol
Wish that God would see fit to send me a husband, but likely I will die alone. So tired of being alone.
All my real friends that seem to care at all are all a long way off.
We need a GP reunion.
It's CT scan day for dad. The waiting til possibly Tuesday for the results is what is going to kill me. I'm not good with the patience.
Dear Lord. Tonight was a night I have dreaded. Had to get peppersprayed, for the fourth or fifth time in my career. It hurt as bad this time as it did the last four times...
And I had a proud moment today. They measured us for body armour. For the first time in years, my chest is larger around than my belly. Chest 48 inches, belly,46, and waist 38. I was happy.
Can't you get a signed certificate the first time you get pepper sprayed and tasered? Seems you should be able to only endure that ONCE for your professional career.
Congrats on the proportions. Good portions (meals) lead to good proportions. (Someone has probably already said that but I just now thought of it.) You gotta post a pic though - there will be unbelievers.
Wal-Mart didn't add Brandon's missing 104 dollars to this check like they said they'd do 2 weeks ago. Also since they make him tip toe the PT/FT line, he can get benefits but I'm excluded since he's only listed as a PT employee. They are really starting to wear on me.
We both woke up this morning with horrible allergy crud.
I need a nap. It's hard for me to get up early... lol
Made it through another week. It's been a tough one. And I got an unpleasant email today telling me I had been dropped from the academy. I immediately called my boss and told her how hacked I would be if they fired me AFTER the hell of pepper spray...
Turns out, my roommate had gotten a medical excuse so he wouldn't be pepper sprayed. But after being told to go inside while we were being sprayed, he disobeyed the instructor and stay outside to watch like a 10 year old. He got himself fired for his disobedience, and they typed the wrong one of us in the academy computer.
Thankfully, they fixed the problem... :lol:
Quote from: Roscoe on August 13, 2016, 02:52:18 AMMade it through another week. It's been a tough one. And I got an unpleasant email today telling me I had been dropped from the academy. I immediately called my boss and told her how hacked I would be if they fired me AFTER the hell of pepper spray...
Turns out, my roommate had gotten a medical excuse so he wouldn't be pepper sprayed. But after being told to go inside while we were being sprayed, he disobeyed the instructor and stay outside to watch like a 10 year old. He got himself fired for his disobedience, and they typed the wrong one of us in the academy computer.
Thankfully, they fixed the problem... :lol:
wow. I bet he regrets that decision.
Hey Chel, you got a superzoom yet? :cool:
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/superzoom.png)
I have a sinus headache from the non-Australia place down under.
I have been so tired and had a stressful couple of days at BK, and all the torrential rain is just redicilious, so I declared today a NOTHING day. I slept late, and have napped off an on all day, and I have soup in the crock pot that is about an hour from being ready. I'm about to shower and finally get dressed and go to the dollar store at the end of the road ONLY because I used the last of the cat food last night and the babies need to eat. Plus I would rather shower and wash my hair tonight cause it needs it, than to wash it tomorrow morning. It fixes and holds better for church if it's at least a day old wash and not super clean.
Anyone want some potato soup?
So worn out. I'm pulling a make-your-own-sandwich-if-you-want-to-eat-tonight trick. :/ Well. I'll help Bella and Teddy, but I'm pretty sure everyone else is capable of making their own. ;)
Sold several pieces of Bella's outgrown clothes for $50. :D I love when I can find boutique brands for fabulous deals, have my kids wear them, and then turn around and re-sell them. Err, the clothes. Not the kids. ;)
:beret:
Glad you cleared up that last part...
:ugly:
Speaking of selling children, I'm trying to decide which chinese restaurant will give me the most for a 65 lb black lab.....
Changed up my school schedule a bit. Ready for the 22nd to get here.
Still no word on dad's CT.
Mom did book the condo for vacation in October. I'm ready for the beach.
Wooby if you're selling kiddos, I might consider a lease option. Send them here, and when they get to the mouthy stage, I'll trade 'em in for a newer model. :ugly:
Feeling blessed tonight. Bro Papa and Sis Papa took us out to dinner for my birthday at my favorite bbq place, Hogpen. Lord, those ribs were good.....
And to compliment my backslide on the diet ways, I'm sitting here eating chocolate covered Craisins and feeling not the least bit guilty. I'll pay for it Monday, but oh well....
Brandon and I are both trying to doze off after church. Meatballs are in the crock pot. We are doing a throw together dinner. Meaning we throw whatever we have together for dinner. So it's honey bbq meatballs, mac n cheese, and corn. Lol.
Sounds good. I just ate a chicken strip dinner. From a convenience store. Lord I will be glad to get this behind me....week 3 starting. This one and three more....
And it appears like my truck battery is dead. Started it at the store and it turned over a bit slow. At the academy, It started right up- once. Now it won't turn over. Not the alternator, because the light never came on, it shows to be charging normally. I'll have to get a jump Friday for the trip home.
I had stuff at home i was going to cook today, but it was my cousins birthday this week so I was invited out. Told them I was between paychecks So i really have to go home, So they said come anyway and paid for my meal.
Went to Aztecas Mexican place. I've been there many many times, but got something different today...a steak fajita taco salad. It was awesome! And fairly cheap. Less than $9. I will be getting that again.
So now I have leftover potato soup from Saturday, and I have two cube steaks marinating in wostishire sauce and onion soup mix with mushrooms on top in the fridge. I'll bake those up tomorrow and fry down some cabbage and I have some red potatoes to steam off and that will be tomorrow's dinner..what I was going to have today. Lol
Next weekend is Stoneking revival in Pensacola, and I'm going to at least one night of that, and then making lasagna on Sunday and having company after church.
This work week needs to hurry along. Lol
Whopperrito is being introduced tomorrow. We will see how this goes. SMH.
I know not how successful the whopperito will be, but I can tell you from experience that for the employees it will be a whopper of a pain. There's a reason McDonald's stopped selling their "premium" chicken wraps. Burritos are rather awkward in a system designed for making burgers.
Quote from: Lynx on August 15, 2016, 10:03:24 AMI know not how successful the whopperito will be, but I can tell you from experience that for the employees it will be a whopper of a pain. There's a reason McDonald's stopped selling their "premium" chicken wraps. Burritos are rather awkward in a system designed for making burgers.
I loved, loved those chicken wraps. lol the snack one was the perfect light meal.
The chicken-chili flavored one they had = YUM.
Those snack size wraps were the last thing I ever ate from McD's. I haven't eaten there in about 3 years now though.
1 week til school. I'm ready. My course load this semester is German, Social Research, the 2nd English class, and 2 Women's Studies classes. I'm debating double majoring again. Might as well instead of having to go back and get a 2nd degree. Cost less to go ahead and double.
I'll also be starting taking monday night bible college classes through my church. I did a year way back in the day so the instructor told me I could start in the 2nd year. If it gets to be too much I could just audit but with only doing ETSU and 10 hours of work study I feel it could be done.
Of course a lot of this is contingent on the news we get from dad's cancer doctor tomorrow. Either way, we will get through this.
I remember years ago (1996) when Long John Silvers first introduced the wrap. I'm sure other people had them, but I rhink LJS was the first national chain to have them.
I would love to have another one of them. We had a special deal to make "crunchies" to put in them, special fish and chicken, special sauce, rice.... I'm now hungry.
Quote from: mini on August 15, 2016, 07:59:16 PMI remember years ago (1996) when Long John Silvers first introduced the wrap. I'm sure other people had them, but I rhink LJS was the first national chain to have them.
I would love to have another one of them. We had a special deal to make "crunchies" to put in them, special fish and chicken, special sauce, rice.... I'm now hungry.
Loved Long John Silvers too. They had the best hushpuppies. YUM. lol
Y'all are all talking about good food, and I'm sitting here stuck in elementary school food hell. Just ate a slice of the nastiest pizza I've ever had, and luck was equally bad spaghetti.
To make things worse, I have a 6 pm night class over things I've known for years and they won't let me miss, and my knees are hurting worse than they ever have. Tonight, I truly need a touch from God.
Dad's tumors have shrunk and his liver lesions are almost gone. Excuse me while I have me shoutin fit in middle of this cancer center....
Yay!! That's awesome!
Another day down. Another day of pain. And I am closer to going home for the week.. Yay!
If you are reading this, I blame you.
If you didn't read it, I blame you anyway.
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on August 17, 2016, 06:06:30 PMIf you are reading this, I blame you.
If you didn't read it, I blame you anyway.
:ugly:
:pound:
I blame all of you. I'm hurting tonight, missing my family, missing my church,missing being a police officer, and wondering if I was really in the will of God taking this job.
I have to deal with it now. I thought it was God's will, I prayed about it and everything fell into place...so it must be, right?
Just a low day, my friends. And this is my cry place, so please ignore my downer attitude tonight, or say a prayer for me.
Praying for you.
Morning all you people.
And Roscoe. Whatever he is....
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on August 18, 2016, 01:37:01 PMMorning all you people.
And Roscoe. Whatever he is....
:ugly:
I is- sore, cranky, tarred, and...wired like a squirrel on meth thanks to the delicious Mocha Monster energy drink this morning.
Unlike ole Portly Porky Porter, who appears to.just be irritable. :ugly:
I will remember this come Monday when you are crying about how tough life is...
Quote from: mini on August 18, 2016, 05:26:06 PMI will remember this come Monday when you are crying about how tough life is...
And I shall care not one whit. I may be hurting. Whining. But I ain't Portly. :P
No...you are more starboard....
:hi:
Post ya bunch of neglected heathens.
I'm posting, you reprobate.
Our new tote bags arrived in the mail today. :D I like them. A lot. And I decided to run a random promotion on our FB that any orders today get a free tote bag. Within just a little while I had 3 pretty decent sized orders come in. LOL. Yay for social media marketing.
Roscoe, are you still alive??
Jenn, what's going on in your world right now? I miss hearing about your life, and I seem to be struggling to keep in touch with anyone these days. Bah.
Less then 2 months to go until we meet the latest Pirate Ringo offspring. No, we don't have a name picked out. He probably won't be named for three days after his birth like poor Teddy was. LOL. I am excessively waddle-y these days. Which is ever so fun when chasing two toddlers around. :P I think it will be fun to have three little ones growing up together though. :)
:beret:
I is still alive, wooby. Sore, cranky, and not quite as fluffy and lovable, but alive. I know this because it hurts when I move. Anywhere. Everywhere. :P
Got out of class and got the truck jumped- the battery died on the trip down. I really thought I had replaced it not long ago, but the tag on it showed it was made in 2010, so apparently I did not $100 I didn't need to spend later, and I was on the way home. I've made it in and mowed at the yard, primarily because if I didn't I won't be able to when I get in next week. It's really to wet to mow, but at least I have it knocked down.
I think I'm gonna go run a hot tub of water and sit in it until lou hollers at me to get out. In other words, about 10 minutes. :biglaugh:
Too much... food...
*Isaac lies on his side and concentrates for a while on breathing enough to not pass out.
There's this restaurant called Catfish Country. All you can eat fish of different kinds, plus fries, hushpuppies, coleslaw, fried green tomatoes, corn on the cob... bunch of other stuff too. And homemade desserts - the banana pudding was COOKED, not that instant pudding junk! And somebody in that kitchen knows how to fry fish - the whole fish was good and tender, that's nothing new... but the fillets were just as good. Not a chewy piece to be found.
So yeah, we went there for uncle Fred's birthday. Now I think I'll just lie here and rest for a while, and I might not eat until supper time, the day after tomorrow.
Bobby if you're ever going through north Alabama you need to let me know. We'll test the limits of "all-you-can-eat" and see how long it will take before they kick us out.
Since my last post:
Dad got through chemo.
Brandon got fired from Wal-Mart.
My FIL was admitted in and got released from the hospital.
Brandon got his old job at AutoZone back.
Bella is going to live with her grandpa [my FIL] as of today.
Also Brandon has started reading his bible and we have started praying together every night.
In the same spirit of sharing, since my last post:
I got licked by a giraffe. Yes, a real, live giraffe.
We are still stuck with devil dog.
I've had a sinus headache for 2 days.
Classes start tomorrow.
Church this morning was awesome.
Back at Hell. Really missing my family, my life, and my church. Went by a local church here down from the academy. Met the pastor, a really nice young guy, but they were having a back to school play night for the kids, so no church for me..
Praying I survive this week's PT. The classroom stuff should be a breeze, it's firearms all week, something I have done consistently for 15 years and taught for 10 of those....
This is week 4. I have a total of six to do. So, four days this week of PT....then four days next week of PT, then two days the last week, which is more of a test than PT. So 10 more days of the worse physical part of the academy.
Of course next week is all week of groundfighting, which is physical and potentially injury laden, but shouldn't be as taxing as the morning stuff...
Note to self: Never tick off Bobby. He is one bad dude and he knows more about fighting than I hope I will ever need to learn.
Since my last post I have given two computers nervous fits, but they are now both doing what I wanted them to do.
Roscoe- do you get Labor Day off by any chance?
Quote from: mini on August 21, 2016, 02:55:54 AMIn the same spirit of sharing, since my last post:
I got licked by a giraffe. Yes, a real, live giraffe.
Me too!! I fed him a biscuit too. I wanted to hug him, but that wasn't advised. :roll:
Ruby: same ol' I suppose. Work, school, church. Life's going by in a blur cus I'm just going thru the motions.
Sunlight. ..negative. I shall still be stuck in Hell, aka camden. That IS my last week though,thank God.
And in whining /sharing - hello knee agony. Nice of you to stop by. ...a whole bunch of muscle creme, well wrapped in ace bandanges, and two ibuprofen. I'm going to bed like in the next hour, praying that tomorrow it will be well enough for me to do pt without crying like a baby..
Oh...and a quick praise report. The battery that was $100 that I really hadnt planned for?
Well, when I got home and check my account, I discovered that my agency pays "training pay". An extra 90ish dollars this pay period. God knew the need and prepared for it before I had a clue....
Jason's off to youth camp this week, and thankfully I didn't have to drive him. Another mom in our church loaded up all the teens and took them over the mountain, and I kept her youngest (age 10) today so he wouldn't have to be bored in the van with all the teens for hours. Bella had a marvelous time with him, and so did Teddy. He's very sweet with younger kiddos, and thoroughly wore both of mine out, so I have high hopes that they will sleep well tonight. :D
:beret:
I got to see Alex & his family this past weekend. His kiddos both have august birthdays.
Ah...another day down. Class tomorrow, if I survive morning PT...Then Thursday class, and Friday is homeward bound....Just a couple weeks left...
Had a couple big answers to prayer today. Thankful.
Now then... if Miss B would settle down and go to bed quietly.... well. That would be an answer to prayer too. *ahem*
Trenton and Ipo and little Stephen are coming for Thanksgiving. I can hardly wait. :D It's going to be pretty funny to see Teddy and Stephen together, methinks. And no doubt Miss B will be trying to boss all 5 boys at the same time. *smh* That girl...
:beret:
Why did everyone get quiet. Post,durn it. I can't whine and complain effectively if I don't think someone is listening. .:pound:
We've had bad weather today in the northern part of Indiana with multiple tornado warnings. One of the tornadoes flattened a Starbucks in Kokomo, Indiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ5FiszEbps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ5FiszEbps)
Quote from: Roscoe on August 24, 2016, 10:46:29 PMWhy did everyone get quiet. Post,durn it. I can't whine and complain effectively if I don't think someone is listening. .:pound:
*ignores roscoe*
:ugly:
:pound:
Meanie.
I am very tired today. Ran 3 miles before breakfast, and then have spent all morning practicing active shooter drills. Ready for this day to be over and to head home tomorrow around noon...
Have two small wild banshees playing in an enormous box in my living room. Anyone wishing to not adult today is welcome to come join them. I'll be hiding in the corner with chocolate.
:beret:
I totally am tired of adulting, and wish I could walk away with chocolate and go play...sasly, I can't. And I was offered, and accepted, chili dogs for dinner, which I now have cause to believe was a poor tactical decision. ..:sadbounce: :sick:
I'm tired of moving. Three more big items (fridge, freezer, and bed) then roughly 10 tons of junk. How in the world did we accumulate so much junk!?!?
School has been interesting.
Dad is still exhausted but doing well.
Brandon should be starting AZ tomorrow.
We did counseling last night to suss out some of our issues that blew up when he got fired.
Going to my sister's tomorrow. Out of the blue she messaged me this morning inviting us to come down.
Well. Yall are too quiet. I have been doing nothing productive. Last night we went out for pizza. Pizza Hut. I have NEVER had that greasy a pizza from pizza Hut in my life. Truthfully, it was nasty.
Took Rusty for a ride today,wandered around a local car show, then came home to rest. Kim mowed my yard this week,saving me from having to do it, God bless her.
Good job, Kim.
Quote from: Roscoe on August 27, 2016, 08:13:45 PMWell. Yall are too quiet. I have been doing nothing productive. Last night we went out for pizza. Pizza Hut. I have NEVER had that greasy a pizza from pizza Hut in my life. Truthfully, it was nasty.
Took Rusty for a ride today,wandered around a local car show, then came home to rest. Kim mowed my yard this week,saving me from having to do it, God bless her.
I like pizza myself, but I hadn't gone to Pizza Hut in years. A couple months ago I got a pizza from there just on a whim. It was... slimy. Not sure how to explain it. And it wasn't a specialty pizza either, just a standard medium one-topping. But it felt slimy. I won't be going back there for a bit longer than a few years.
Our Pizza Hut is hit or miss. Sometimes it's awesome and sometimes it's awful.
We discovered a local pizza place that is really good.
We went on a whim last night and ate. Family of 4, ate for $20. Two large pizzas, and had enough to left over to bring one home.
We generally only go to local places for pizza anymore. All the chains use frozen dough now.
The Lord hears our prayers!!! Bella is now at my father in law's house!!!! Thank ya Jesus!! 15 minutes after going out last night she took a gag worthy poo in our living room. It even made the neighbors house smell [out homes are attached through a walkthru from out bedroom to their den].
Excellent church this morning. Now I should be getting off my computer to do homework which is already never ending and it's only the 1st week. Bible college starts the week after Labor Day so I know it's only going to get worse but at least I won't have the stress of that big dumb dog to tend with. Whisk is awesome and is welcome next door at anytime so I can actually stay on campus to get things done and she can go next door for play dates.
Also it was only Brandon's second day at AZ and they are already talking promoting him to a manager in the next few weeks.
Been a rough weekend. Got a call last night as I was taking dinner off of the grill that my mama was being sent to the emergency room.
Turns out she had aspirated, and had contracted pneumonia. It's bad. Truthfully, the doctor said he didn't know if the antibodics would work or not....just have to see.
Seeing her struggle for breath, I have to admit that I have my doubts she will pull through. On top of that I had to come back to the academy, so I'm 3 hours away.
I went by the hospital today before leaving, prayed for her, talked to her, and kissed her. One of the hardest things in my life to walk out of that room, knowing it very well may be the last time I see my mama alive.
All I can do now is leave it in God's hands and try to keep from going to pieces here at the academy.
Quote from: mini on August 28, 2016, 09:22:27 PMWe discovered a local pizza place that is really good.
We went on a whim last night and ate. Family of 4, ate for $20. Two large pizzas, and had enough to left over to bring one home.
What's the name of it? We should put this on our list of places to visit when we go back brought there.
Quote from: Roscoe on August 28, 2016, 11:17:36 PMBeen a rough weekend. Got a call last night as I was taking dinner off of the grill that my mama was being sent to the emergency room.
Turns out she had aspirated, and had contracted pneumonia. It's bad. Truthfully, the doctor said he didn't know if the antibodics would work or not....just have to see.
Seeing her struggle for breath, I have to admit that I have my doubts she will pull through. On top of that I had to come back to the academy, so I'm 3 hours away.
I went by the hospital today before leaving, prayed for her, talked to her, and kissed her. One of the hardest things in my life to walk out of that room, knowing it very well may be the last time I see my mama alive.
All I can do now is leave it in God's hands and try to keep from going to pieces here at the academy.
Praying for you. This is hard. I feel sorrier for you for this than the rest of the complaining about the academy you have done so far. Hope she pulls through.
Hi all...
:hi: Ground fighting week. The class is tough. AND im haVing trouble keeping my head in the game thinking about mama. Incidentally, kim reports no change today....not better, not worse...
When I got home today I found the amazon.com shipment I have been waiting almost a week for. I ordered three usb-audio adapters, one audio adapter of a different sort and a pair of water shoes. What I got was water shoes, the other kind of audio adapter, TWO usb-audio adapters and... a tube of mascara. Maybelline Volum'Express mascara, if that means anything.
I called amazon and the lady said she'd send a third adapter out pronto. She said I could keep the mascara. :eyebrow: Um... So, anybody want a tube of mascara? Never been opened.
Maybe I can use it on my cat. I got two kittens about a week and a half ago. The boy (Ethan) is a born scrapper but the girl (Lenna) is a proper lady. Maybe she would like longer, fuller eyelashes. Or maybe cats can use it on their whiskers... Or maybe I've been working too hard in the hot sun and I need a nap in front of the AC.
Work, yeah... maybe one of the women at work would take this thing.
Someone thought you needed help with your appearance, How thoughtful.
And in sharing, I just talked with the hospital. Mama is being transitioned to hospice care in the hospital. I'm going to need your prayers more than ever. This is harder than I thought it would be. I thought that the past several years of her being noncommunicative, I'd said my goodbyes and was prepared- but I'm not. As long as she was there, I guess I had this hope that one day God would heal her and she would come back to me. Now, that hope is gone.
I feel for you, Roscoe. I truly do. Losing my Mother is been the hardest thing I've been thru so far in this life.
Went to a Deaf weekend last weekend. It was Awesome!
Gotta go...im at work and break is over!
Lord I is hurting. This week...lord. my bruises are bruised. I've been thrown through the air so much today, I qualify for frequent flier miles and should have enough for a trip to the sea.
If I can just make it two more days this week. ..next week is mainly classroom and wrap ups..
Still no new word on mama. I guess she's holding her own. Hard being 3 hours away unable to do anything. But if I were there, I'd not be able to do anything either..
God's hands. God's hands. Bobby, leave your hands out of it. .
/me leaves a hug for Roscoe
Where did everybody go?
I made it through the week. Stopped and saw Mama and prayed with her before coming home. Tomorrow, I need to cut down a branch that a storm broke this week, and mow the yard....among a few thousand other things.
:couch:
I am somewhere! Not sure where though. Lol. But sure glad it's not Las Vegas anymore that's a fact!
Fixing to head out in a few hours for what is hopefully my last trip for training. Mama doesn't show any change, for the better or the worse. I'm hoping to get finished with this training and graduate friday. I could care less about the graduation, but lord, I'll be glad to get back to a normal life
Quote from: sunlight on September 03, 2016, 02:45:55 PMI am somewhere! Not sure where though. Lol. But sure glad it's not Las Vegas anymore that's a fact!
You are there, of course. (You know the rest.)
Bobby: I haven't said anything hitherto because I haven't anything to say. Never been through anything like it (training or mother in hospital) so I can't even say I know how you feel. But I feel for you.
Quote from: Lynx on September 04, 2016, 07:22:47 PMQuote from: sunlight on September 03, 2016, 02:45:55 PMI am somewhere! Not sure where though. Lol. But sure glad it's not Las Vegas anymore that's a fact!
You are there, of course. (You know the rest.)
Bobby: I haven't said anything hitherto because I haven't anything to say. Never been through anything like it (training or mother in hospital) so I can't even say I know how you feel. But I feel for you.
Just knowing that you are there and praying for me means the world, my friend. Words are often inadequate, but prayers are never inadequate and always appropriate and appreciated.
I'm back here at the academy now. Ready to finish it up and take care of my life again. It has came a bit unraveled as of late, but thankfully, the Master is holding on to the threads and will quickly make it right.
Or perhaps unravel it some more to knit it into something different. When you get to Nigeria send me a postcard.
What? You thought all that training was so you could stay here? :p
Finished the last morning of pt this morning. Got night fire tonight, then tomorrow will be some review, and some practicals on Wednesday. Then for all intents and purpose, we are good..
I haven't said much because I know it's just as useful to talk to the breeze.
Anywho, life is better since Bella went to my FIL's last week. Whisk has been amazing.
Today we rearranged furniture and painted a bookcase. I'm waiting for Brandon to go to work so I can write a 2-3 page paper.
Also school related, I decided to double major. Sociology and Women's & Gender Studies.
I'm glad you were able to get rid of Bella. Constant stress over something is no fun.
Hello one and all.
Howdy, Mini. :hi:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 05, 2016, 08:05:18 PMI'm glad you were able to get rid of Bella. Constant stress over something is no fun.
Oh My.
:o
For a second there I thought this comment was for Ruby.
Hello, snerd, and fuzzy. And anyone else eavesdropping.
Completed the last practical today. Tomorrow will be just a couple of classroom hours, then practice for graduation. Then this whole nightmare is over and I can get back to my life.
Still have no idea about mama. Last I heard yesterday she was the same. No better, no worse. God has His timing, I guess.
LOL. No, I still have my Bella. And allllll the stress that goes with her. ;) :D
:beret:
I'm currently sitting on the couch with my Whiskey reading about the atrocities we have inflicted upon Native Americans ever since us white folk arrived.....
Quote from: MelodyB on September 07, 2016, 09:02:16 PMQuote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 05, 2016, 08:05:18 PMI'm glad you were able to get rid of Bella. Constant stress over something is no fun.
Oh My.
:o
For a second there I thought this comment was for Ruby.
oops, I thought I made sure to address that to Heather. Lol
Quote from: HeatherB on September 08, 2016, 02:13:03 AMI'm currently sitting on the couch with my Whiskey reading about the atrocities we have inflicted upon Native Americans ever since us white folk arrived.....
First you knock off Bella, now you are relaxing with what?!?!
Gotta have something to take the edge off the guilt I guess. And the post-homicidal depression I hear is rough. Whiskey should work.
*shrug*
I've never done any of that stuff though, so that's just my best guess.
Having issues with my phone sending SMS messages. So I backed it up, now it's restoring. Taking 343 hours. :roll:
While I wait, I've submitted a petition to graduate for March 2017. Then I emailed the enrollment people for more information, steps and such on a graduate program to hopefully start that April 2017.
Morning all. :pwink:
For those not on IG or FB, Whiskey is my dog :cool: If I could get photobucket to work I would post a picture of her adorable puppy face on here for all to see. She's named after a character from a favorite TV show. Actually the same show that my cat Topher got his name. :cool: She has been amazing since we "rehomed" Bella. In public, if I think people will freak out about her name I will just call her Whisk.
:hi:
Well, last test taken. Got graduation practice in a few minutes, then it's over. Graduate tomorrow.
Dear lord I didn't think it would ever end.
Quote from: HeatherB on September 08, 2016, 12:37:06 PMFor those not on IG or FB, Whiskey is my dog :cool: If I could get photobucket to work I would post a picture of her adorable puppy face on here for all to see. She's named after a character from a favorite TV show. Actually the same show that my cat Topher got his name. :cool: She has been amazing since we "rehomed" Bella. In public, if I think people will freak out about her name I will just call her Whisk.
I am aware of your dog named Whiskey. But after you "got rid of" Bella and you were relaxing on the couch with Whiskey, it was just too, too good a chance to pass up! Perhaps I should have used some smilies to indicate I was joking.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on September 08, 2016, 06:12:58 AMHaving issues with my phone sending SMS messages. So I backed it up, now it's restoring. Taking 343 hours. :roll:
iPhone? My wife is having issues with hers. It seems their rock solid os is not as solid as it once was.
Quote from: mini on September 09, 2016, 10:11:41 AMQuote from: MsJennJenn on September 08, 2016, 06:12:58 AMHaving issues with my phone sending SMS messages. So I backed it up, now it's restoring. Taking 343 hours. :roll:
iPhone? My wife is having issues with hers. It seems their rock solid os is not as solid as it once was.
Yea iPhone. :roll:
I blame Sprint though. Not Apple. lol
I think their is a non-domesticated animal living in our roof.....
Also I'm super jealous of my sister. Her and her significant other adopted 2 new adorable kittens yesterday. I've been wanting another cat. Topher is getting up their in age and I can't deal with the thought of not having a cat. However, given what we just went through with a 3rd animal in the house, I'm biding my time until Brandon gets over Bella's departure.
Getting a second cat was the best thing I ever did for Knut. He calmed down and stopped biting, he seems happier, he doesn't prowl and cry at night. He bathes her and they play and cuddle together. He's more affectionate towards me and he's stopped eating my shoes. And my Beans is such a joy and a snugglebug. I enjoy having two. It's complete.
I also don't worry about leaving them alone. They don't seem to mind me going to work everyday. They do seem to wait for me and watch out the window, but they don't act as needy as Knut used to when I left him alone and came home.
And me? Just the thought of having pets at all makes me want to murder someone. 'Cause I definitely don't need more chaos and more squalling and more mouths to feed around here. lol
In other news, why is it that both teen boys and toddlers can make messes, apparently not even SEE the mess, leave said mess for someone else to clean up, and then look quite perturbed when mom seems to think THEY should come back to clean up said mess?? Hmmm...... things I will probably never figure out.
:beret:
Some people have pets, some have kids...same thing. Lol
Quote from: MelodyB on September 10, 2016, 08:39:09 PMGetting a second cat was the best thing I ever did for Knut. He calmed down and stopped biting, he seems happier, he doesn't prowl and cry at night. He bathes her and they play and cuddle together. He's more affectionate towards me and he's stopped eating my shoes. And my Beans is such a joy and a snugglebug. I enjoy having two. It's complete.
If you have a cat, have two. Especially if the cat is going to be kept indoors. Two cats keep each other entertained, they can groom each other better than one cat alone can keep itself groomed and two happy cats don't eat much more than one bored cat. =^.^=
I have cats up for grabs if anyone wants 1 or 2 or 4 or 6.
No thank you. Two is plenty.
Quote from: sunlight on September 11, 2016, 09:26:13 PMI have cats up for grabs if anyone wants 1 or 2 or 4 or 6.
Wait, what? Why are we not allowed to choose 3 or 5? Maybe I need 3 to round out my crazy cat guy collection, but 4 would upset the local feline ecosystem.
:hi: Back at work. Probably about to get slammed with work. LOL Still, much better than the academy. No change on Mama. Bye!
Quote from: Lynx on September 12, 2016, 11:30:28 AMQuote from: sunlight on September 11, 2016, 09:26:13 PMI have cats up for grabs if anyone wants 1 or 2 or 4 or 6.
Wait, what? Why are we not allowed to choose 3 or 5? Maybe I need 3 to round out my crazy cat guy collection, but 4 would upset the local feline ecosystem.
That's where you get the order of 6 and rehome the rest of them for me!
Sorry Chel, I don't do kittens. My family is known to roll into the shelter and adopt the oldest fella there.
Dad bought a camper out at the lake today. He is so excited. It'll give him something to do to get out of the house. Plus his one brother has a camper just around the corner [and a boat!].
Tomorrow is the beginning of the last round of chemo for now. We are excited!
Yeah I usually get a pet from the shelter. Was going to get a cat from there this time, but a coworker had kittens.
If these people on my caseload don't start showing up, I'M gonna have kittens. :lol:
Yesterday was nonestop, from the moment I walked in until I went home. Today, I'm fixing to have to wander over into hostile territory, aka Sasquatch land, aka, Oklahoma, to pick up a prisoner. So I won't get anything done today either...
If you have kittens you should video it. You'll be an internet sensation!
Quote from: Roscoe on September 13, 2016, 12:56:41 PMIf these people on my caseload don't start showing up, I'M gonna have kittens. :lol:
Yesterday was nonestop, from the moment I walked in until I went home. Today, I'm fixing to have to wander over into hostile territory, aka Sasquatch land, aka, Oklahoma, to pick up a prisoner. So I won't get anything done today either...
If you always had kittens in your office and you were my caseworker (should I need one) I would never miss an appointment. :hypocrite:
I tell my friends they should have puppy/kitten places you can go to just lay in a pile of puppies. It's very therapeutic.
I would love to go visit that place in CA, The Cat House on The Kings.
YouTube it. It's awesome!
Or rabbit island in Japan. Look that up on YouTube too.
We should take a few trips, Jenn.
:hi: Made it back from my venture into hostile territory, aka, Oklahoma. Escaped with my scalp- apparently a balding scalp is not high on their want list. The prisoner talked nonestop all the way home. I wanted to strangle him.
Back at work handling paperwork and calls. I'm the only soul here thanks to training and court...
It should be peaceful at least.
It was very peaceful. Except for all the morons expecting me to work. :P
Only 1 more chemo treatment left. We got the news yesterday they are going to rescan dad mid October and if everything looks good we are actually going to do radiation as well. When he first got diagnosed, radiation wasn't even an option because they thought chemo wouldn't even work. Radiation now will be to prevent regrowth of the tumors.
I'm really excited for dad and his camper, but lord I'm tired. We did chemo. He wanted to go by AZ and see some of the guys he used to work with. Then he decided he wanted to go to the camper for a bit, then he wanted to wait until Brandon could come out after he got off work at 7, then they fiddled around. Finally got dad back home around 845 and now waiting for him to get out of the shower so I can go home at last and eat my cold dinner. I have to be back here around 11 tomorrow to do it all again. Not to mention I'm missing classes and work and haven't gotten a lick of homework done.
I remember those busy days hauling my dad around to appointments and things and when he felt good, to see his friends and drink coffee and chat and I had to wait till he was ready to go home...took all day some days, came home tired and still had to cook them dinner, and I never accomplished anything I may have needed to do...
But I don't regret it, and you won't either.
Keep pluggin, and take a moment to set these memories in your mind. That's all we have when they are gone.
:hi:
Prepared paperwork to send one to the pen, paperwork to do the same to another, couseled and talked kindly to another gazillion, counseled and talked unkindly to a gazillion more....I REALLY like my job most days. Today, I just wanna go home. :lol:
I'm playing hooky today. I was in bed by 9 pm last night and slept til 8 am today. I'm doing homework and getting ahead for next week. I'm liking this working at the school and only doing school deal. It's nice to put all my concentration on school.
Dad bought a grill for his new camper. He is SO excited.
:stupid: Hooky here today too. Had to go sign paperwork for mama at her new nursing home, so the boss told me to just take the day. I didn't argue. Got a call when I was halfway to Russellville from a guy wanting to look at the Corvette. He claims he is very interested in it. At this point, I don't care. I'll sell it, or I'll keep it, no matter either way.
Came home with the intention to clean out a shed or mow the yard...sat down to eat a sandwich and heard rain. Even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky, it came a flood for about 30 minutes. Just long enough to cancel out any outdoor plans...
A flood for 30 minutes without a cloud in the sky... Miraculous intervention to save you from strenuous labor? How do I get in on this?
Pray for Roscoe & Roscoe's mom, she took a turn for the worse.
Praying.
My sister actually came in today to see my dad. My initial thought was 'wow, she has a heart' but then she promptly reminded me that she doesn't. She mostly just came in so that me or dad could take her to AT&T to get the new iPhone [we are the only authorized users on the account]. :roll:
I've been fighting a doozy of a sinus headache most of the day. Alas, homework must be done anyway...
Broken today. Blessed. So many emotions. My wonderful Mama slipped away this morning sometime before 345. After 15 years of nursing home, I should be prepared.. Around 245 this morning, I awoke. No reason. Went and checked the phone, no missed calls. Laid back down, had a feeling of overwhelming peace. At 3:45 the phone rang, telling me mama had passed.
I guess God came by to tell me He was on His walk to take her home.
She's far better off. I'll be okay. But right now....right now, I'm broken. I should go to church. But I don't want to face everyone, hear the sympathy, and the stories. I just want to be alone. Far from everyone.
/me hugs Roscoe
*HUGS* for Roscoe
Everything that could go wrong this morning did trying to get to church. Even after I was there I kept telling myself to leave early that I didn't feel well. Then the Holy Ghost dropped and I knew why the devil had fought me tooth and nail this morning not to be there. Shew. I'm drained at this point but alas....homework must be done.
/me hugs roscoe and understands the feeling of just wanting to hide.
*awkardly gives Roscoe manly side hug and prays another prayer for the family*
I still haven't done my homework. As soon as I sat down to start writing a paper my laptop decided to take 2.5 hours to update. While waiting on it, husband realized our basement was flooded because our hot water heater decided to give up the ghost. With no water for the night we went to stay at my parents. Once there and the the rain was pouring down, their roof started leaking. :roll:
So now I'm at work at the college trying to do my homework that's due today....
Ack. Praying for you Roscoe! And it's totally A-ok to slip away and not be around anyone, even if it means skipping church! The Lord knows!
:sadbounce:
Though it pains me to admit it, I find myself agreeing with Jenn. Do what you gotta do Bobby.
I did both. I dissappeared by myself and got lost on back roads, winding up at my favorite place, petit Jean. Cried myself out, spent a couple of hours there, and sneaked into church and spoke with Bro Wilson after he concluded his sermon.
This morning, got up and set up mama's memorial arrangements. She's home with Him. I'm getting by. Life is good.
Ok...here is my advice.
Granted, I'm just 7 months into this, (wow...has she really been gone that long already?) and some days I honestly want to scream and tell everyone where they can shove their advice, but this does work somewhat and has kept me (partially) sane.
Cry if you need to. If you feel it, do it. Don't Supress it until you have a meltdown. Cry, get it out and move along. Don't dwell there either. Take a few minutes and then blow your nose, wash your face and get back to whatever needs doing. But don't ignore the feelings of grief and don't imbrace them where it becomes unhealthy.
Talk about her. One thing that helps me is remembering the good and the bad times and sharing them with people. Or not. Sometimes I just think of the things that we did or even the things that were aggravating about her and it helps. Don't forget or try to forget. And if talking makes you cry. Cry. No one thinks anything of that. Everyone has a mother and they all will go thru something too.
Take one day at a time. That's cliche I know. But it's TRUTH. I have had some REALLY REALLY dark days these past months. Some I haven't shared with anyone and don't want to. But then the sun comes out the next day and although nothing changed overnight, she's still gone, my perspective changed somehow and I have a good day or a series of good days.
It takes TIME. I didn't expect it to be this bad. Truly. Other people have great relationships with their mothers and I never did until the last year or so. When mine passed I felt like I went with her, but I went to hell. I literally have physical pain sometime and sob so hard I feel like I'm dying. But with time it's getting less frequent and I am not getting over it, but learning how to live THRU it. I've heard we don't ever get over it. We just learn a new normal.
It comes in waves. I can have weeks of pretty good days and then BAM! Get hit HARD with several bad and worse days all together...then just as suddenly as it hits, it's gone again and I'm ok until the next wave hits.
This is BY FAR the hardest thing that I personally have ever gone thru, and I'm not thru it yet. And like i said, I have not fully shared with ANYONE Some of the stuff I've felt and dealt with these months. God only knows, and when you feel like you have NO ONE...God is the ONLY one you do have. He's all I have and sometimes I just lay at His feet and sob. HE is my comfort. You have to learn to lean on Him in a way you have never needed to before.
God took our Mothers, so now He has become our Mother.
That's all I got. Hope it helps.
It does ,Mel. I was fortunate enough that my mama was one of my best friends. We worked together after I got out of high school, went to church together, and she and daddy were a huge part of my life. Because of this, there are not a ton of regrets for me to deal with, and there ARE a ton of great memories. For this, I am thankful, because I know things could have been much different.
Truthfully, I expected it to be somewhat easy, just because she had been in such bad health and had not known me or even communicated with anyone in years.
As I've told others, I struggled with God BECAUSE He hadn't taken her, which I thought would've been merciful.
But once she was gone, it did away with that glimmer of hope that somehow, someday, they would call me saying she was asking for me...that hope that God would restore her.
I've cried, and I have a ton of friends who text me simple one word messages that uplift me, and some that text me alot more. Some that simply read what I've put on paper and emailed just for the therapy..some post quick thoughts on Facebook.
Each one are helping me more than I can say.
I am blessed. Despite my anti people tendacies, I have acquired some friends that are simply too stubborn to abandon me.
And I love them forever for it.
/me leaves hugs for melbsy and donuts for roscoe.
About to go to the church for the hardest service of my life. I would appreciate prayers that I can speak without breaking down- Mama deserves for her son to honor her by at least saying a few words.. Love ya'll.
Prayers are with you today, Roscoe.
Melody, I'm so glad that in the midst of our sorrows, we can be a help to someone else. I love that your story has so many facets to it, so that anyone could truly be blessed by what you have to share.
My cousin got married this past Saturday, and I was glad to be able to just enjoy a wedding. Walked into the foyer of the church and there sat pictures of our loved ones who had gone on to meet their reward as a tribute for the wedding. I hadn't planned on crying, but there I was standing in the foyer of a church wedding, tears running! They are worth the tears we shed now and 20 years from now. I'm thankful for family that I can cry over!
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On a completely other note, I am looking for some suggestions on two different types of books. Supplemental reading, if you will. I would really hope that these are mostly Apostolic materials.
First, I would like suggestions on a (simple or comprehensive) bible study for my husband and myself to do. Not just like the "Bible Study in a Bag" that we had as youth, but a little more 'meaty.'
Second, I would like suggestions on some altar working material. I don't even know if that's really something you can read about, but it's something I know is a weak area of my walk because I struggle with people hearing me pray or what they might think, etc.
Thanks if you're able to help me out!
I don't know about books but I used to care a lot about what people might think about what I was praying at the altar. I determined I would not get over it without doing something about it, so I started going out in the woods to pray by myself. After I got accustomed to talking to God, then I didn't really give a flying flitter what people heard when I was praying at the altar.
It was amazing today. A simple little service, for a little lady that had simple tastes. My mama would've been embarrassed by the nice things said about her, and so many good friends showed up. I looked up to see Mini and two friends from Oklahoma who'd driven over. Among all of my other friends and family, they kept me from losing it completely as I spoke. Then, they stuck around, walked through the fall swap meet, and came back to my house for a glass of tea and fellowship.
Without them, I would've crawled away by myself. They kept me laughing, kept me involved, kept me from dwelling and crying. They were just what I needed today. Them, and the prayers from all of you and my other friends. In a time of loss, you really discover who your friends are. I have discovered that I have friends who I am not worthy of, friends who are amazing. It blows my mind that someone who is as introverted in person as I feel could somehow acquire this many people who love me. Truly, I am blessed.
Ike and Nelle... I understand what you are talking about and am dealing with that right now as well.
Roscoe- we wish we could just call into work and come up there for a bit, but if you ever need a free place to get away to for a weekend or anything, know you always have a place here... We have the camper we could let you guys hang out in... Or the boat... Or the garage. Lol.
You've always got a place to stay in Oregon, too, Roscoe. But that's probably considerably further away than what will be helpful right now. I'm sorry you're hurting. I wish I had something helpful to say.
You have a place to stay in Oklahoma too... And I won't even make you preach.
Quote from: SippinTea on September 23, 2016, 04:31:32 PMYou've always got a place to stay in Oregon, too, Roscoe. But that's probably considerably further away than what will be helpful right now. I'm sorry you're hurting. I wish I had something helpful to say.
Actually a long road trip up to Oregon in Rusty seems exactly what is indicated right now...
Guys, ya'll are amazing. I wish I could do a Chel-pre-marriage and just bounce around spending time with each of y'all. Of course, that would probably take care of the excess number of friends. :lol:
Seriously, thanks.
I went today and took care of the Social Security thing, then loaded up Rusty, picked up mama's ashes and took them to the little family cemetery in the country where Daddy is buried. Kim, Chey and I buried them, had a good cry, and prayed. God came down and just wrapped us up.
It's all finished, with the exception of probate on mama's tiny piece of land. It may take a while for that to be finalized, due to the state having the option to stake a claim.
At any rate- I haven't totally collapsed. God's mercy and grace are fresh every morning and because of this, and your prayers- I've got this.
You could never be me thankfully. But I seriously doubt you would lose friends by doing that. I think you would have just more friends in more places.
It's been a weird week. I've decided to take on a 2nd job at the college to help with the bills. Also, our university decided Brandon had had enough financial aid and withdrew all his funds for this semester. They will let him stay in his classes as it's his last of undergraduate work but before they will release his transcripts to apply for grad school, we have to come up with 2600-2900 bucks. Frustrated doesn't even begin to cover it.....
I'm currently holed up at the college library trying to get some of this homework done. I get to distracted at home to get much done.
2 weeks until a glorious week eating sandwiches and cereal at the beach [because we are too poor to go, but we need a break.]!
*enters*
*waves at everyone*
*insults roscoe*
*leaves*
mini is burning out, I see. Can't even take time to think up an insult, just puts up a generic one.
Kinda reminds me of one time in chat when two people wanted to argue but couldn't be bothered to find something to argue about.
http://bash.org/?23396
Some strong language there.
Hello.
:hi:
Was busy today. First day back at work and tons to do. Appears like I shall never get caught back up...
Quote from: sunlight on September 26, 2016, 01:58:44 PMSome strong language there.
Aye, that's why I didn't copy-paste it here.
Quote from: Roscoe on September 27, 2016, 02:41:14 AM:hi:
Was busy today. First day back at work and tons to do. Appears like I shall never get caught back up...
"And I know the feeeeeeliiiiiiiing..."
But eventually I do get caught up. But there never seems to be a way to get ahead of work so I won't get behind next time. That's what really bugs me.
Well. Made it through yesterday, enjoyed the company of a friend passing through, and have returned for day 2 of the week. Appointments and meetings all day. I might get something done if they'd stop wasting time trying to decide how to do something and just let us do it...lol
*randomly waves at random friends*
:beret:
:randomly waves back to random people waving:
*channels Cheesehead*
*Randomly shoots people randomly waving at randomly waving people*
*Leaves*
/me whops Roscoe upside the head.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 28, 2016, 01:22:30 AM/me whops Roscoe upside the head.
:pound: I wasn't even shootin' at YOU, ya ole biddy. :pound:
:ugly:
But you were shooting at my baby girl.
/me whops Roscoe again and walks off mumbling about messing with mama bears
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 28, 2016, 03:16:19 AMBut you were shooting at my baby girl.
/me whops Roscoe again and walks off mumbling about messing with mama bears
Ohhh....Bear. That's some good eatin' and fine hunting...:fork:
Morning,all. Gonna spend most of the day out of the office, doing home visits. Gotta make sure the wayward chilllun's ain't lying to me about where they is staying...
Wow, a lot of random people today.
*Isaac snags a random chocolate bar and eats it without looking at what it is.
Oooh, Riesen!
Quote from: Roscoe on September 28, 2016, 12:46:44 PMQuote from: The Purple Fuzzy on September 28, 2016, 03:16:19 AMBut you were shooting at my baby girl.
/me whops Roscoe again and walks off mumbling about messing with mama bears
Ohhh....Bear. That's some good eatin' and fine hunting...:fork:
NO. Bears are NOT FOOD.
:pound:
/me wops Roscoe with Sandra
Bear claws are a chubby cops food...
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on September 28, 2016, 03:05:14 PMBear claws are a chubby cops food...
:ugly:
This like system has a flaw. I am not able to like something more than once. I demand to be able to like this multiple times.
There is a possibility that my college could make national news. A student group were doing a silent protest supporting the Black Lives Matter movement with permission from the school. [you can't just set up and do anything on campus. you HAVE to have a permit]. Some idiot redneck with a gorilla mask on swinging a rope tied into a noose came along and started cussing the protesters and handing them bananas out of a bag with the confederate flag on it. :roll: :roll: He got arrested but I'm sure it's just more fuel on an already burning fire....
Quote from: HeatherB on September 28, 2016, 09:43:52 PMThere is a possibility that my college could make national news. A student group were doing a silent protest supporting the Black Lives Matter movement with permission from the school. [you can't just set up and do anything on campus. you HAVE to have a permit]. Some idiot redneck with a gorilla mask on swinging a rope tied into a noose came along and started cussing the protesters and handing them bananas out of a bag with the confederate flag on it. :roll: :roll: He got arrested but I'm sure it's just more fuel on an already burning fire....
Pure stupidity, no matter what side of the BLM movement you're on.
And Jenn- Bears are very good food. And bopping me with Fuzzy? Geez, couldn't ya just bop me with a broom or the like? She's hard headed, it'd be like being hit with a hammer.....
And in sharing, today was a long day in the car. One particular home visit took me places I needed a Jeep, and took me 3 hours. I've gotta take Mini over there next time he's over.
:grin: I like my mama!
I think she's neat too, and nothing like a bear.
Of course I never saw her mad...
Quote from: Lynx on September 29, 2016, 02:53:36 AMI think she's neat too, and nothing like a bear.
Of course I never saw her mad...
I don't wanna see her mad. I suspect people that see her mad get brokeded...:ugly:
Morning, all. Think after some minor paperwork I will be back cruising the county with home visits. Probably my favorite part of my job.
Quote from: Roscoe on September 29, 2016, 01:07:18 PMProbably my favorite part of my job.
Wait, what? Before you were complaining about it like it was the most dreaded part...
Did you switch methods of conveyance and use Rusty for home visits?
Quote from: Lynx on September 29, 2016, 01:17:55 PMQuote from: Roscoe on September 29, 2016, 01:07:18 PMProbably my favorite part of my job.
Wait, what? Before you were complaining about it like it was the most dreaded part...
Did you switch methods of conveyance and use Rusty for home visits?
I wish. :lol:
No, I actually enjoy the home visits because it gets me out of the office. The down side is that it causes me to do paperwork when I discover that they have lied to me and don't live where they claim.
Quote from: Roscoe on September 29, 2016, 01:07:18 PMQuote from: Lynx on September 29, 2016, 02:53:36 AMI think she's neat too, and nothing like a bear.
Of course I never saw her mad...
I don't wanna see her mad. I suspect people that see her mad get brokeded...:ugly:
I've heard it's a scary sight. 0:)
You heard? Is this a Jekyll and Hyde thing? After you calmed down did your family have to fill you in on what the Other You did? :paranoid:
We not only made national news, but we made news in England and Australia too! Go redneck East Tennessee!! :roll:
Had my last meeting with my current advisor today. I'm going to miss her. From here on out I'll be meeting with the departmental advisor in each of my majors. I'm only 6 credit hours short of a minor in Anthropology so I picked that up too. Double major and minor. Hope I can make it through the next 2 years.....
I'm pretty sure my 3 yr old is trying to kill me. And all those parents who go on and on about how terrible the two's are.... whatever. They were lying. The two's had challenging moments. The three's have been absolutely awful all the way. How can one small package be so delightful and so incredibly ANNOYING at the same time?!? Anyhow then. LOL.
:beret:
All my friends and even my mom said the 3's were worse. At least with my sister. She wasn't raising me at the time of my 3's so I'll have to ask my aunt. All 5 of her girls were terrible at 3's too. I remember them. Lol.
Quote from: HeatherB on September 30, 2016, 06:11:17 PMWe not only made national news, but we made news in England and Australia too! Go redneck East Tennessee!! :roll:
Which one made international news? The gorilla mask?
I just ate a wonderful, artery clogging cheeseburger.
If any of you ever make it to my area, I'll point you to one of the best cheeseburger spots. This place gives you a 5# bag of taters as French fries. So many fires in fact they give you 2 plates, one for the burgers, one for the fries.
:fork:
I need Cheese. More specifically, I need him to come set up the PRS QuickBooks because I think I'm doing some stuff wrong. BAH.
:beret:
I need a burger. And fries.
Last night I started my weekend by cleaning out the shed. A 10x12 I think, it was literally floor to ceilingjunk and when you opened the door stuff would jump at you. I moved everything out on the lawn and swept out the shed. Today, I pulled the trailer up and commenced to throwing away stuff. Kim came over and helped me go through Mama and Daddy's stuff, and surprisingly we just kept a handful of sentimental stuff.
I now have a loaded trailer, a BUNCH of stuff to burn, and for the first time in years, my lawnmower, weedeater, and other tools are in the shed where they belong.
Next- bonfire for what needs to be burned, and then we attack the carport room. It's gonna get cleaned out and turned into a shelved storage for household items. I WILL make myself be the organized efficient machine that I know I can be. :pound:
My wife, chelleebelle, is in full blown clean and cook mode. Our pastor is coming to preach for me tomorrow, and they are coming to eat at our house afterwards.
So far, she's made a cheesecake and lemon cake from scratch, broccoli slaw, and she's going to start meat for hot beef sandwiches. And homemade potato salad. And she's cleaning like mad.
I really want to go to sleep, but she's making enough noise to wake neighbors...
I'm so thankful for moments like these...Even though I would rather be sleeping...LOL. I guess that's what I get for waking up at 5 then getting her up at 8.
Happy October! Gotta love October, it's the Goldilocks month - not to hot, not too cold, just right! :D
(The previous line was shamelessly copied from Arlo & Janis.)
http://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2016/10/01
It IS beautiful out. I thought about going for a nice ride before church, but Rusty's down and the Corvette is not a leisurely cruise vehicle, it's more of a "air-out-your-frustrations-on curves" type vehicle. Beside, we stayed up until midnight last night and slept in today.
I'm playing with my camera.
Took pictures of Sam last night, went downtown of a nearby city and took pictures of a huge mural tonight.
Today is gonna be rough. Power went out at 9 last night, so we dressed by coal oil lantern and went to bed. Of course it came back on at 1:30, and everything in the house electrical came on- DVD players included. Got up and turned everything off and went back to sleep. Slept sound until 2:30 when I awoke for no reason at all with a friend on my mind. Prayed until 3,330, still couldn't sleep, balanced the checkbook,went back to bed anyway and laid until about 30 minutes ago. Now I'm sitting in the recliner, fixing to get up and get ready for work. Coffee, caffeine in general, will likely be my best friend today.:pound:
Ugh, I HATE days like that. In fact I had a day like that yesterday - couldn't sleep more than about 4 hours, and I was supposed to preach because the pastor was sick.
On days when I wake up and can't get back to sleep I go down to the local Jack's (fast food place, kinda like Hardee's) and order a large mocha shake. They ring up a large chocolate shake but they make it with half chocolate ice cream, half coffee. It does the job.
Quote from: mini on October 01, 2016, 04:16:57 PMI just ate a wonderful, artery clogging cheeseburger.
If any of you ever make it to my area, I'll point you to one of the best cheeseburger spots. This place gives you a 5# bag of taters as French fries. So many fires in fact they give you 2 plates, one for the burgers, one for the fries.
:fork:
Sounds hot.:burn:
Its the next big thing on burgers. Instead of peppers, they just set the thing on fire and you eat it, flames and all.
Now THAT was funny!
Urgh. Gonna be a busy day I suspect. I went in and went to bed at 730. Slept all night like a log.
Slept like a log, or slept like the chainsaw that was cutting logs?
Ne'mind, I probably don't want to know...
Quite possibly both. :lol:
Lou got a different ride today. We traded her Malibu for a very nice one owner Lincoln MKX suv... Older, but clean. She's overjoyed. It IS more comfortable than the Malibu.
That's probably one of the nicer things about having you for a husband. You know cars. If a lady married me I would be relying on HER to know about cars. I could fix her computer though.
1 of 3 midterms done. 100 on it. Woot! Also have an English assignment due tomorrow that I'm not even halfway done on it. Also we are on hold for our vacation due to Hurricane Matthew. I need the beach universe!!!
My wife bought a teacup Chihuahua last night for Domino a playmate. He's not as fond of the idea as she was. This thing is the size of a Snicker's bar...
I'd be afraid I'd step on something that small.
Even as small as Domino is, there seems to be a danger of accidentally inhaling too much in his sleep and losing that new dog.
"Where'd the newbie go?"
"I dunno but Domino's been coughing all morning."
Roscoe sent me a picture of said dog. The dog looks like it's wearing Donald Trumps wig.
:pound: How dare you compare my darling , er, HER darling baby with Trump?!?! You're just jealous 'cause she has more hair on her head than you do.
We need to see a photo of this dog. :lol:
Is it a long-haired chihuahua? :o
Chihuahuas are in my top 5 most terrible dogs list.
2 of 3 midterms down and English assignment complete. I've lost all motivation to study for tomorrow. Still haven't packed because we have no idea when we can go.
It will likely be a long haired toy Chihuahua. Her daddy is around 6 pounds short hair and mama is around 4, longhair... they claimed teacup, but I think teacups are more like 2 to 3 pounds. This one is about the weight of an iPhone right now and about the same size...Not sure how to put pics here, but I'll try..
(http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/five-oh_photos/Mobile%20Uploads/20161006_195404.jpg) (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/five-oh_photos/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20161006_195404.jpg.html)
I think that's a pic of the latest baby in the house.... And Lou is gonna kill me, 'cause it shows the pile of clean clothes to be folded in the recliner in the background. :lol:
And good morning, all. I'm dragging a bit this morning, but me and the giant cup of Thin Mint flavored coffee will survive...
I went home last night and burned a huge bonfire of stuff. I thought about our resident firebug and poured a bit more lighter fluid on it, just in honor of them...
Quote from: HeatherB on October 06, 2016, 10:34:20 PMChihuahuas are in my top 5 most terrible dogs list.
what are the other 4? haha
Quote from: MsJennJenn on October 07, 2016, 02:14:13 PMQuote from: HeatherB on October 06, 2016, 10:34:20 PMChihuahuas are in my top 5 most terrible dogs list.
what are the other 4? haha
My sister has one that I can't stand and another that I really like. I guess the reason is the first one barks at me all the time and the second one likes me...
Ate dinner with a missionary tonight. We were talking about dogs, and he said he met a prisoner once that said "I hate chihuahuas. I've been arrested twice and both times were because of chihuahuas."
Apparently the guy had a tendency to break into houses that had chihuahuas, and they yapped like crazy and caused him to get caught...but a German Shepard would be better.
Bobby: I guess I'm a nerd. First thing I noticed in that picture was you are apparently looking up some old forum threads. Then I noticed the dog is smaller than your hand - hope everyone watches where they step. Then I noticed I recognize that room, and THEN I noticed the laundry. As I currently have a pile of laundry on the couch and don't intend to touch it before going to work today, I can't say a thing about laundry on the recliner.
Just hope the dog doesn't burrow into the laundry. You may never find it.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on October 07, 2016, 02:14:13 PMQuote from: HeatherB on October 06, 2016, 10:34:20 PMChihuahuas are in my top 5 most terrible dogs list.
what are the other 4? haha
My top 5 in no particular order:
chihuahua
dachshunds
jack russells
schnauzers
chinese crested
I have been bitten, scratched, scarred or terrorized by these 5 more than any other dog.
The temperament of a cat depends on the cat. The temperament of a dog depends on the owner. If a dog is mean, vicious, ill tempered or barking all the time it is because the owner has spoiled it rotten, quite literally. I'm not quite sure why but if you give a dog everything it wants and never reprimand it for misbehavior it will always grow up to be cranky.
Some breeds, especially smaller ones, are more prone to spoilage because they are just so incredibly adorably cute.
Two of the top five are my favorites- Chihuahua and Dachshund. Love the spoiled little vengeful demons.
Slept in a bit today and spent the rest of the day helping a friend whose parents have Alzheimer's move some of their things to storage. Still haven't got Rusty fixed, but I did score a cool '40's cooler made by JC Higgins company, and got a deal on a table saw. I really didn't need the table saw, but it's a couple hundred dollar saw and I got it for $50. SO that balances out Lou's Chihuahua. Well, not really. But I gotta stop spending. We've been like drunken sailors this month. :pound:
From what I recall Domino was a nice dog, not cranky. As I said, it depends on the owner.
Talking about spending like drunken sailors though, I remember a letter one sailor wrote to the newspaper editor. "In your paper you said the government has been spending money like a drunk sailor. I take offense to this. I served two years on the USS Potemkin and I can tell you that when we ran out of money we stopped spending."
Not overly pleased today. Lou isn't feeling well.. but what annoys me is automotive. Rusty's down from a stripped sparkplug that I haven't had time to fix...I start the Corvette for the first time in a week, to move it. It has a distinct squeak/tap from the passenger side valvetrain. I strongly suspect a bad lifter, which is above my talents to repair and money to pay right now. I suspect it is fixing to become garage art for a while. Not happy at all about that.
Before Roscoe gets on here and slanders my culinary choices, I told him carrots should never be cooked, especially with a roast. They are nasty that way.
You have proved, once again, you have NO taste. That is actually the only way carrots are edible...:fork:
I SO need to work on Wednesday night's bible study. I have the rough idea- but can't get going. :pound:
I like my carrots raw.
I like broccoli
Tots....Has it really been almost 9 years since the OK meetup?
Do you know what time it is! It's EGGNOG season! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I get kind of irritated when they bring out christmas decorations in September. I don't really like the christmas movies Grandma watches for four months. And it's way too soon for christmas carols - I haven't recovered yet from last year's aural assault. But eggnog I can't wait to see on store shelves. And at last the time is here!
I'm looking out the sliding glass door at the ocean. All is well in my world.
That sounds nice.
Quote from: mini on October 11, 2016, 10:10:00 AMTots....Has it really been almost 9 years since the OK meetup?
Seriously?? How is that even possible? Chris and I've been married approx 5 1/2 yrs, and the meet up was...... well, maybe it WAS that long ago. Crazy!
:beret:
In recent news...
My family could really use some extra prayer this week. Daddy isn't doing well at. all. in recovery from his knee surgery. It's eerily reminiscent of three years ago after his hip replacement when he almost died. My C section is Thursday morning, and my stress levels are off the charts right now. I'm scared about my dad, I'm apprehensive about my own recovery with all the additional stress right now, and I'm not even going to go into what yesterday was like around here.
Just..... please pray. I'd be grateful. I'm kind of past the point of praying effectively for anyone including myself right now. Prayer is more like a random thrown up "HELP!!!" thing at the moment.
My mom and sis got dad in to see the PA yesterday afternoon. Basically, they told him he's trying to go 70 in a 45 mph, and to lay off on some of the exercises/activity. My dad is a HORRIBLE patient. Anyhow. Less than 24 hrs now until we meet the newest Ringo. :)
:beret:
Ruby, I wish we lived closer together. I'd love to see those babies.
Praying for ya Ruby. And your family. And if I can get time to do so, I may order some Pieces of Eight Salsa 'cause I want to try it...just have to see whatthe budget and time says. Totally wish y'all were local, for multitudes of reasons- no shipping, I could better influence Bella and the other tyke with good music, aka Hinsons and Bluegrass,
You call that good music?
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on October 13, 2016, 10:07:13 AMYou call that good music?
:ugly:
I call that GREAT music, you chucklehead. :pound: * Roscoe walks off muttering about how the only taste some people have is in their mouth*
And in sharing- to paraphase an old country sony :sing: "...the coffeeeee ain't workin' no moreee..." :sing:
But I shall survive. I have had to deal with copious amounts of garbage this week....but...
Last night was different. Bro Wilson went to Branson leaving me to teach. Had a nice ten pages of notes- right before church we got a call that my wife's cousin (backslider whose mama still goes to our church) had gone to the hospital because the baby she was expecting hadn't moved at all that day.. The little fellow didn't make it. :cry: They took him last night, about a month early. They are devastated. Lou and her cousin are like sisters, so she went to the hospital. Turned out out of 60 or so people in our church only about 12 showed up last night. We decided on a prayer meeting- sang a little, prayed, and I had told them they could leave after prayer. We get done prayng and everyone is just sitting there, like they are waiting on preaching. So, if you gonna sit like that after you been dismissed, fine. I'll beller at ya. :ugly: Wound up speaking for around 20 minutes on "if tomorrow doesn't come"..not what I had, but something I have taught in years past and just seemed to fit, even without notes or the full message. Looked over and our most recent convert who is seeking the Holy Ghost was cying her eyes out. We prayed for a bit longer before dismissing.
And that's my life so far. Today promises to be a pain. :lol:
:hi:
:hi: :freaky2: :P
:hi:
Quote from: Roscoe on October 13, 2016, 12:56:57 PMAnd in sharing- to paraphase an old country sony :sing: "...the coffeeeee ain't workin' no moreee..." :sing:
Hmm, I coulda sworn it was something else that ain't workin' any more...
But Chonda Pierce does refer to coffee as her "pentecostal whiskey."
Quote from: Lynx on October 15, 2016, 11:42:35 AMQuote from: Roscoe on October 13, 2016, 12:56:57 PMAnd in sharing- to paraphase an old country sony :sing: "...the coffeeeee ain't workin' no moreee..." :sing:
Hmm, I coulda sworn it was something else that ain't workin' any more...
But Chonda Pierce does refer to coffee as her "pentecostal whiskey."
Thus- "paraphrase". And every good Pentecostal knows that Nyquil is "Pentecostal Sippin' whiskey". ROFLOL
The fair was last week. I'm glad it's over. Lol. It's another one of those no sleep weeks!
What was the charge to get in the gate, did the fair charge a fair fare? And how was the food, was the fare fair? And did you do okay at the games, how did you fare at the fair?
Lol. The fair fare was a fair $5.00 fare. The food at the fair was fair fair fare. And I didn't play any games cause I was too busy frying fair fare for the fair fair fare seekers. :grin:
Chel, have you found the new sharing thread, yet?
I'm working the fair this week. Holy cow...these long days are hard! I work 5-11am at BK, and then 12-7pm at the fair. The hour in between is just enough time to change clothes, eat a bite and commute From one job to the other.
OY.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on October 19, 2016, 02:27:44 PMChel, have you found the new sharing thread, yet?
Nope. Not yet. Have looked for it a few times. Will look again.
Quote from: sunlight on October 19, 2016, 02:22:27 PMLol. The fair fare was a fair $5.00 fare. The food at the fair was fair fair fare. And I didn't play any games cause I was too busy frying fair fare for the fair fair fare seekers. :grin:
Hey that's great! No wait... that's just fair.
And if your tan isn't dark enough yet, and if the food was good, then you were a fair fair fair fare fryer.
Okay we should stop before we make people's heads hurt.
Oh my! :o
Quote from: Lynx on October 20, 2016, 01:10:42 PMOkay we should stop before we make people's heads hurt.
Yeah, you passed that exit about four posts back..:pound: