;) Just getting this one ready. It's been a while since I started a thread.
I dunno... when I tell people things they usually run away screaming.
/me hugs mom
For once I have nothing to tell...:lol:
Hello.
*Hugs* Mel. I was thinking about you today. I'm so sorry you're hurting.
:beret:
Urgh. Good Lord, it is morning. Thank God for Dr Pepper... Kinda dreary day forecast. In fact this entire week is said to be soggy. We shall see...
Quote from: Roscoe on April 06, 2015, 01:45:17 AM
For once I have nothing to tell...:lol:
Multiple jokes I could make on that one, but I'll let it pass.
In local news I just got four dozen more eggs... these homemade pickled eggs are so good I've been eating way too many of them. Gonna have to make a new batch.
Dad had three dozen eggs in the fridge and so I'm making pickled eggs to send home with a cousin after the funeral. It was kinda a joke in our family cause Dad ALWAYS sent pickled eggs home with them when they visited...this time will be no different. I have to use up these eggs somehow and this is the best way I can see. It will be a great way to honor his memory.
/me hugs Mel
I'm at work. Yesterday was cool enough that I needed to turn on the heat for a bit but today's supposed to be in the mid 80s. :smirk2:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 06, 2015, 04:20:51 PM
I'm at work. Yesterday was cool enough that I needed to turn on the heat for a bit but today's supposed to be in the mid 80s. :smirk2:
Same here. Back to the 80's all week.
:hug: melbs
How in the world do you pickle an egg? I've never heard of such a thing....
Quote from: HeatherB on April 06, 2015, 07:04:54 PM
How in the world do you pickle an egg? I've never heard of such a thing....
Makes me think of those jars of eggs in what looks like pickle juice - sitting on a counter of an old country convenience store, or a county fair.
/me pukes
Well there are several ways, all depending on your taste preference. If you want the eggs to have a strong pickle taste, then you can simply add peeled boiled eggs to an empty pickle jar with the juice still in it. But my dad's recipe is a bit different.
Boil and peel eggs. Get a big jar, we use a gallon glass jar, and mix about a 1/3 a gallon of Apple cider vinegar and some sugar, salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste...about a cup a a half sugar...then add a can of beets with the juice. Add the peeled eggs, seal it up and leave on the counter for at least a week before eating.
That's our favorite recipe.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 06, 2015, 07:57:58 PM
Quote from: HeatherB on April 06, 2015, 07:04:54 PM
How in the world do you pickle an egg? I've never heard of such a thing....
Makes me think of those jars of eggs in what looks like pickle juice - sitting on a counter of an old country convenience store, or a county fair.
/me pukes
I'm with Jenn. I HATE pickles. Just give me the hard boiled eggs please and thank you!
Quote from: MelodyB on April 06, 2015, 08:04:45 PM
Well there are several ways, all depending on your taste preference. If you want the eggs to have a strong pickle taste, then you can simply add peeled boiled eggs to an empty pickle jar with the juice still in it. But my dad's recipe is a bit different.
Boil and peel eggs. Get a big jar, we use a gallon glass jar, and mix about a 1/3 a gallon of Apple cider vinegar and some sugar, salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste...about a cup a a half sugar...then add a can of beets with the juice. Add the peeled eggs, seal it up and leave on the counter for at least a week before eating.
That's our favorite recipe.
I suspect I shall try this next time we have an egg surplus...which is frequently due to me buying fresh eggs every chance I get, forgetting that I have a dozen or two in the fridge already. :biglaugh: I don't think we will ever run out of bread or eggs- for some reason if I go in a grocery store, I pick up a loaf of bread. It's a Pavlovian reflex, I guess... :laughhard:
Today at work was somewhat quieter due to session being over- thank God.
I adore dill pickles. And I think your idea is a grand one, Mel. :) Sending you hugs.
:beret:
Quote from: HeatherB on April 06, 2015, 09:41:24 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 06, 2015, 07:57:58 PM
Quote from: HeatherB on April 06, 2015, 07:04:54 PM
How in the world do you pickle an egg? I've never heard of such a thing....
Makes me think of those jars of eggs in what looks like pickle juice - sitting on a counter of an old country convenience store, or a county fair.
/me pukes
I'm with Jenn. I HATE pickles. Just give me the hard boiled eggs please and thank you!
No no. I lovvvveeee pickles. Pickled eggs no no no.
So I'm up late attempting to work on school work. Tried to take my test for the human anatomy class and..well I got to the second question and gave up. lol Thankfully I can take it unlimited amount of times. My head is spinning with info on cholesterol, dna, rna, thryroid...blah
:couch:
:hi:
:beret:
Been a long day. Finally got in from work. I had to go by the tool and Equipment store to purchase a decent string trimmer. (Weed eater). Every year I buy either a used one or a cheap Weed eater brand at Wal-Mart, and every year they give me fits. Last year, you will recall, I got so disgusted with the lawn mower that I went and bought a new Bad Boy.
After attempting to tidy up the church yard for Easter before going to Mini's last week, and discovering the Weed eater nonfunctioning again, I was ticked. Bro Wilson brought his Stihl trimmer up, and I used it to finish the job. He said his was several years old, and he'd had zero problems, although it was about 4 times the price of the Weed eater brand.
I went and bought one today. I sure didn't need to spend that chunk of change, but- the last two cheapies didn't even last one season, and I'm tired of it. Now I have the tools to keep my lawn and the church lawn decent.
We've had our Stihl for years. Clarence said probably since 1990. He's refurbished it some but it still works great.
Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great day!
Quote from: Roscoe on April 07, 2015, 12:48:27 AM
I suspect I shall try this next time we have an egg surplus...which is frequently due to me buying fresh eggs every chance I get, forgetting that I have a dozen or two in the fridge already. :biglaugh: I don't think we will ever run out of bread or eggs- for some reason if I go in a grocery store, I pick up a loaf of bread. It's a Pavlovian reflex, I guess... :laughhard:
Today at work was somewhat quieter due to session being over- thank God.
I didn't have a recipe, I just tossed stuff together. White vinegar, water, salt, garlic, dill, cayenne, just a pinch of basil, onion.
To any potential troublemakers in AR, now is the best time to cause trouble at the state capitol. They'll never see it coming. :freaky2:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 08, 2015, 02:49:30 AM
We've had our Stihl for years. Clarence said probably since 1990. He's refurbished it some but it still works great.
So you have your Stihl there still?
My kiddos are flying this way! :clap: I'm soooo ready to see them.:D
I'm getting pretty much no summer aide so I guess it's going to be a summer of working and no school. Sad because I had a work study job lined up but I can't work study if I'm no enrolled in classes. Boo!
Stayed at my parents last night since I don't go in til noon.
*HUGS* to Mel today.
Been praying for Mel today here too....
And in sharing, I've made it nearly to another weekend. Gotta teach Bible study tonight- on the 3rd chapter of 1 Peter. Judging from some of my notes, I'll make no one pleased with me. And tonight is, truthfully, a night when my physical being wants to simply veg out.
They are calling for potential storms tomorrow too..
went by the smoothie joint i applied at. the co-owner asked me when i'll be available for an interview next week and wanted to verify that i'm ready to give my 2 weeks notice at the AZ. :clap: :clap: :clap:
thank you Jesus!!!!!
Smoothie place?
*Lynx goes on alert
A smoothie place would be a very bad place for me to work. Any money I made there, I would promptly spend on smoothies.
So thankful the kiddos made it here safe & sound. They were really tired & the littlest ones were fussy, but they're here. :bigcheese:
Yay for Fuzzy Beastie. Good morning, all. Back at work. Glad it is my Friday.
In other news... *trying not to feel so hopeless and overwhelmed* Hmmm! Never mind...sometimes it's better not to think about the struggles you are going through...trying to count my blessings; which are many! God is supposed to be able to use your brokenness for His good...I'm not sure I have been much use lately! Although, in the past two months several people that I have been inviting to church finally visited; some are still coming and now bringing along other family members!!! One of them I have been inviting for over two years; he is talking about coming back...hesitantly! Please keep them in prayer...there are so many preconceived notions about God and the bible...that some people never see what's right in front of them! Their minds made up...not willing to change; or give any thing up!!!
the 'cramming everything in at the last of the semester' work has started in school. I wish I had more wedding things done that would make my life easier but alas. At least I'll be so busy that I won't stress [in theory anyway....]
5 weeks!!
I took off the rest of the week to be with the kiddos. :bigcheese:
*deep breath
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!!
Wednesday night the pastor mentioned the computer he used in his office seemed to have developed a problem. Standard web browser hijacker, started with an obviously fake invitation to update java, when he got tired of seeing it he finally clicked on it, now his browser takes him to mostly advertisement sites.
"What antivirus are you using?"
"Well it had um... what was that called... McAffee, but it was a trial version."
*Lynx goes off to resume beating his head against the wall.
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
It's actually kind of soothing.
Thud.
Thud.
Actually I've been using Linux for online stuff for so long that I'm a bit out of touch. I had to run a few searches for good free antiviruses. Seems Malwarebytes and Bitdefender are the best free ones out there.
"We have free, effective and pretty. Pick any two. Free pretty ones won't be effective. Effective pretty ones won't be free. And effective free ones won't be pretty."
I don't have any antivirus on my Mac. I don't need it.
I have Avast.
*throws chocolate at Isaac in an attempt to soothe the poor agitated soul*
Yeah, we use Avast, too.
:beret:
I have my interview Wednesday morning for the smoothie shop!!!!!
Got some of my homework done last night. Considering taking tonight off to go to revival service at a friends church. Tomorrow I have to work then go to a friends wedding.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 10, 2015, 02:20:00 PM
I don't have any antivirus on my Mac. I don't need it.
*Lynx makes a note to mess up someone's Mac later tonight. "Macs don't get viruses" is the best thing that ever happened to virus writers. Might be a virus maker who started that rumor...
Actually it's technically possible for even a Linux computer to get a virus. But the user has to be really, really stupid to make it happen. In Windows you can get a virus just by inserting an infected flash drive. In Linux (and to a certain extent in Mac) you have to get out and push to make a virus wreck your computer.
I use MalwareBytes on one of my laptops....on the other, I'm enjoying a 30 day free trial of AVG2015 paid version. When it expires next week, I'll probably switch to MalwareBytes on it..
And in sharing today was beautiful. I drove Rusty in this morning to take Chey to school, enjoyed breakfast with an old friend, went by the church because I was feeling like the worst kind of sinner...and wow, did I ever find God there.
In all of my life living in and around church, I have never felt the love and closeness of God in the way I did this morning. For some reason it seemed like He just wrapped His arms around me and wouldn't let go. Amazing feeling of peace and comfort. I'm still blown away by it. For a bit, I just sat on the front pew, not saying anything, not praying- just basking in what I know was real. If I could bottle that up and distribute it worldwide, there would never be another atheist.
After tearing away from that moment, I went by Walmart and bought mulch, then came home and worked on the landscaping a bit, before taking the Corvette to pick Chey up so she could impress her older boyfriends with "her" Corvette. :lol:
I'm wore to a frazzle...and have even more outside work to do tomorrow.
It is nearly one am and I'm still up. Out of boredom I check the FCC's website and discover that Mini's callsign has came through- if I remember right, FCC uploads at midnight. So now I have knowledge he has been waiting for, and obviously he's sleeping like most folk are. So he doesn't know that his callsign is KG5GYE, and I can't tell him yet.
I'm actually kinda enjoying the gloating and consider seeing if he will 1) check here and see this message this am or 2) look tomorrow sometime later.... :lol:
You stole my thunder.
:ugly:
The funny thing is I got home around then and could have checked (did check qrz) but went to sleep instead.
Just got up and discovered I've been robbed. A note on the bar tells me my bride took 1) a check so she could buy some shoes she's been wanting and 2) my cash to buy breakfast. :o It's robbery plain and simple. :pound:
On the bright side you are cool in your daughter's eyes because of the car.
Quote from: Lynx on April 11, 2015, 06:33:20 PM
On the bright side you are cool in your daughter's eyes because of the car.
I was cool in the daughter's eyes already, because I am cool. :hypocrite:
Well, that, and we've had a Corvette or other sporty car and an old truck that draws folks like flies to syrup all of her life. If I ever started driving just "normal" autos, she wouldn't know what to think. And neither would I....:lol: We've enjoyed riding around a bit today, and doing yardwork, and I started and moved the Stude for the first time in months...beautiful day out.
It was pretty here today, also.
Lord. Morning again. I'm at work, it's raining, and half the crew is on vacation or called in sick. I should have joined them.:lol:
Quote from: Roscoe on April 13, 2015, 12:40:55 PM
Lord. Morning again. I'm at work, it's raining
:stupid:
Weeeeee, yesterday was fun!
We finally got around to causing damage at the Hibachi Grill buffet. I spent most of my appetite on the sushi bar for two reasons - 1 I can fill up and not feel really weighted down like I feel if I fill up on fried stuff or red meats - 2 I can get fried stuff or red meats anywhere but I can't get sushi anywhere less than an hour away. And I think I'm STILL not hungry this morning. I tested the limits of "all you can eat."
Then I was supposed to preach last night. For a bit I thought I wasn't going to have to get to preach because God showed up in a big way. Tongues and interpretation, the whole bit. But it all fit right in with the message. Before service I thought it was going to be a hard message to preach, but after all that went down before the message it fit right in place. :cool:
And after all of that... I was so tired that I went to be an hour early. For me, that's rather remarkably tired.
Raining here too! I too am at work, wishing I was at home. Bah.
I do not like sushi! Yuck!
Jenn the list of things you do not like is truly staggering. I would add sushi to the list, but I ran out of paper. And here I thought a 500 sheet ream of paper would be enough for any list...
My English teacher has sent out 3 different emails with 3 different due dates for our paper. He's starting to make me angry......
Registered for Fall 2015 classes. It should be a fun semester other than math. UGH.
Quote from: Lynx on April 13, 2015, 05:29:05 PM
Jenn the list of things you do not like is truly staggering. I would add sushi to the list, but I ran out of paper. And here I thought a 500 sheet ream of paper would be enough for any list...
Whatever lol - the things I DO like vastly outweigh the things I don't like.
Quote from: HeatherB on April 13, 2015, 06:33:28 PM
My English teacher has sent out 3 different emails with 3 different due dates for our paper. He's starting to make me angry......
Registered for Fall 2015 classes. It should be a fun semester other than math. UGH.
I'm convinced 3/5 college professors are clueless and dumb, and shouldn't teach. lol
I'm registered thru Sept! Woot! What are you taking?!
Jenn, did my son get with you about a logo? I told him to call Chel and get your number.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 13, 2015, 07:03:24 PM
Jenn, did my son get with you about a logo? I told him to call Chel and get your number.
Yea we did - but I don't know if he was ok with what I did - he didn't respond after the last example. Just text this morning asking me what he owed me for my time. lol I haven't text him back yet. I actually forgot! Thanks for the reminder!
Next semester is:
Probability & Statistics [retaking]
US History since 1877
Sociological Research
Religion, Society & Culture
Intro to Women's Studies [retaking]
Good grief lol.
Hello.
My name is Seth and I am a terrible person because I fail to come in here and share after devoting my life to Sharing for 63 years.....
:sob:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 13, 2015, 03:32:31 PM
I do not like sushi! Yuck!
Never tried it...never will!!! 😲 LOL
Sitting in my car on lunch.. It's now raining! I have a horrible headache...and the lack of morals, ethics, etiquette, manners, standards, class, sense, etc... & work ethics in this world; is about to make me crazy!!!
Feeling more then slightly stressed, aggravated, and/or frustrated! 😣 Not to mention completely exhausted, and overwhelmed!!😢
Maybe crazy isn't so bad...then I wouldn't care so much, stress so much; or expect too much!!!?😲😶 RIGHT?
/me leaves a hug for Assuredbyfaith
Quote from: Chseeads on April 14, 2015, 06:45:06 AM
Hello.
My name is Seth and I am a terrible person because I fail to come in here and share after devoting my life to Sharing for 63 years.....
:sob:
/me hugs cheese...
I'm sorry. It stinks to have junk going on that takes up so much of your time. How is your family doing?
Assuredbyfaith it depends on the kind of crazy. Some crazies care about that stuff MORE. You have to be careful and get the name brands of crazy. The generic crazy just makes things worse.
I only have to deal with RM for 2-3 more weeks. The thought of moving home early is very appealing right now. However there is no point as I will just have to turn around and move back in 5 weeks. It's taking everything in me not to just throttle that girl. We got along fine until we had to share the same room. Over summer we were in an apartment with separate rooms. One can only watch the same episode of Teen Mom so many times before it makes them homicidal. My preferred about of viewing of that garbage is ZERO!!!! I got fussed at yesterday for wearing gym clothes then she went on to insult my mom for life choices that has absolutely nothing to do with my RM. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:
Do I smell chicken?! Oh...Seth showed up. :smirk2:
In my news...I'm stressed out over all the stuff that has suddenly been dumped in my lap due to my dad's death.
I may go crazy myself.
That is all.
/me leaves a hug for melbs! and some photos of Derek Morgan (aka Shemar Moore).
:hi:. Lord it's been a long day. I got shipped off to be security for a tax sale. Got to watch folks spend amazing amounts of money buying properties at pennies on the dollar- one guy spent over $300k I know of himself, and I suspect he had several in the audience bidding for him. Finally made it home, relaxed in the recliner and dozed off, and the wife started playing the piano. I love her singing and playing, but Lord. I have a headache. So I came out to the ham shack.
I hope his shills had a list of who all was in the gang, so one didn't wind up bidding against another.
How do I get one of these properties for pennies on the dollar?
Quote from: Lynx on April 14, 2015, 11:33:10 PM
I hope his shills had a list of who all was in the gang, so one didn't wind up bidding against another.
How do I get one of these properties for pennies on the dollar?
Find out when your county has tax delinquent auctions, usually at the county courthouse. Oftentimes, properties can be bought for as little as a few hundred dollars. Your state may be different from ours- here, the Commissioner of State Lands is the office responsible for it. Way it works- property goes up for bid for back taxes, say $500. You win the bid for $500 because no one bid against you. The owner has 30 days to redeem it. If he does, you get your money back. If he doesn't- most likely, since it's been delinquent for four years before the state sells it- the land is yours. It's up to you to research if there are any liens or if the property is what you want..
Most of the properties sold are an acre or two, sometimes with old houses, sometimes grown up. Every once in a while, there'll be nice places. I'd like to grab up some of our local properties like that. Last year my neighbor bought 7 acres on the other side of town for $500.
Do the earbuds and music blaring from them not give you the hint that I don't want to talk to you cranky pants?!?!?! I'm seriously going to kill her......
Due to my avoidance of my room and the baseball game being rained out, I now have all my homework done for Thursday including finishing up my english paper.
1 month til the wedding!!
Quote from: sunlight on April 14, 2015, 01:27:22 PM
I'm sorry. It stinks to have junk going on that takes up so much of your time. How is your family doing?
I just fell out of the habit of sharing all my rotten carrots and everything though too....not that I can't share always, but just haven't....
Dad is a poor old man, but doing fair considering.... He had a doctor's appointment yesterday and the doctor was really pretty pleased with how things are. He wants him to get more active and build up some strength.....in the last month he has been sick with some infections and various things and that took a toll on him for a while, and he's still not what he was strength wise and such. He was pleased with the way his tumor shrank though, visibly from what it was, thank the Lord. Pray it continues to just dry up and go away if it's not dead already. He'll have another test in about 5 weeks.
Anyhoo....today was an odd day in various ways.
I'm eating a salad.
Any
Awesome! Glad for a good report.
I miss you.
Quote from: sunlight on April 15, 2015, 03:36:21 AM
Awesome! Glad for a good report.
I miss you.
Yea that.
:stupid: We all miss you.....but our aim is improving. Eventually, we'll get you. :freaky2:
Morning, all. Back at work. Supposed to teach bible study tonight. Have a chapter ready, notes made, but I'm totally not feeling it. Bah.
:yawn:
I slept late this morning. Which is around 815 for me. I have my interview in about an hour and then have to be at work at 12.
Haven't been able to kick this yuckiness. Finally broke down and got antibiotics. (Hush, Chel.) :P Here's hoping they start working quickly. This THING - whatever it is - is miserable.
Had a tea party yesterday for Bella's 2nd birthday. We went to a local tea room that doesn't just tolerate little people - they really try to make it FUN for them. When I went in to make a reservation and talk to them about the menu I told them it was for a 2 yr old, and asked if they had plastic cups for the little people. They said no, that even little people need real teacups. And if something breaks, it's perfectly okay. :o :thumbsup2: Nobody broke anything, and everyone had fun. Well. All the GIRLS had fun. LOL! We had two boys there as well, who got drug along with their moms and sisters, and they were decidedly less than thrilled to be there. *grin*
:beret:
I had a friend who recently posted pictures of her UNbirthday tea party [a la Alice in Wonderland]. It looked fantastic!
So...I got my job!!!! They can only start me training for 15 hours a week. According to my performance I will be able to get more hours. Also taking into account the days I need off for the wedding and wedding related events it's more than generous. But because of that I will be staying on at the Zone for 10 hours a week until either my hours can go up or until I can get a work study job during the Fall semester.
Chowing down on some Subway then off to my first wednesday night service in a very long time.
Came home with a very definite direction for the message tonight, a verse, and nothing else. I sat down to try to prepare it, and thought it seemed awful familiar. Went back through some of my old messages and found it...nearly word for word what I preached a couple of years ago, I was typing today. I don't know who it's for...but I feel it strongly. So, it's off to church. May God have His way..
And may the congregation have a memory fuzzier than yours.
Quote from: Lynx on April 15, 2015, 10:44:24 PM
And may the congregation have a memory fuzzier than yours.
:biglaugh: Wouldn't have mattered one whit. Several (7) new visitors, worship service exploded, I started preaching and got nearly instant confirmation through tongues and interpretation...Was an awesome move of God. And we had 39 total, which is a large number for midweek service for us as of late.
Didn't realize your church was that small Roscoe.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on April 16, 2015, 04:15:59 AM
Didn't realize your church was that small Roscoe.
Oh. Yeah. We are just a small congregation. We've ran over 100 consistently several times, but for the last 15 years it's been rough. Average has been upper twenties to low 40s. We are in a relatively small community (around 6500 people ) and our church is not in the most visible place. My work for the p.d . helped our recognition as did my pastor's part time gig as deputy coroner, but we still have issues with being known in the community.
:sick: My nose is stopped up and running at the same time. How can that be?
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 16, 2015, 01:25:32 PM
:sick: My nose is stopped up and running at the same time. How can that be?
I wonder myself. :sick:
:stupid: (Uhh... not that they're stupid, but... yeah, I'm with them.)
Sooo... who would like to volunteer to babysit next week when Chris is out of town and I have an ultrasound appointment? :cool:
:beret:
I would but it's the last week of class before finals and all this wedding stuff going on. Oh and the being across the country thing.....
*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* Heather, you are just so UNhelpful. :nono:
:beret:
Box her up and mail ' er to Arkansas. By the time you come get her Cheyenne and me will have taught her the finer points of bluegrass, Dr Pepper, and running around in old trucks.
And when she busts out singing a Kenny Hinson song, or a gospel Randy Travis song, you can thank me for the blessing.:hypocrite:
:laughat:
Roscoe must be sleeping in on his day off. Where is everyone?
I really have nothing new to report...well, nothing that I want to think about; much less talk about!! 😶
I will say that I am so thankful that despite all I have faced; am facing...God has kept me from so much! I'm thankful for His love, and mercy! Sometimes maybe it takes being broken to realize how truly blessed you are; and have been!
I am blessed!!! 😊
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 14, 2015, 01:13:20 PM
/me leaves a hug for Assuredbyfaith
I just found this... thank you so much! I haven't been on in a few days... I slept through my weekend...which is no longer during the weekend! I'm so confused on what day it is! 😖
Quote from: Lynx on April 14, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
Assuredbyfaith it depends on the kind of crazy. Some crazies care about that stuff MORE. You have to be careful and get the name brands of crazy. The generic crazy just makes things worse.
ROFL...too true! A friend and I were talking about the stress of the work place...weighing in on her positive side was: " At least they know our brand of crazy"! 😲 I'm not sure that is much of a positive!!! LOL
*studiously ignores Roscoe's idea* :P
G'morning everyone! :hi:
:beret:
Quote from: Chseeads on April 15, 2015, 02:33:22 AM
Quote from: sunlight on April 14, 2015, 01:27:22 PM
I'm sorry. It stinks to have junk going on that takes up so much of your time. How is your family doing?
I just fell out of the habit of sharing all my rotten carrots and everything though too....not that I can't share always, but just haven't....
Dad is a poor old man, but doing fair considering.... He had a doctor's appointment yesterday and the doctor was really pretty pleased with how things are. He wants him to get more active and build up some strength.....in the last month he has been sick with some infections and various things and that took a toll on him for a while, and he's still not what he was strength wise and such. He was pleased with the way his tumor shrank though, visibly from what it was, thank the Lord. Pray it continues to just dry up and go away if it's not dead already. He'll have another test in about 5 weeks.
Anyhoo....today was an odd day in various ways.
I'm eating a salad.
Any
Thoughts and prayers!!!
Does it count if you work out and then eat a brownie? 😏😉😊
Quote from: SippinTea on April 17, 2015, 02:21:55 PM
*studiously ignores Roscoe's idea* :P
G'morning everyone! :hi:
:beret:
All my grandkids will be at the house this weekend and all kids. Only missing one son in law, wish y'all could come too.
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 17, 2015, 02:35:40 PM
Does it count if you work out and then eat a brownie? 😏😉😊
Sure it counts. Better than just eating the brownie. ;)
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 17, 2015, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: SippinTea on April 17, 2015, 02:21:55 PM
*studiously ignores Roscoe's idea* :P
G'morning everyone! :hi:
:beret:
All my grandkids will be at the house this weekend and all kids. Only missing one son in law, wish y'all could come too.
That's wonderful!!! I've been trying to do that with my siblings for over two years; however, something always comes up for one of us!!!
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 17, 2015, 07:50:05 PM
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 17, 2015, 02:35:40 PM
Does it count if you work out and then eat a brownie? 😏😉😊
Sure it counts. Better than just eating the brownie. ;)
:great:
I'm wounded deeply that Ruby would ignore my kind offer of bringing good taste and refinement to that sweet little girl. :hypocrite:
And I did NOT sleep in this morning. Quite the opposite, I got up fairly early (7ish) and met with the pastor. We went to Beebe, to Bro John Scheel's church, which was having a conference. Got to hear some good preaching, and see some good men of God. While I didn't get the chance to speak with him, I did get to see one of my favorite ministers, Bro Martyn Ballestero. Just wished I could've spoken to him- his preaching has always blessed me, and now I know he is a ham operator too. Anyway- great day with the pastor, and now I'm vegging at the house.
I think my body officially hates me. I got zero sleep last night.
If I feel like I'm gonna pass out, why can't I pass out?
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 17, 2015, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: SippinTea on April 17, 2015, 02:21:55 PM
*studiously ignores Roscoe's idea* :P
G'morning everyone! :hi:
:beret:
All my grandkids will be at the house this weekend and all kids. Only missing one son in law, wish y'all could come too.
Wait. I've been demoted?!?! :o :cry2:
:beret:
My RM left the room on a saturday. :o She is only going to Wal Mart but it's still so surprising. I may just sit here in shock not knowing what to do for the hour that she's gone .....
Appropriately my last Saturday having to work at the Zone and I killed it on the front counter with the boss there. He has repeatedly told me that I need to work the front to get more hours. He refused to train me too. Now I've set my schedule for Monday and Wednesday mornings and the rest of the time at Keva and he's upset. He never gave me the chance. His loss.
Anyway....every joint from my hips down are currently killing me. At points today it was taking everything in my not to cry. I hope its just the weather, but at 32 I feel I am a bit too young for such shenanigans.....
Got up today and found a cloudy day- but no rain as was forecast. So I fired up the 'vette , picked up a fellow 'vette owner, and headed for Hot Springs to a huge Corvette show. Nice and twisty 60 mile ride down, then I tormented Mini by sending him pics of the beauties, knowing he would love to be there....
When I got home I found that my carbon fiber vinyl I had ordered made it in, so I commenced to tearing apart the 'vette's console and covering it. It came out not perfect, but decent. I may redo it later. In short, it's been a good day. I'm fixing to hit the sack since work rears its ugly head in the morning....
Been a busy day. Thankful to see my kiddos together.
Trying to get through a hectic work night...not quite half way through; however, I've got the beginnings of a virtual migraine happening...have no vision in my right eye! 😲 I can't afford to go home early; plus I have the closing shift! Going to be rough!
Hope things got better for you, Abf.....
And I can tell it is my Monday. I am dragging, even with the fuel known as Dr Pepper......
*waves @ everyone in accordance to prophecy*
3 services today. Preaching and teaching in all 3 of them.
Also, much to Roscoes dismay, I bought another guitar yesterday. Now I have 3 acoustics 4 acoustics, I forgot I had another one, 2 electrics, a lap steel and a banjo. I guess I need to start learning how to play.
:ugly:
*waves at bob in accordance to prophecy*
The lap steel.....something I badly want to learn to play.
You need a lap first.
:ugly:
:laughat:
Quote from: mini on April 19, 2015, 04:13:24 PM
You need a lap first.
:ugly:
:pound: I have a lap. And I value it so much I protect it with a belly. :hypocrite:
Now if I were someone else I would at this point make the observation that one must have legs to make a lap, so certain shorter people would be handicapped in this area...
But I'm me so I'll just observe that it would be hard to play a lap guitar when your lap is already claimed by a dog and a daughter.
Speaking of which, I'm surprised Bob didn't use that in his defense, that he must have a lap because Domino and Chey are always sitting in it.
Quote from: Roscoe on April 19, 2015, 11:34:33 AM
Hope things got better for you, Abf.....
And I can tell it is my Monday. I am dragging, even with the fuel known as Dr Pepper......
Thank you! Didn't make it through the night...had to leave work at lunch time; barely made it home! Feel some what better now that I've slept for about three hours; had to take more Advil though! Unfortunately I have to go back to work in seven hours...my head still feels strange! 😲 Hopefully, tonight won't be so hectic!
Those who remember Kimber please lift her up in your prayers and those who don't know Kimber, please lift her up in your prayers. She is in need and the Lord is able in Jesus Name.
Went to 2 different church today. Still praying about which one is home. Now onto laundry and homework.
Just 2 more week. Just 2 more weeks and I never have to see her again if I don't want to. The good news is my RM and I seem to not be speaking anymore. She was babbling to me [while I was trying to do homework] about how her boyfriend needed to get his graduate degree in history to be a librarian. I told her that was wrong because my sister is in the program at University of Tennessee. I was apparently being short with her and should understand that she's stressed about having to get a job this summer while taking classes. I told her to be working 2 jobs, planning a marriage [and wedding], planning a move, and school and we could talk about stress. She then tried to precede with an argument and I told her that arguing wasn't worth the energy and I didn't have the time. Now had this happened 10 years ago I'd be in there screaming at the top of my lungs. Maybe one day she'll grow up and realize you pick and choose your battle and some just aren't worth it.
So, I'm in the library now :cool:
Urgh. Lord. It's Monday again. OR actually Tuesday in my case, but it feels like the Monday that it is. :pound: Lord, I wanna go home. *Moan*
:stupid:
Quote from: Roscoe on April 20, 2015, 11:47:44 AM
Urgh. Lord. It's Monday again. OR actually Tuesday in my case, but it feels like the Monday that it is. :pound: Lord, I wanna go home. *Moan*
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Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 20, 2015, 04:42:53 PM
:stupid:
:stupid: x2
Quote from: Roscoe on April 20, 2015, 11:47:44 AM
Urgh. Lord. It's Monday again. OR actually Tuesday in my case, but it feels like the Monday that it is. :pound: Lord, I wanna go home. *Moan*
It seems the pox returned upon thine own head, as was meet. :hypocrite:
There are three sides to every story. Your side with your views and past clouding it, my side with my views and past clouding it and an outside, unbiased observer's side.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 21, 2015, 01:21:48 PM
There are three sides to every story. Your side with your views and past clouding it, my side with my views and past clouding it and an outside, unbiased observer's side.
While this is true....ya puzzled me with it being posted randomly. :P
I'm back at work. It was cool this morning. I'm ready to go home. Gotta put together something for church tomorrow night.
I was just sharing my stream of consciousness... :girltongue:
From the outside, I can say you are crazy.
:stupid:
Well, that was known prior to the stream of consciousness comment. But we loves her anyway. Every crazy little bit. :hug:
It's cause she's fluffy.
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 04:01:45 PM
It's cause she's fluffy.
Wait....we love her 'cause she's fluffy, or she's crazy 'cause she's fluffy? I's confuzzed....:ugly:
It's cause she is fluffy.
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 04:15:32 PM
It's cause she is fluffy.
But so am I. And I'm not crazy or loved 'cause of it. Maybe in spite of it.... #stillconfuzzedinarkansas
And if she beats you to death for calling her fluffy- I'll attend visitation. Maybe. If she's not around.
Quote from: Roscoe on April 21, 2015, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 04:15:32 PM
It's cause she is fluffy.
But so am I. And I'm not crazy or loved 'cause of it. Maybe in spite of it.... #stillconfuzzedinarkansas
And if she beats you to death for calling her fluffy- I'll attend visitation. Maybe. If she's not around.
I've been called much worse than fluffy. ;)
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 21, 2015, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 21, 2015, 04:17:35 PM
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 04:15:32 PM
It's cause she is fluffy.
But so am I. And I'm not crazy or loved 'cause of it. Maybe in spite of it.... #stillconfuzzedinarkansas
And if she beats you to death for calling her fluffy- I'll attend visitation. Maybe. If she's not around.
I've been called much worse than fluffy. ;)
But not by any better people. :ugly:
*snicker* Everyone here is crazy. In case you hadn't noticed.
:beret:
Well I ain't calling you fluffy.
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 06:18:37 PM
Well I ain't calling you fluffy.
:ugly:
Coward.
Made it through the day without Fuzzy Beastie coming to Arkansas by way of Oklahoma and killing me because of Mini. :hypocrite:
I'm looking forward to the weekend. Mainly 'cause for once I have nothing to do. :P
Quote from: Roscoe on April 22, 2015, 12:25:31 AM
Quote from: mini on April 21, 2015, 06:18:37 PM
Well I ain't calling you fluffy.
:ugly:
Coward.
Made it through the day without Fuzzy Beastie coming to Arkansas by way of Oklahoma and killing me because of Mini. :hypocrite:
I'm looking forward to the weekend. Mainly 'cause for once I have nothing to do. :P
Prob Cus she would rather kiss a pig than step foot in arkansas. :ugly:
:up2:
TGIF... A crazy week following a crazy three months... Trying to continually give thanks for my blessings!!!!
Lamentations Chapter 3:
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Quote from: mini on April 19, 2015, 04:13:24 PM
You need a lap first.
:ugly:
That merited a blessing.
:smirk2:
I have been having really weird dreams the last few nights. No idea why. No nightmares, no same dream that keeps coming back, just a montage of random weirdness every night. Maybe my life is too normal and my brain compensates for that at night.
There is a pig in Arkansas that she could kiss...but Clarence may not like it and Lou may slap her.
:hypocrite:
In other news...I kinda sorta quit my job last night. They pushed me too far and I simply walked out. I did leave a short note on the managers desk explaining why I disappeared. I just could not take it anymore and I have too much to do around here for about a week to be stuck at work and treated the way I was.
I'm gonna take a week or so, get all this moving stuff settled and then I'll go apply at this other grocery store.
Blah. I'm at work.
Quote from: MelodyB on April 22, 2015, 12:52:05 PM
There is a pig in Arkansas that she could kiss...but Clarence may not like it and Lou may slap her.
:hypocrite:
Mel! ROFL! Methinks I may end up finding your body in an alley somewhere for that one.
*Hugs* PF
:beret:
Work has been crazy lately and I've been super busy. I'm really, really looking forward to being home with my kids for a few months when I have the baby. It's 2:36pm, and I'm FINALLY getting to eat my lunch. Better get used to it, because it's only going to get worse before I leave with all of the handoff documentation, training new project resources, and finishing the planning documentation for the rest of the project before I leave. *sigh*
Went last night to watch my cousin's little girl play t-ball. Which is so weird because I remember going to watch my cousin play t-ball. We could have stayed on campus and watched the ETSU vs UT baseball game but 6 year olds who have no idea what they are doing is so much more entertaining. lol.
I know it's silly, but could someone send up a prayer about the weather predicted for us for saturday? The wedding shower is going to be at 5 at a pavilion at a local park. They are calling for 70% chance of rain and possible thunderstorms :smirk2: We literally have no where else to hold the shower. Dad suggested everyone wear their bathing suits.....Lord help us.....
:pound: Mel for that unkind comment :pound: jenn for her snarky comment :pound: Ruby for laughing, and :pound: everyone else for chuckling.
Y'all are mean to me. :sadbounce:
And in sharing- felt rough this evening. Was supposed to preach so I went to church. Cliff's notes- God preached. I didn't. Had 3 teens praying. One filled for sure. Suspect 2 more either filled or close. Was great during service- now sick again. Took Nyquil, going to bed and may call in in the morning....
Best time to call in, the day before your weekend starts... ;)
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 23, 2015, 01:37:52 PM
Best time to call in, the day before your weekend starts... ;)
And I thought of that knowing how suspicious it looks. But I truly do feel bad, so I called in anyway. Now I'm lounging around the house reading..
Weather right now is just rain and the severe stuff has fallen off the forecast. It'll be memorable at least. Tried to reach out to a few friends from different churches in Bristol but either got ignored or told if our tithe money doesn't go there then they don't care. Can't move it to the church I attend because we actually rent space from another church and it's too many hoops to jump in too short of time.
Only 1 more week of school then finals week. I'm finally going to be a sophomore in college. I've never made it this far before.
3 weeks til the circus.....I mean wedding. 3 weeks til the wedding.
Quote from: HeatherB on April 23, 2015, 05:39:54 PM
Weather right now is just rain and the severe stuff has fallen off the forecast. It'll be memorable at least. Tried to reach out to a few friends from different churches in Bristol but either got ignored or told if our tithe money doesn't go there then they don't care. Can't move it to the church I attend because we actually rent space from another church and it's too many hoops to jump in too short of time.
Only 1 more week of school then finals week. I'm finally going to be a sophomore in college. I've never made it this far before.
3 weeks til the circus.....I mean wedding. 3 weeks til the wedding.
have you tried like some sort of apartment complex using their "party room" or something?
sometimes they look nice. lol a friend who lives in one? so you (they) can use it?
or like the library?! ha ]
You can rent a very large space in one of our Art Museums here - the windows are HUGE its soooo amazingly gorgeous. It's what I want if i can't have outside. I refuse to get married in a church. :hypocrite:
Why?
Quote from: sunlight on April 23, 2015, 10:02:39 PM
Why?
No sunlight. As in sunshine (not you per say lol).
I love the things He created first: sun, clouds & sky, animals and flowers! :wink2:
Weddings in churches are just so drab, and dark. I want to be surrounded by the fresh air, the flowers and trees and greenery, and to be showered with sunshine!
Quote from: Roscoe on April 23, 2015, 02:53:13 AM
and :pound: everyone else for chuckling.
Y'all are mean to me. :sadbounce:
Hmmm...I haven't laughed, chuckled, or giggled at anyone or any thing!! :(
It's a rainy, sleepy day...
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 24, 2015, 09:15:47 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 23, 2015, 02:53:13 AM
and :pound: everyone else for chuckling.
Y'all are mean to me. :sadbounce:
Hmmm...I haven't laughed, chuckled, or giggled at anyone or any thing!! :(
I don't believe you. :hypocrite: Either you are fibbing or an ole sourpuss. :ugly:
It's raining hard here. I'm at the library and don't anticipate anything else getting done here today. I cook a huge pork loin for Lou's birthday dinner, and there are plenty of leftovers, so all I need to do is some kinda dessert- we don't have a sweet in the house. This is tragic....
You should come over. I have mandarine orange cake, pecan pie, and cinnamon rolls that need to be eaten before they go bad!
*Lynx perks up...
I'll be right over.
Yay! Bring grandma!
Grandma is at a Prime Timers' Campmeeting. I would be there if I didn't have to work. She wouldn't be any help disposing of desserts anyway, she has high blood sugar.
So someone mentioned liking a show called Better Call Saul. So I looked it up. What IS it with these shows about criminals? Weeds, Better Call Saul... what's next, a show about a serial killer? Oh wait, we already have Dexter.
Today we had Ezra's first birthday party.
Got up this morning and went to mow the church yard. Got three kinds of unrighteously angry when I discovered that some scum slobbering bottom feeding piece of lily livered trash stole my gas and gas can from the back of my truck. I had to go buy a new can and fill it up, then go mow the church lawn. If I'd found the thief, I'd have needed to spend quite a while inside the church too. Well, truthfully, I probably needed to anyway just because of the thoughts I had.
Finished that up and took Rusty for a drive, thereby cooling me down considerably. Now I'm in the "pre-dread" phase for the next workweek, and I am listening to my friend Amir from Israel coordinating disaster communications for the Nepalese earthquake...
The weather held out and we had a GREAT wedding shower. Of the 40 or so who said they were coming we had around 25. Everyone got along. My future MIL even gave me a hug. It creeped me out. lol.
Quote from: Roscoe on April 24, 2015, 02:14:38 PM
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 24, 2015, 09:15:47 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 23, 2015, 02:53:13 AM
and :pound: everyone else for chuckling.
Y'all are mean to me. :sadbounce:
Hmmm...I haven't laughed, chuckled, or giggled at anyone or any thing!! :(
I don't believe you. :hypocrite: Either you are fibbing or an ole sourpuss. :ugly:
No...just really, really stressed lately! Although, in my mind I have laughed at myself a couple times in the past week! Does that count? 😊
Quote from: Roscoe on April 26, 2015, 12:02:36 AMNow I'm in the "pre-dread" phase for the next workweek...
"Pre-dreading"? As in before you start dreading?
LOL I live in a constant state of dread...I'm already dreading tomorrow's work day, next week, and the next couple of months!!! 😲 :noo:
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 26, 2015, 09:29:11 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 26, 2015, 12:02:36 AMNow I'm in the "pre-dread" phase for the next workweek...
"Pre-dreading"? As in before you start dreading?
LOL I live in a constant state of dread...I'm already dreading tomorrow's work day, next week, and the next couple of months!!! 😲 :noo:
That's not healthy. :hypocrite:
Well, "the next workweek" has arrived. It doesn't seem to be starting too badly, even if I did forget my keys and card keypass for the building. I drove in in a totally awesome hot car, got a Dr Pepper to drink, and managed to torment mini via text, who is apparently not having as joyous a morning as I am. This makes me happy. :P
I'm praying you find out you have to preach 5 minutes before you get to church, and feel like you flop.
:ugly:
Quote from: mini on April 26, 2015, 12:02:20 PM
I'm praying you find out you have to preach 5 minutes before you get to church, and feel like you flop.
:ugly:
:pound: :pound:
You are as special as all those other chocolate gravy eating, short bus riding people.
Quote from: mini on April 26, 2015, 01:08:00 PM
You are as special as all those other chocolate gravy eating, short bus riding people.
with an even extra side of special, and an extra side of short.
:lol:
I'm pleased to see that you're all just as nuts as ever.
You're doing fine jobs, I've raised you all well.
:smirk2:
I'm eating a salad.
I ran over a squirrel on the way to church this morning. Several others tried to commit suicide too.
And a big black snake crossed the road on the way home. First snake I've seen this year, and as far as I'm concerned I'm happy if it's the last as well.
Quote from: Chseeads on April 26, 2015, 05:42:11 PM
I'm pleased to see that you're all just as nuts as ever.
You're doing fine jobs, I've raised you all well.
:smirk2:
I'm eating a salad.
I ran over a squirrel on the way to church this morning. Several others tried to commit suicide too.
And a big black snake crossed the road on the way home. First snake I've seen this year, and as far as I'm concerned I'm happy if it's the last as well.
Squirrel killer! A whole army of tree rats are now gonna surround your house and bribe the geese into showing them the secret access door. Then they will pelt your old bald head with nuts to avenge their fallen brethren. Of course nuts are nothing new to you- you've been that way for years. :P
And I'm surprised. I expected you to be eating a black bean platter..
Quote from: Roscoe on April 26, 2015, 11:33:39 AM
Quote from: Assuredbyfaith on April 26, 2015, 09:29:11 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 26, 2015, 12:02:36 AMNow I'm in the "pre-dread" phase for the next workweek...
"Pre-dreading"? As in before you start dreading?
LOL I live in a constant state of dread...I'm already dreading tomorrow's work day, next week, and the next couple of months!!! 😲 :noo:
That's not healthy. :hypocrite:
Of that there is no doubt...my mind, heart, and body are living in a state of "hope deferred"! Hard to overcome when your exhausted, and discouraged on a daily basis. 😶
Quote from: Chseeads on April 26, 2015, 05:42:11 PM
I'm pleased to see that you're all just as nuts as ever.
You're doing fine jobs, I've raised you all well.
:smirk2:
I don't think there has ever been any doubts.... :hypocrite:
Ding dong, Furby is dead.
And it was NOT my fault, OR the fault of my Pink Needle Weilding Auto Parts Friend. ;)
Ok so...even though I HATED the mutt, and hated is the nice word I can use...I didn't want him to die...well, at least not just three weeks after my Dad. Mom has gone thru enough lately and Furby kicking over was not what she needed to add to everything. Here's what happened...
Yesterday, Mom was up and at em', and she was in her room moving stuff around, unpacking, whatever it was she was doing...wait, back up...this was about noonish, and Furby had spent the night in moms closet on some clothes and refused to come out...mom had called and called him all morning and he wouldn't go outside to potty or eat or do anything, he just layed in the closet. Mom thought it odd, but didn't dwell on that issue. So there she is, in her room, and I am in the living room on the couch going thru an old box of papers and sorting what to keep and what to throw away.
I hear mom turn on and move Dads hoverround and then hear her move other stuff around. Then all of a sudden, I hear the chair motor whirring and a huge crash bang thud crash bang and mom is screaming!!! It terrified me...I jump up and run in there and mom is in the floor, on her back, the hoverround wheels are spinning and it has slammed into the table she keeps the TV on. I pull a blanket off the chair and turn it off and Furby is having a fit! He is running around yelping and crying and going nuts. The TV is on the floor, mom is on the floor the whole room is just destroyed! I yelled at Furby to shut up so I could see what happend and I got mom up off the floor. She asked where Furby was, and I looked down the hall and could just see his tail inside the kitchen door. I looked and he was belly up, all four paws in the air and laying in a puddle of pee. He was not breathing.
Apparently Mom had moved the chair and didn't turn it off, so when she covered it up with the blanket, it hit the joystick and started forward and hit the TV table, knocking all that over...then mom was screaming, and sometime Furby came out of the closet and Mom fell backwards on top of him. She said he was under her back while she was on the floor. By the time I got in there she had shifted her weight and he was yelping and crying...then he went into the kitchen and fell dead. It all happened within like 2 minutes! So fast!
So mom is having a cow at this point picked up the dog and I said she needed to rinse him off since he was laying in a puddle of his own...so she takes his limp body and rinses him off in the bathtub. I run to my room and get my shoes and stuff and I tell her she better hurry so we can take him to the vet. I knew he was dead but at this point mom was carrying on so bad that I didn't have the heart to press the issue yet. She wraps him in a towel and we set out to find a vet.
Problem. It's Saturday. NO vets are open. AT ALL.
While driving around I called all the vets in a 100 mile radius and none were open. I finally convinced mom he was gone, and we called MawMaw and asked if her brother could dig a hole on their property and we bury him there. She said yes and we headed over there. All this took about two hours to convince her he really was dead. She kept crying and praying and wailing over this dog.
It was crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Now Mom is feeling the affects/effects? Of her fall and she has been impossible all day whining and complaining wanting more pain meds, That I have control of, and she isn't getting any. She's had too many already. SIGH.
So. That's my story. I promise I can't make this stuff up!
Wow, Mel. I'm sorry for the rotten timing. Also glad it wasn't your fault.
Mel, thoughts and prayers! Sorry everything is happening at once!
Ouch. Praying for you and your mom, Mel....
And in sharing, I just walked into work and was greated by the knowledge that it would be just me until 9, then just me and one other today. The other 4 officers all called in sick. Apparently I didn't get the "blue flue" note...:sadbounce:
And last night was awesome. Had two new first time visitors, one of whom turned out to be a backslider. Ended with her, her boyfriend, and several others in the altar......awesome move of God...
Well, I didn't think I said anything offensive in the above post.. ??? Y'all are way to quiet today....
I'm being quiet...because when you are feeling disillusioned, disappointed, depressed...it's better to keep your mouth shut then to depress everyone else!!! :smirk2: Not to mention frustrated, aggravated, and stressed...tired, worn down, etc!!! :hypocrite:
James 1:19 | Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:26 | If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Ephesians 4:29 | Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Ephesians 4:32 | And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
When your frustrated, and stressed it's easy to say the wrong thing!! I'm trying hard not to let things get to me...however, failing that... I'm trying to keep it from showing in my attitude, and mindset!!! QuoteHebrews 12:14,15
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
This is easier said then done! 😶
I'm at work.
I'm at home trying to get this last little bit unpacked...the last few boxes are the hardest to unpack cause it's usually stuf that you threw in a box at the last minute and it doesn't really have a designated spot...it's just odds and ends. :smirk2:
Plus I hooked up the clear channel antenna and I can't get it to work. I've tried everything.
Had range today. Of, course it rained. I got wet. But I survived. Now, one more day, then I get to go to the zoo Thursday with Chey...
Unspoken prayer request!!! Thank you!
Wow. I'm sorry for all of you who posted above going through a rough time :sadbounce:
I'm up again. lol I desperately need to clean and cook and do laundry that I can't get done watching over my husband at night and sleeping all day so I'm gonna make a trip to starbucks once I can get hubby up and hopefully off to school today. Then I gotta go shopping and cleaning. VA appointment tomorrow. At least I don't have to fight with some stupid person. This doctor I actually like.
We are sooo ready to move! I'm ready for some peace and quiet. And ready to see Ruby again!!! I hope I get to see her on the way up to our new home.
Welp...day two of range. I'm praying for those going through hard times. Supposed to be a beautiful day today. I'm hoping our last six shooters take a bit and don't let me get off of the range until after lunch. I really would like to simply call this a range day.
So pretty outside. Sunny and 55. This weather is so unpredictable.
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on April 29, 2015, 01:30:48 PM
So pretty outside. Sunny and 55. This weather is so unpredictable.
Same here. Just tired of the rain. Seems like we get 2 days of sunshine, then 2 days of rain. Can't wash my car! lol
Moving next week myself. :)
Where are you going, Jenn? A new apt in the same area or what?
Sort of. New city. I live currently in Arlington and drive 24-45 minutes to work. I'm moving to Irving - where I work! I'll be 9 mins from work! GLORAY!
In moving news, Housing has informed us that we need $613 to them by May 15 [the day after the wedding] for us to be able to move into summer housing. My mom has informed me that if we don't come up with the money I'm homeless. Safe to say my stress level has gotten so high that I'm just shutting down at this point. I'm in the process of going through my clothes to see what all I can sell. Other than that I don't really have anything :smirk2: Prayers appreciated.
I'm so sorry, Heather. I am well acquainted with that feeling. Sending you a big hug.
:beret:
/me hugs Heather
In money raising news, between emptying my owl bank and only one trip to the local used clothing store I've put about $70 in my savings account. I still have 3 totes of clothes to go and another store to go to with the leftovers. Brandon's dad as given Brandon's old car back to us to sell. He place it on craigslist this morning and already has a $400 offer on it if we will hold it til tomorrow. Slowly but surely we will get there.
2 weeks til the wedding!
I survived the zoo. Came home the "back way" and stopped by a farmer's market I know of. Got some tomatoes and a cantaloupe. In a couple of months those'll be local- I can't wait. Lou's off tomorrow and we might go hit a couple flea markets after dropping Chey off at school..
My weekend is over! :cry2: :noo: Sadly it was a stressful weekend. :smirk2: Unfortunately I'm heading into a even more stressful work week! :frustrated:
Packed more boxes. Contemplating taking all of my "fragile" boxes myself. Plus I'll already be taking my 8 house plants, and all of my artwork myself to the new place. Get the keys tomorrow, but the mover isn't coming until next Thursday. :-?
My allergies have been atrocious today. Finished with this term at school though. Turned in my last assignment this morning. Woohoo! Another 2 courses with A's down on record! Next term starts May 11th. :great:
Quote from: Roscoe on April 30, 2015, 10:52:50 PM
I survived the zoo.
You mean they let you OUT?!? Clearly, someone will get fired over this.
:beret:
Quote from: SippinTea on May 01, 2015, 03:31:15 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 30, 2015, 10:52:50 PM
I survived the zoo.
You mean they let you OUT?!? Clearly, someone will get fired over this.
:beret:
:ugly:
:laughat:
I blessed Ruby for that one. hehe.
THE CAR SOLD!!! A lady was out there at 930 am with cash in hand. I also made another $100 between 2 different stores and I'm now down to 1 bin of clothes. Also I started my new job today and the hours I worked today and will work tomorrow, I will get paid for on Tuesday. I'm so glad things are working out. Thank you Jesus!!
At my parents until they kick me out or my RM goes home. Last night I was having a terrible time with my allergies and my coughing and nose blowing offended her. :roll: I should have recorded her 3 am gaseousness and told her it offended me.
Quote from: SippinTea on May 01, 2015, 03:31:15 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on April 30, 2015, 10:52:50 PM
I survived the zoo.
You mean they let you OUT?!? Clearly, someone will get fired over this.
:beret:
:pound: :pound: Evil ole shrew.
:cophat:
And in today's sharing, Lou was off so we loaded up in Rusty and spent the day browsing flea markets and running backroads. 'Twas wonderful. :P
I'm only working until 2pm today. This is so unusual that I checked with the store manager to make sure it was not a mistake. Didn't want to leave a shift manager hanging... He said it was intentional.
So I'm making a rather large batch of deviled eggs and going to a friend's graduation party. I had no idea people had parties to celebrate graduating college, but then my family and friends never need to have a GOOD excuse to get together with good food and sit around talking a lot.
Maybe I should put my phone on top of a bookshelf somewhere and record the audio. I have some really witty friends and family.
Isaac, are you at a different job? You usually don't say store manager. Did I miss something?
:stupid: I caught that too.....???
And in sharing from me- I is whupped. This is the annual "spring cleanup" for my county, which means free trips to the landfill. So I got up this morning, weedeated the entire yard, gathered sorted and loaded a trailer load to take to the dump, took said load to the dump, cleaned EVERYTHING out of the shop, painted the shop floor, reinstalled everything and mowed the yard. Shew. I'm ready to deport Senor Manual Labor...
I too caught the different usage of verbiage.
:ugly:
I was so looking forward to hiking and my allergies decided no. Granted they probably were not helped by Brandon and I sanding a dresser yesterday outside. I love East Tennessee but I do not love that we are the worst place in the nation for allergies.
Beautiful day here.
I've walked 21,743 steps, which is 8.81 miles. Climbed 92 flights of stairs and burned 5,012 calories between 1pm yesterday and 10pm tonight.
Plus side to moving, I'm getting a serious workout.
I just got up to get a Popsicle and literally almost fell over my calves hurt so bad. :cry2:
And I don't actually move the big stuff and furniture until Thursday. Got a mover for that.
Lawd I'm tarred. :sleep:
I've been back at McDonald's since April... of last year.
Quote from: Lynx on May 04, 2015, 11:28:31 AM
I've been back at McDonald's since April... of last year.
Lord. I had no idea. Either you are good at keeping secrets or I haven't been paying attention, both possible. :ugly:
Well, starting day 2 of back to work. Haven't drank a Dr. Pepper in three days. And I scooted to work in my 'vette, so it's gonna be a redletter day. After church last night, I met up with my UPS delivery man to check out his latest purchase. He bought a silver Corvette, same year as mine, with only 47 thousand miles. He had me drive it- it was like driving a brand new C4 Corvette- which matters not one whit to most of y'all, but these cars are known to get rattles, ect as they age. His hasn't. I was almost jealous until I climbed back in mine and went through the gears. His automatic is just lacking something. Like a third pedal. :ugly:
Quote from: Lynx on May 04, 2015, 11:28:31 AM
I've been back at McDonald's since April... of last year.
Are you working 2 jobs?
Well, Isaac, I know I couldn't have missed that much. You are just as secretive as Chel.
Mom has me hopped up on sudafed. She told me I'm not allowed to let this allergy stuff run it's course because I have too much to do this week.
10 days til the wedding.
There's a difference between being secretive and just not mentioning something. And working at a fast food factory is not exactly something to brag about.
However, any resemblance to Chel should be taken as a compliment.
adjective: secretive
(of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.
verb: withhold;
refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another).
Not mentioning could be interpreted as withholding. :)
Thank you jeN. And picking at nits could be interpreted as...
Um, never mind.
In other news, by your own logic you are being secretive about when the last time was that you used the bathroom.
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
Quote from: Lynx on May 04, 2015, 11:57:49 PM
Thank you jeN. And picking at nits could be interpreted as...
Um, never mind.
In other news, by your own logic you are being secretive about when the last time was that you used the bathroom.
Nope you just didn't ask. It was like an hour ago. :great:
Quote from: mini on May 05, 2015, 01:18:29 AM
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
You would know since you're indeed old and married.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 05, 2015, 04:25:54 AM
Quote from: mini on May 05, 2015, 01:18:29 AM
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
You would know since you're indeed old and married.
And bald. Don't forget that.
:ugly:
Oh Lawd.... :ugly:
Morning, all. Back at work, Gonna call the Chevrolet dealer and fuss at them. They aligned my 'vette. Tried to lie to me and tell me it needed front hubs. I told them to align it anyway. Now it pulls to the right. We fixin' to go round and round.....:pound:
Bob: I don't know much about cars, but... maybe they were right? If they aligned it and it turned out wrong, maybe it really did need new hubs?
Oooooooor... maybe they aligned it wrong so you would say "Oh gee, guess they were right" and buy new hubs?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 05, 2015, 04:25:54 AM
Quote from: mini on May 05, 2015, 01:18:29 AM
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
You would know since you're indeed old and married.
Though it goes against my religion to bless you JenN, I had to bless you for that.
/me just shakes her head
I want some farm fresh chicken eggs. I need to arrange for a shipment from CheeseHead.
:beret:
Mom told me last night that my SIL and I should whisk her away for Mother's Day. So we booked this fancy boutique hotel in Las Colinas - it's like a loft style hotel - super duper fancy. But I got an awesome rate on hotels.com. Then we're gonna wake up Sunday morning, and go get brunch, and then take her to the Butterfly House at Fair Park in Dallas! SUPER stoked!
Quote from: Lynx on May 05, 2015, 11:53:54 AM
Bob: I don't know much about cars, but... maybe they were right? If they aligned it and it turned out wrong, maybe it really did need new hubs?
Oooooooor... maybe they aligned it wrong so you would say "Oh gee, guess they were right" and buy new hubs?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 05, 2015, 04:25:54 AM
Quote from: mini on May 05, 2015, 01:18:29 AM
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
You would know since you're indeed old and married.
Though it goes against my religion to bless you JenN, I had to bless you for that.
Well.....if I hadn't checked them myself and if it hadn't driven perfect before they aligned it I would consider that. But truthfully I think what happened was that it was getting very close to quitting time and somebody wanted to go home. So rather than test drive and check his work he gave it a slap and a prayer and sent me down the road. I think this because I tried to call within 10 minutes of leaving after I discovered it and they'd already gone home for the day.:mad: And they still haven't called me back as promised and that was at 730 this morning. :mad:
Quote from: Roscoe on May 05, 2015, 06:59:35 PM
Quote from: Lynx on May 05, 2015, 11:53:54 AM
Bob: I don't know much about cars, but... maybe they were right? If they aligned it and it turned out wrong, maybe it really did need new hubs?
Oooooooor... maybe they aligned it wrong so you would say "Oh gee, guess they were right" and buy new hubs?
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 05, 2015, 04:25:54 AM
Quote from: mini on May 05, 2015, 01:18:29 AM
You two fight like a old marrie...er.... *cough*
:ugly:
You would know since you're indeed old and married.
Though it goes against my religion to bless you JenN, I had to bless you for that.
Well.....if I hadn't checked them myself and if it hadn't driven perfect before they aligned it I would consider that. But truthfully I think what happened was that it was getting very close to quitting time and somebody wanted to go home. So rather than test drive and check his work he gave it a slap and a prayer and sent me down the road. I think this because I tried to call within 10 minutes of leaving after I discovered it and they'd already gone home for the day.:mad: And they still haven't called me back as promised and that was at 730 this morning. :mad:
He prob just didn't want to work on it, because it's pink. :pwink:
Legally, I am a married woman. After a rather eventful morning Brandon and I were married by a dear friend of mine who is ordained by the state of Tennessee since apparently no one at the government offices in Sullivan County could sign for us. Did I mention he is a doctor? So we were married in exam room 1 at his family practice. I'm so glad we did all this mess today so it's not something else to stress about Thursday.
Congratulations!
HeatherB, Congratulations!!!
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 05, 2015, 06:53:32 PM
Mom told me last night that my SIL and I should whisk her away for Mother's Day. So we booked this fancy boutique hotel in Las Colinas - it's like a loft style hotel - super duper fancy. But I got an awesome rate on hotels.com. Then we're gonna wake up Sunday morning, and go get brunch, and then take her to the Butterfly House at Fair Park in Dallas! SUPER stoked!
That is so sweet!!! Unfortunately, both my Mother & I are doing poorly...lots of stress right now!!! My sister, & I had to cancel our "Day out with Mom" this Thursday due to various circumstances! Including, & not limited to; my Mother not being able to walk!!!
Please, keep her in prayer she is not in good health, fell twice this past week...She has serious foot issues...shattered bones/ broken arch from an injury from 8 years ago; plus she is a diabetic in denial; diabetes has caused some serious issues for her! The doctor told her last time that she could lose the foot....However...in 30 plus years of life God has brought amazing healing, miracles, blessings, and mercies to, & for our family! In the past five years they have wanted to do major surgery on Mom's foot...however, everytime God has healed the issue and brought things under control! Many of the doctor's have been amazed...and many have been sarcastic! My God is an amazing God!!!
Feel "Blah" today. Don't wanna be bothered. Supposed to teach tonight. Probably not a good combination. Bah.
I'm kinda blah, myself.
As am I. Last day of the work week - and of course the stress load is atrocious.
Mom is forcing me to go to the dr.
After today I'll be diagnosed with all sorts of problems I was blissfully unaware of, be on pills I don't need for the rest of my life, and owe them my first born child.
:smirk2:
I despise Doctors.
Oh...and I know he will tell me I'm fat and need to lose weight.
DUH! Any idiot can see that!
Heather! Congrats! And yay for making things less stressful. :)
Mel - I don't typically like doctors either, but I've actually run into several in the last two years that were exceptionally nice. Here's hoping the one you'll be seeing is a great one. :)
:beret:
Thanks Isaac, AssuredbyFaith, and Ruby!!! It was weird I got to call Brandon my husband today. lol. I have a feeling I'm still going to end up calling him boyfraaaaand a lot.
And to whomever has been praying for us, THANK YOU!!! I went to housing to let them copy our certificate then made my way to the bursars office to pay for our housing which we were told would be a deposit of 613 by May 15th or we wouldn't be able to move the 17th. The lady we spoke to wasn't there. Got to the window and after a lot of confusion of 4 peoples parts, we have to pay 580 by June 1st and we still get to move!!!! Granted I had it to pay today but that would have left me with only $25 to last 1.5 weeks and I don't get another paycheck til after the wedding. I almost had me a Holy Ghost shoutin fit right there but I saved it til I got to my car :clap: :clap:
Waiting in the ER!!!😶
Status: 5&1/2 hours in the ER. Finally got to eat dinner at 3 in the morning. Both of the bones in Mom's ankle are broken... some tricky surgery, and tricky maneuvering through life in the near future! She is styling in a BiG protective cast for the moment!! Prayers for healing and patience appreciated!!!
Congrats, Heather! And ASF...Praying.
And in sharing- went to church last night and taught. Didn't mess up too bad I don't guess, at least I didn't have any rotten tomatoes thrown at me. That could be, however, because my church folk know that I often have a firearm within arms reach even when preaching. :lol: They might've been afraid of return fire... :P
So glad it's my Friday, even though it is supposed to rain all weekend.
And God is still a provider. Lou's Walmart goes through phases where they cut everyone's hours by a day. Don't sound like much, but the sudden loss of $100 to $150 on a paycheck really hurts the budget and is felt. She called yesterday to tell me that it was that season again. I told her not to worry, God has always provided. She told me last night that they had called her aside after her shift and asked if she could come in and work today (her day off) because they were shorthanded. There's her "missing" day and that missing money.... :pray:
Being dependable REALLY helps at times like this. The person who always shows up on time, always works instead of standing around talking all day, that's the one they're going to call first when they need a fill-in. That really helps when you're wanting them to call you in. :cool:
Waiting on my movers. :sleep:
:yawn: I'm here. still kinda blah.
I'm blah too. Going to sleep soon. lol Haven't been sleeping much lately. just a couple of hours here and there. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow because my right hand has been going numb. Not sure whats up with me. I'm also going to talk to her about getting a prescription or letter for an emotional support animal. Life is stressful and I think that would help me a lot. Gonna get a dog. We're looking at a few in a shelter. Might get these two buddies they have at the shelter. One for me and one for my husband that we will train as his service dog. Been fighting companies too long. He needs a buddy too. And I need somebody to help me out so I can sleep at night. Nightmares of war are no fun. lol I was gonna use the s word, but I forgot about the filter here.
My semester is officially over!!! Now to wait for final grades. I'm gonna have an A in English which surprised me.
making smoothies this evening and 1 week til the wedding ceremony!!!
Yay heather! My term ended Tuesday. I made A's in both! Next term starts Monday.
All moved in except the cleaning stuff, food, and microwave I left at other place.
I need a nap. :sleep:
Came home, mowed the yard, and fixed one of my antennas that was taken down by a combo of a storm and rotten supporting rope last week. I'm tarred. It's supposed to rain all weekend, so I don't dare start any projects outside. :smirk:
Storming like crazzzzzzzzy here.
*Whew* What a week.
Yes indeed. I hurt pretty much everywhere. Even my head. But I'm in my new place. And it's so quiet. No heavy steppers above me at all hours of the day. No smoke and weed smell fililng my bathroom. Gloray!
Ugh. Wanna trade?
The elephants upstairs don't ever just SIT DOWN!!! I mean seriously...ALLL NIGHT AND ALLLL DAY they stomp and run and thump and whatever it is they do up there. There is rarely even 20 or 30 minutes of quiet up there. I don't know when they even sit down or sleep. It's horrible. And Saturday night they must have had a party or something, and someone got sick...cause the noise didn't stop till after 3am, and when I opened the door to leave for SS, there was vomit all over the breezeway where someone leaned over the rail and let it go. Splattered all over the place right by our front door and wall. Ugh. And when we called the office we were told to clean it up ourselves. It wasn't our mess, and we don't have outside facets or hoses. How are we supposed to clean that up?
It sat there till Tuesday when I guess enough people in our building complained and they cleaned it up.
Apartment living is definetly an adjustment.
That's gross.
It was really gross.
It really is an adjustment. People are so gross.
My upstairs neighbor at the previous place was the same way. Up and down and stomping, thumping, banging all kinds of racket. She'd keep me up at night and wake me up before the crack of done. Ugh. I was so done. Some days I felt like I was gonna go crazy. Now I'm on the top floor. Praise the Lord! :clap:
You all are just reminding me why I'm happy our apartment is on the top floor.
In other news my grades for the semester gave me a 3.66 and upped my overall gpa to 3.02!!! Woot!!
Since my Mother is the reason why I live in these apartments, and she has screws in her knee and walks with a cane, we are unable to live anywhere but ground level. Unless there was an elevator which there is not...
We do have two pools though. I have yet to go swimming in them though cause I want someone to go with me. Fat girl don't wanna go out there alone. Haha!
Note to self: If ever living in apartment, get one on top floor. Then they can complain about me instead of me complaining about them.
Note to self: Never live in apartments. Enjoy the country. :ugly:
Got up this morning about 30 minutes ago with a strong hankering for French Toast, so I got up and made some. Now I'm trying to determine what to do next today. There's a chance of rain, and evidence that it rained hard last night but it appears to be clear and pretty out right now...
:yawn:
Rainy here too.
Hedge trimming on a Saturday morning is just wrong. WRONG! Trying to nap here people! :demand:
Ugh. Back at work. It's a cloudy rainy day. So wanting another weekend- this last one went by too fast and was completely unproductive thanks to the weather.
I'm going to kill one of my friends. We had my bachelorette party last night [which was dinner at Logan's]. She sent me home with half a cake!!! Not that I have to fit in a dress in a few days.
Supposed to possibly have bad weather this evening. Tornado watch for now.
I will be spending mother's day hanging out at my parents alone taking care of their dog because my sister breezed into town and has kidnapped my mother. I'm ready to be married and leave this junk behind for good. I'm tired of being the convenient child.
Well... in sharing,I did something extravagant that I'll have to eat bologna for a month to pay for. And it doesn't involve car parts or radios for once.
The other day, while at work, some obviously Apostolic ladies came through the metal detector to do a photo shoot for a line of Apostolic ladies' clothing. I got the website (daintyjewells.com) and showed Lou..she loved the dresses, skirts, and blouses,one particular dress alot. After looking at the prices- Yikes! She said it was a shame because she really liked the clothing. :cry:
Being crafty, I had heard her mention a dress size while shopping the other day and complained that they didn't have it, as it was her size. I remembered it. Armed with this info, her height, and the knowledge that I have a bonus check coming up with which to pay off the credit card I'd have to abuse, I went to the website where I discovered that while I had a numbered size, they listed their sizes as "S" "M" "L" ect..Definitely NOT a husband friendly website. :pound:
So I emailed them, told them my dilemma and begged for advice. They replied promptly, talked with the seamstress, and emailed me back their recommendation. I ordered her a dress (the style she really liked) today. It'll be a couple of weeks before it comes in, and I think I'm gonna keep quiet about it. (She never checks here). Lord. She better not get used to this. I can't afford $100+ a pop for clothes..
Maybe she'll see that I do love her and I do listen. Just not when she's yelling at me. :P
I would not like apartment living a'tall. It would just feel like being in a hotel forever.
I clean at that apartment building once a week (condos technically, individually owned units, but in an apartment building setup, same diff...) and you can hear people inside their apartments when you're in the hall and stuff. I don't even like houses that are right next to each other. I need a buffer zone, the bigger the better. lol
And in other news, continue to pray for poor dad.
Just lately he's suffering what I think in part seems to be anxiety, over not being able to spit stuff out of his throat. He spits and splutters constantly and feels like his throat is closing up or he's choking or something.... The vast majority of what he spits is just plain saliva, and I think he's just working himself up into a frenzy over it. He sits in the same chair 24 hours a day and never does anything, never has anything that occupies his mind or his time besides his suffering. He's seeming more confused and literally crazy acting sometimes lately, which could be him just driving himself nuts over things...I don't know.
His throat my feel weird because of the nerve issues he has and like something is in it, I have no way of saying. And there are no solutions any doctor has ever offered or anything. He's had short term spells of being afraid of choking to death in the past at various different times, but the last little while he seems like he's just ate up with the preoccupation of things, and I suspect the stresses are just driving him nuts.
It drives all of us nuts. Mom has been down sick with the flu and me and my sister had to take turns staying with him all the time. Within the last couple months he had went through some other sicknesses himself and they wore him down. I think all these things coupled together are just eating him up mentally and he's getting beside himself.
He has real physical problems, I've no doubt, but I think he is fretting some of them into being more than they are. He can drop off to sleep and sleep soundly without any appearance of trouble or difficulty. It seems to me if he was literally choking to death he wouldn't be able to sleep.
He needs peace and relief, as do we all, badly. He cries out for help or begs to be helped or hollers Lord help me or what not...and there's nothing we can do in that regard to fix his problem, but take it to the Lord.
We are at the end of the rope, so pray the Lord moves in.
Good job Roscoe! Dainty Jewels is too expensive I do agree. And I hate looking like everyone else! lol half the apostolic/pentecostal world wears her stuff. I've got one item from her, that I paid $30 for. I paired it with an eBay find + a homemade skirt by my Momma for easter! I definitely didn't look like anyone else! :hypocrite:
Praying for ya Cheese...
:me hugs cheese: not that it makes you feel any better - but what type of cancer does he have again? This is really common side effect to some chemos, and especially to radiation if he had any anywhere close to that area.
:hi: Really tired of rain.I have 2 inches of water in my shop- and we don't live in a floodplain. It's a mess...
Quote from: sunlight on May 11, 2015, 02:11:28 PM
:me hugs cheese: not that it makes you feel any better - but what type of cancer does he have again? This is really common side effect to some chemos, and especially to radiation if he had any anywhere close to that area.
Lung, chest wall area on his back... The last chemo and radiation he had were done around last of Feb or early March. He's had the spitting issues ever since the shingles rendered him unable to swallow a year and a half ago.
:hi: been raining like crazy lately. A tornado tore up a small town near here yesterday.
I'm apartment news, the elephants upstairs must have went away for Mother's Day weekend and must still be gone, because tbere has not so much been a peep or thud up there since Friday morning! It's been lovely.
I actually hope they moved away. But wherever they are, it's been nice that they left for awhile.
Work. Bah. Hump day though...
:yawn: I'm at work but so sleepy.
Mel-maybe they got so drunk they are sleeping off a crazy hangover.
Woke up this morning to my parents screaming at each other about a computer keyboard. I'm so ready to not be here but I have no where to go until Sunday.The night of the wedding Brandon and I will be staying at a hotel but Friday and Saturday we will be staying here. I just keep telling myself I don't have to come back after this.....
Must be just waking after said hangover...cause the thumping and stuff just started back up again. Not as loud and continuous as normal, but it's getting there.
Roscoe, I'm pretty sure you just grew about 6 inches or so. And I would have blessed you for buying that dress for your wife, but I'd already blessed you for offering to take Bella off my hands for a while, and GP won't let me do it again. :P
Cheese........ I don't even know what to say, except... I'm sorry. It's so hard to watch people you love struggle like that.
We've had a lot of rain too, but NOTHING compared to some of you poor dears. :o
:beret:
Quote from: SippinTea on May 12, 2015, 05:38:19 PM
Roscoe, I'm pretty sure you just grew about 6 inches or so. And I would have blessed you for buying that dress for your wife, but I'd already blessed you for offering to take Bella off my hands for a while, and GP won't let me do it again.
:beret:
I so have to figure out how to hack gp's blocks on that..
And re:said dress.. as is typical, I was completely unable to keep a secret. I'm world's worst when it comes to hiding gifts because I start thinking how the recipient will react and get all excited. :lol:
Not as excited as Lou did when I texted her a pic of the recipient. My normally reserved quiet wife blew my phone up with"OMG!, OMG!" :laughhard:
I think you just have to wait an hour don't you?! You can't just click, click, click. You can bless/smite - then wait an hour and do it again.
*edit*
Yup - this is what it said "Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 1 hours."
Yep. And it's been over an hour now, so I was able to "fix" that. ;)
*grin* I would have loved to see her face when she got that text.
:beret:
So last week they had put dad on a water pill to get swelling out of his feet.... Then yesterday the nurse said that was what was making his secretions drier and harder to spit out and whatever.... So that made sense cause this past week is when he has grown so terrible with this. So they said cut it in half.... I said forget it...I don't even want to give anymore of it for right now at least, let it get out of his system.... Just while ago I was awakened by him coughing and hollering for help. The water pill is not worth the constant misery an agony....Lord have mercy.
Sorry, Cheese. Hope things get better.
:umbrella: raining again
Got free breakfast this morning. Took my dad out to a friends deli. They do homemade everything. They gave us breakfast for free and said it was a pre-wedding gift.
Now I need to finish up some craftiness for tomorrow. Rehearsal tonight. I can't believe it's here!!!
Stupid rain. :pound: It's back...
Glad it's my Friday. I drove the vette in too,so it's not been a terrible day. And lou should be happy this evening, as the post office's tracking device indicates that her dress is delivered. .
Today's the day!!!! Probably won't be back on for the next couple days. I hope you all have an AWESOME day!!!!
Hope all goes well on your special day, Heather. :) *HUGS*
Me too, Heather! Congrats!
I'll never get married. My ship sailed already and sank like a brick. I'll be stuck living with my mother and my cat till I'm 73.
In cat news...I'm trying to get ahold of the vet but the line has been busy all morning. Knut needs his shots, neutered and declawed. I'm gonna try to get him an appointment next week and get it all done at once.
In apartment news, when I posted last about the elephants returning, they were here thumping and jumping for a couple hours, and seriously, not ONE PEEP since then. I am scared to hope that they moved and I didn't know it. And maybe that last noise was them getting the last of the stuff out.
I'll have to ask the more "nosy" neighbors that know all the comings and goings around here.
I think that is all.
For now.
Mom is in ICU on the ventilator. She had a seizure this afternoon and I had to call the ambulance. The seizures have been almost continuous for several hours and we stayed (me and my cousin/Pastors wife) as long as they would allow us and I called back up there to check and they said she calmed down quite a bit awhile after we left.
We think it is drug related.
She also may have C-diff (sp?) that's a bad GI infection. We won't know till tomorrow.
I'm gonna try to sleep now. I came home and cleaned and disinfected everything just in case. I'm tired but my brain is racing.
Please pray. I can't take anything else bad happening right now or I will run far far away.
I'm awake. Been up most of the night. Don't know what to do. Can't visit the ICU till 8, and I forgot to leave them my phone number last night and I'm scared to call up there this morning cause if they just say I need to come up there I'm gonna flip out. That's what they did with dad. They called us in and walked us down to the waiting area and told us he was gone. They can't tell you on the phone and I'm scared.
/me hugs Mel
I'm so sorry. Praying for y'all.
Dina's littlest one had the croup so bad last night that she and papaw took him to the emergency room. It's hard to see a little one not be able to breathe. It's also no fun to shell out $500 for an emergency room visit. Poor things.
Mel, I'm praying....
And in sharing- I got drenched this morning. We had an elderly ill member of our church pass Tuesday night. They are having the funeral Monday and I haven't mowed the church yard in nearly two weeks because of the nonstop rain. So, I when I took Chey to school, I carried the lawn mower with me.
Of course it started raining before I could unload the mower. And it appeared like it would rain all day- in fact the last forecast I saw predicted it to be all day. It had to be done, though, so there this idiot was, mowing in the rain. I did use my police raincoat, although it helped little.
And par for the course, within minutes of me finishing and loading up, dripping wet, the rain stops. :pound:
Mel-I am so sorry!!
We are.....exhausted.
Update: I just left the hosp to get some rest. Mom has stopped seizing so much and is resting better. Results from EEG they did earlier won't be back till this evening. I'll go back up there then. There isn't anything to to do but wait. But drs say she is doing better.
There is hope.
Meanwhile I gotta finish cleaning this apartment (mostly moms room and laundry) and get it straight so I CAN rest and not have to do anything.
Mel, I read your post the other day, and thought of this verse for you.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Its sure helped me this past year.
-mini
Mini-that's my verse on my profile!
It's been a completely lazy day today. We went to watch my cousin play t-ball and I just got drained sitting out in the sun. Tomorrow is move day. I'm so excited. We can check in and start moving at 1. Brandon's dad is already talking about moving out of his house. It's only been 2 days.
I have done nothing productive today. Laid around, slept in, played on the radio some, and took the Corvette and Chey for a little 30 minute cruise. Have to go back to work tomorrow. Bah. I hope next weekend isn't as wet....
:hi:
:hi: :hi:
:beret:
Stormed like mad last night. Thunder cracks kept waking me up. I'm grouchy. :noo:
Dad declared last night that he was dying and wasn't going to last the night. He had various complaints of this, that, and the other. Then he calmed down and was quiet for the night, has slept quite a bit today.... He hadn't slept much the last couple days.
From the best I can tell it seems like he's having anxiety attacks, or going crazy, or both.
Shew. Help us, Lord.
I'm eating something for lunch that I hope it not rotten. Some leftovers that I forget what day they are from. They don't taste rotten, so I'm hoping for the best.
Mom is off the vent and communicating. I just got to talk to her for the first time. (And her able to respond to me that is) they kicked me out of ICU cause of shift change so I'm headed home till tomorrow.
The elephants upstairs did indeed move out Mother's Day weekend. It's been amazingly quiet.
I'm glad your elephants are gone.
We just got moved in today. Moved everything from my parents and my dorm room. Brandon is going to start getting things from his house tomorrow while I'm gone to both jobs. It'll be my first day doing double duty. 8-1 then 3-8. Should be interesting.
Tired. Had company this weekend.
Urgh. Monday. Bah. Tonight's Chey's graduation from the third grade. My princess AngelFluff is growing up. :sadbounce: And it's likely it'll be raining today. Again. Bah.
I just stepped outside, stood there for a while, then came back in laughing so hard I had tears. I saw a woodpecker perch on the light pole out by the road. He pecked around a bit on the pole, inched up, pecked a bit, inched up... then he got to the top and he stopped and looked around for a good long time. You could almost hear him thinking "What in the world kind of tree is this?!"
Quote from: Roscoe on May 18, 2015, 11:50:51 AM
Urgh. Monday. Bah. And it's likely it'll be raining today. Again. Bah.
:stupid:
Shew. Lord.
Quote from: Chseeads on May 18, 2015, 02:19:32 PM
Shew. Lord.
Yes. Shew. Lord.
Slept from 3:45am to 6:45am. Was up talking to a friend. Today's gonna be a GREAT day. :sleep:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 18, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
Slept from 3:45am to 6:45am. Was up talking to a friend. Today's gonna be a GREAT day. :sleep:
Oh, what's his name?
:freaky2:
I'm eating a salad and trying to survive.
What?! lol :hypocrite:
Quote from: Chseeads on May 18, 2015, 06:28:37 PM
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 18, 2015, 02:27:58 PM
Slept from 3:45am to 6:45am. Was up talking to a friend. Today's gonna be a GREAT day. :sleep:
Oh, what's his name?
:freaky2:
I'm eating a salad and trying to survive.
I was wondering the same thing. lol
Today I was supposed to work both jobs. I got through AutoZone and felt absolutely terrible. Came home and my fever was well over 100. We finally got it to break around 730 this evening. Safe to say I didn't make it to Keva and they were beyond nice about covering my shift. I joke with Brandon we are already working on that in sickness and in health part of our vows.
Also here is a picture from after our wedding for those who don't have FB. It's a picture snapped on his sisters phone. I haven't seen any from our photographer yet.
(http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p756/hbro423/8370d751-20c7-476b-8b23-a2639737a306_zpsvxurvxjw.jpg) (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/hbro423/media/8370d751-20c7-476b-8b23-a2639737a306_zpsvxurvxjw.jpg.html)
:hi: Back at work......
Quote from: HeatherB on May 19, 2015, 12:32:20 AM
Today I was supposed to work both jobs. I got through AutoZone and felt absolutely terrible. Came home and my fever was well over 100. We finally got it to break around 730 this evening. Safe to say I didn't make it to Keva and they were beyond nice about covering my shift. I joke with Brandon we are already working on that in sickness and in health part of our vows.
Also here is a picture from after our wedding for those who don't have FB. It's a picture snapped on his sisters phone. I haven't seen any from our photographer yet.
(http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p756/hbro423/8370d751-20c7-476b-8b23-a2639737a306_zpsvxurvxjw.jpg) (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/hbro423/media/8370d751-20c7-476b-8b23-a2639737a306_zpsvxurvxjw.jpg.html)
Heather, that dress kinda reminds me of a Greek goddess. Glad your day went well. :)
Just ate my homemade orange-fig cinnamon roll my best friend made. It was so delicious. Be jealous fellow cinnamon roll lovers (Roscoe/Isaac). :hypocrite:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on May 19, 2015, 01:23:46 PM
Heather, that dress kinda reminds me of a Greek goddess. Glad your day went well. :)
Thank you! The hair definitely helps that description. lol.
Fever finally broke last night. I feel so much better. This morning we rearranged our living space to accommodate where our cable and what not is. Neither of us watch much cable, but football season will be here soon enough. Also my books have started arriving from his dad's house! We need more bookshelves!! I may have a slight book problem.... :cool: Anywho making lunch then it'll be off to work 3-8 making smoothies. Hope everyone has a great day! It's been kinda gloomy here.
Quote from: MsJennJenn on May 19, 2015, 02:09:45 PM
Just ate my homemade orange-fig cinnamon roll my best friend made. It was so delicious. Be jealous fellow cinnamon roll lovers (Roscoe/Isaac). :hypocrite:
:pound: *jealous*
Made it through the day. Came home and cooked dinner- bbq chicken breast, garlic mashed potatoes and corn-which no one but me ate. :sadbounce: Lou said she wasn't feeling well and laid down, and chey just picked at her food. I washed dishes and now I am halfheartedly studying for tomorrow night, for which I have no clue what I shall preach. Feel kinda "blah" myself.
It's hard to be jealous when I'm eating peanut butter and vanilla yogurt on sourdough bread. I would like to know the orange-fig recipe though, if you wouldn't mind asking your friend.
I love plain cinnamon rolls, maybe orange but no figs.
Sandra - sounds weird...but it was sooo just right. I've never been big on fig. ha
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on May 19, 2015, 01:23:46 PM
Heather, that dress kinda reminds me of a Greek goddess. Glad your day went well. :)
Heather, goddess of auto parts, coffee, and pet spaying and neutering.
:smirk2:
It's blackberry winter, it's cold.
She may need more than two arms to do all of that.
Or at least wash her hands thoroughly in between jobs. :freaky:
Currently I'm only the goddess of auto parts and smoothies. :cool:
Quote from: Chseeads on May 20, 2015, 04:29:25 PM
Or at least wash her hands thoroughly in between jobs. :freaky:
For that I had to bless you. It has been a rough day and I needed that laugh.
:hi: Made it through the day. Came home and God gave me the message I needed, went to church, where for the 12th consecutive service we had a first time visitor- makes 23 in the last 12 services. Preached my heart out on "Destroy it...before it destroys you", basically on sin in our lives.... Our first time visitor sat on the back pew glaring at me with his arms crossed. I actually wondered if he were gonna come punch me, but he didn't. Hopefully God spoke to him. I's just the mailman, if'n they don't like the letter they gots to talk to the sender. :lol: Now...if I can just get through tomorrow, the weekend is mine!
It's raining again.
More like pouring. Good grief. I know we severely needed rain, but I'm done with it at this point. It's been raining half the week for the past month. This isn't Seattle people!! :demand:
It's very cloudy here, but no rain yet. I'm over rain. So over it. My yard needs mowed desperately, I have 1 millon projects that need doing, and can't do any of them in the rain. :pound:
Our yard needs to be mowed, also. Hubby tried the other day but it was so wet he didn't get far.
Well, I got my front and side yard mowed. Then I stuck the BadBoy but good in a wet spot that I didn't see. Not content with getting one piece of expensive equipment buried in the mud, I went and got the Canyon and stuck it too. Started on sticking Rusty, but escaped before he went down. Neighbor brought his 4x4 side-by-side over and pulled all of my stuff out of the mud while laughing at me.
I also got Chey's gokart fixed and she's enjoyed it immensely. Now to enjoy my weekend..
We had rain this morning and I wish it would have stayed longer. My allergies would have enjoyed it immensely. I'm fighting my usual May plague.
Quote from: Roscoe on May 22, 2015, 12:50:33 AM
Well, I got my front and side yard mowed. Then I stuck the BadBoy but good in a wet spot that I didn't see. Not content with getting one piece of expensive equipment buried in the mud, I went and got the Canyon and stuck it too. Started on sticking Rusty, but escaped before he went down. Neighbor brought his 4x4 side-by-side over and pulled all of my stuff out of the mud while laughing at me.
I also got Chey's gokart fixed and she's enjoyed it immensely. Now to enjoy my weekend..
I wish, I wish, I wish I had been there to see that.
And about the scowling visitor - some people have been scowling so long that it got stuck on their faces. Ditto with the crossed arms. Did he say anything after church that indicated he took offense?
Quote from: Lynx on May 22, 2015, 03:55:55 AM
Quote from: Roscoe on May 22, 2015, 12:50:33 AM
Well, I got my front and side yard mowed. Then I stuck the BadBoy but good in a wet spot that I didn't see. Not content with getting one piece of expensive equipment buried in the mud, I went and got the Canyon and stuck it too. Started on sticking Rusty, but escaped before he went down. Neighbor brought his 4x4 side-by-side over and pulled all of my stuff out of the mud while laughing at me.
I also got Chey's gokart fixed and she's enjoyed it immensely. Now to enjoy my weekend..
I wish, I wish, I wish I had been there to see that.
And about the scowling visitor - some people have been scowling so long that it got stuck on their faces. Ditto with the crossed arms. Did he say anything after church that indicated he took offense?
Probably good that you weren't there to witness me "slamcussing' as one old saint referred to it. I throw things when I'm angry.. :sadbounce:
And re:visitor- No. Simply got up and walked out after the service. He'd came with his grandmother, a sweet old lady that appears to hold high standards, yet bounces from church to church-literally.
She'll go to our church for a month or so, then on to the next, not discriminating between Trinity or Oneness,Apostolic or Charasmatic. She does the same at all of them and we see her one or two months a year, I guess when it's our turn in rotation. She worships, participates in the service and is generally the perfect saint- if she'd just stay.
She came up and told me how much the sermon moved her and touched her. I was appreciative and hope when she says it "moved her" she didn't mean it moved her to the next church in her rotation... :laughhard:
It is beautiful, sunny, and cool today. Around 65 ish...Rusty, Chey and I shall go to town. I might splurge and cook a large chunk of dead cow on the grill this evening. :hypocrite:
I can't remember what was going on the last time I was on here...hope all is well with everyone!!!
Been a rough few weeks! On the home front: Mom is out of surgery...everything went well!!! Thank you for the prayers!! Pray for a fast recovery...and patience!!
They have her in a cast but surgeon said they are going to get her up and walking right away. Said she can walk on it and in about 10 days they will remove the cast and put a boot on her. Thanks for the prayers! She was nervous.
My mom is home finally. Doing well. Very weak, but we are managing.
I planted some tomato seed things yesterday. Gotta go water them this morning, it says to keep them very wet till the first sprouts show up. We will see if I can grow tomatoes. I hope so. :fork:
It rained real good last night here too...but it looks to be another fine hot sunny day today.
That is all.
Let me know if that works Melbs! The tomato thing lol....does it have to sit outside?!
No. It says it's indoor/outdoor. I got it at CVS.
You must not have a porch?... All the apartments here have French doors that lead to a porch with iron fence around each. You have to go thru the apt to get to the porches. I love it. We have our grill out there and my lawn chair and now plants. The plants from dad's funeral were choked and crowded and so I repotted them and now I have my tomato plant so the porch is looking quite nice. :)
I'm pleased.
Triple post...
The upstairs apartment is still empty, but now the maintaince guys have been stomping and clomping around while they are painting and stuff. So far though, no sign of any new elephants.
I'm going to walmart to get a few things.
That, again, is all.
No - no patio in my new place. I decided to forgo the patio in lieu of a sun-room. SO glad I did - the sun literally (well when it's not stupid raining as it's been for the past 234583 days) FLOODS the living area & sunroom. I am IN love with it. So I get the sun - just don't have the "outside". lol
Sounds nice, and enough sunlight to grow tomatoes.
In apartment news we know that we have neighbors beside us. Their bedroom is wall to wall to ours. My only comment was at least we know it's MARRIED housing. *cough cough*
I'm still sick. You would think my face would eventually run out of boogies, but alas.....
We went to see Brandon's mom this evening. She has both our dogs supposedly on a temporary basis. One of her dogs had to be put down yesterday due to a long list of reasons. She's already saying that my dog is now hers. I know she'll take care of her though so it's ok with me.
Not feeling great today. Stayed home from work.
Apartment news is that no sooner had I stated that we didn't have anyone upstairs yet, I was out on the patio with Mom and I heard someone up on the patio above us...a few minutes later, this 18 mo old baby ran by, headed to the pool with her mama in hot pursuit yelling at her to stop...when she caught her and came back by our patio, I realized it's a friend of mine that I worked with at the hospital years ago...we have remained FB friends and I saw that she was moving this week, but didn't know she would be my new upstairs neighbor!! Yay! She is a single mom and the best part is, she keeps mostly to herself and she has been up there all day and I've only heard a few thuds. :clap:
I've already invited her to church. :thumbsup2:
Two things I bought at WM today, made me vaugely remember something from GP past...
Cherry 7up. It was on sale. $3 for a 12 pack so I bought one. Haven't had any in forever, and I somehow remember someone on here loving it...Sis? Taco? Who was it?
An electric toothbrush...was it me that had the possessed toothbrush that would randomly turn on in the middle of the night or was it someone else? I think it may have been me but I don't remember...it may have been Ashlee too...for some reason I think of her when I recall that story...
Anyway...yeah.
That is all.
Melody: Turn her on to toe shoes. People walk a lot quieter with toe shoes. :teeth:
I walk quietest whilst barefoot.
In apartment news, our water heated decided to flood our closet and seep out into our bedroom. Oh the joys of just calling maintenance to come fix it and clean it up. Thank ya Jesus!!
Brandon has a Sunday off tomorrow and is coming to church with me. He hasn't been to my new church yet but he does know some of the people.
As of Monday I'm possibly putting in my 2 week notice at AutoZone.
Well, in my "do-something-constructive" mood, I managed to get around to doing a chore that I've put off for 5 years or better. See, Dad had loaned our utility trailer to someone who managed to destroy the tail lights- both of them. Complete with ripping the wiring out. I've been hampered by the no taillights on the trailer thing every since. Mainly because if I get up town, to mow the church yard for instance, and don't get done in time to get home by dark I am running the risk of being ran over.
Today, I actually installed new taillights and rewired the trailer. I now can use it after dark. :clap:
Yeah, for you super achievers that's not much but for me it was incredible. :lol:
Melbs! I loveeeee cherry 7up!!!!
Made a faux capiz chandelier for my closet light fixture today.
Bout all I've done.
Show us a photo. :)
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Love the closet organization! I haven't even unpacked all my clothes yet. Between illness and the water heater and the lack of space, it's been a mess. I plan on tackling it today though. The living room and kitchen is pretty much unpacked. Things still need to be put on the walls. The 'office' is currently full of boxes. I figure we don't need it until school starts so I can take my time in there.
This is my 3rd night sleeping on the couch. I wake up in a coughing fit about an hour after going to sleep. I'm always worried I'm going to wake Brandon up. This morning was his first morning not having to be up before 6 am. When we did both get up this morning I sent him with my tip money to Krispy Kreme for donuts :cool:
Speaking of water heaters... does anyone have any information on those on-demand water heaters? Pros? Cons? I know it will take getting an electrician out to rewire stuff - it's not something you can just plug in to the existing water heater circuit. But there's also no tank to rust out and flood the floor. Or are they prone to rupture?
Does anyone know?
Last night was not good. The storm that came through blew off shingles from the roof again. Then Lou calls as soon as I get home, she's stuck at church with a car that won't run. I get back up there and get it to run to get it home, but it's acting up again, and the "google" results for the symptoms are NOT encouraging. I had to drive the 'vette in, so Lou could drive my truck, and it's supposed to storm like crazy today. I fail to understand why a car cannot run normally for more than a year around our place. I'm fanatical about maintenance, and Lou's car doesn't have 83k miles on it yet.:mad:
I have come to accept it as a fact of life that a car will break down at least once a year. Alternator, water pump, ball bearing, something gonna go out every once in a while. I just have to get used to it.
In local news my church went up to the Tennessee district campground last weekend, mostly to just hang out. A good time was had by all, or at least I didn't hear anyone complaining. Multiple questions about when we gonna do that again? Our campground is busy almost every week of the year - pastor been trying to schedule this trip since February and it only now went through - so who knows when we'll get it again, but it was fun. Most of the fun I had was sitting at a table listening to people talk, and if you think I'm being sarcastic you oughta hear some of these people talk. I'd pick listening to them over any TV show or movie ever made.
Still feeling yucky and supposed to go back to work tomorrow.
Happy Birthday PF!
I would really like to be able to breath through my nose again. It's been so long since I've been able to. I hope it's like riding a bike and you never forget. However, I woke up to rain this morning so that's hopeful for my allergy situation.
Did double duty yesterday and worked both jobs. Today I'm just working smoothies and tomorrow is just AZ.
Thank you, Heather! :)
I wished ya a happy birfday on facebook, so I guess I can repeat it here. :p
In sharing, I spent all day on the range. Lou's car has apparently fixed itself- or more likely the healing hand of the Lord has moved upon it. Something for which I am thankful...:pray:
The SUN IS OUT! :shine: :clap:
So. The dr said I had acute bronchitis. It's a pain.
If it's a pain, I wouldn't see it as a-Cute. In fact, I'd consider it ugly. :ugly:
I made it through the day, was allowed to go home early. I took advantage of this and mowed the yard with the spare time. Going to church in a few, when I'd truthfully rather just stay home and snooze..
Urgh. MOAN...."whine". It feels like a Monday, even though it's actually a Thursday that is my Friday. :pound:
Missed church last night due to attending a funeral. A friend and former co-workers father passed away. Melissa has become like a sister to me. Especially in the aspect that my parents take her to amusement parks and etc and leaves me at home. [Kinda like when they took my sister to DC last year and convienantly left me out so I could stay and dogsit :roll: Our family dynamic is so weird....]. Her father had been a cranky old man for years and years. Due to the after effects of being sprayed with Agent Orange in Vietnam and years upon years of not taking care of his diabetes he'd been in the hospital more that out of it the last year. He had been in hospice care at the VA the last 2 months. But back to my point, I hate funerals. Especially funerals around here. Most of the ones I've had to go to in the past few years have been done by baptist ministers who didn't even know the family. One service the poor guy didn't even attempt to pronounce her name right after repeatedly being told by the family how to say it and one lady even wrote it phonetically for him. I can't deal with the song Amazing Grace because after my nana and then another lady like a mamaw to me passed and it was played at both funerals I can't deal with it. Go Rest High on That Mountain, everytime it plays my mom says she wants it played at her funeral which is something I don't want to think about. Then I Can Only Imagine, which as a pentecostal that song has bothered me since day one. I don't have to imagine what I would do in God's presence because I experience regularly being filled with the Holy Ghost. GRRRRRRR!!!! Rant over.....
Just let me conclude that I am very grateful after last night to be a pentecostal and I hope there is a Holy Ghost dance party if I were to pass before the rapture at my funeral.
I'm at work.
Feeling any better Sandra?
A little. Thanks for asking.
:hi: It rained here again. Bah. Just enough to wet the grass good. I survived the day and am back at my weekend. A weekend forecasted to be rainy, so I'm not thinking much is going to get done. Trying to motivate myself to go grocery shop so I won't have to do it tomorrow. So far, I am being spectacularly unsuccessful in doing so.....
We've officially made it 24 hours without any rain! It was sunny ALL day - clouds, but the sun was still shining bright! :shine:
Jinxed it. Now it's pouurrrringgggg. Ugh. Seriousssslllyyyy.
It was all over my FB, but for those who don't know...I slipped in a puddle in WM and sprained my ankle. I thought I broke my wrist for awhile, but the X-Ray showed it had a light sprain too. :smirk2:
But, in other news, I got a big pot and I'm planting watermelons in a container tomorrow. My tomatoes have sprouts and so I thought I would try watermelons. Thanks to Pinterest, I now know it's possible to grow them in a container garden and train them to grow vertically. When the fruit starts getting bigger, you support them with pantyhose made into sort of a hammock tied to the vertical support. It looks simple enough. I watched several YouTube videos and I think I can handle it. Of course I got the smaller breed of melons. Sugar baby melons.
We will see.
In apartment news, my new neighbor is quiet 80% of the time. When we do hear her, she is NOT as noisy as the last people. Plus, she is off for the next two weeks, so she moved in, stayed a few days, packed up and went to see her mom out of state. She won't be back till NEXT Friday.
We got a great neighbor! ;)
That is all. My leg/ankle hurts so I'm gonna try to go back to sleep.
Woke up this morning when Brandon's alarm went off and can't get back to sleep. It's my day off. Go figure. Can't decide if I want to try to hike or tye die. The weather is looking to be on the spotty side so it may be a tye die and read day.
I'm still alive, despite the best efforts of my boss. I usually work 9:30 - 16:30, but he asked me to work until 22:00. A manager seems to have quit without telling anyone she was leaving which resulted in big gaping holes in the schedule. Twelve and a half hours there is too much but I worked it anyway. Gonna get overtime this week.
Don't you just hate it when a manager quits without notice? What, that never happens where you work? Happens all the time here...
It's starting to rain again this morning. It let off for yesterday.
Quote from: MelodyB on May 29, 2015, 07:11:34 AM
But, in other news, I got pot.
MellerYeller would be so proud.
:stupid: I just woke up. Time to get moving, I guess. At least it ain't raining- yet.
so i may have dozed back off finally on the couch this morning. went to the store. made 4 tie dye shirts I'm waiting to see how they turn out. found a way to rig my hammock on the railings out in the breezeway. the sky has looked spotty all day so I didn't want to chance the rain.
and my photographer friend posted the rest of my wedding pictures on the facebook if anyone was interested. :cool:
Do y'all have a balcony on your apartment?
I think someone needs to build an ark.
:stupid: It flooded last night,but has fortunantly stopped now and the sun is out. Lou was off today, so we slept in. Think we are fixing to take Rusty for a cruise.
Quote from: MelodyB on May 30, 2015, 04:23:57 AM
Do y'all have a balcony on your apartment?
No. We however have a breezeway between us and the people across the way. I'll take a picture and send it to ya to explain. But I have railing that I can hook my hammock to and not block anyone but our own apartment.
Tomorrow is our only day off this whole week. We both work 6 days. Thankful we both got the day off together.
Here ya go Fuzzy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJK5aROyzo0
I've always liked that song, Isaac.
It's been a beautiful day today. Nice to see some sunshine.
Not here. Here it's been overcast and rainy... I'm ready for this rainy season to be over.
I way overslept this morning. We had a pretty good downpour and a storm earlier. Supposed to be chance of rain and storms for the foreseeable future.
Working my only double this week tomorrow.
:hi: Good morning, all! What a beautiful day.....okay, I'm lying. It's Monday, and when I went to get Rusty out of the shop so that I could have a little "me" time on the way in this morning, it was raining. Again. :pound: Of course, when I left the house in the Canyon, within two miles there wasn't a sign of rain. Oh well.. My mantra to get through this week is "just the rest of this week and one day..." If I can survive this week, I'll get my weekend, come back for a Sunday- which is like not working at all, just with a 120 mile drive- and then I'm off for two blessed weeks, one of which is my Swap Meet/Car Show. :hyper: This excites me, since I get to spend time with my uncle, old cars, and possibly a troublemaker from here, with rituals that include the sacrifice of a dead cow, done to a medium rare..:fork:
I'm at work. :yawn:
Middle of my work shifts. I did make the decision to put in my official 2 weeks at the AutoZone so my last day is June 17. Lets hope this will be my last time working there. Of course I said that the LAST time......
I'm sitting out on the patio. Is a beautiful day...it has been non stop beautiful days for about two weeks now. Awesome.
And I love my patio. My plants, the sunshine, the nice neighbors, just everything!
My tomatoes have sprouted and growing every day! I'm really happy about that! Just waiting on the watermelon to grow. :fork:
Knut likes it out on the patio too.
That is all.
Had a thesis statement/question + background on the topic I choose for my History class due Sunday night at 11pm. Got home around 10:15ish...turned it at 10:55pm. He graded it already = 100%. BOOM.
Where is everyone?! No one's posted since Melbsy did at TWO pm yesterday. Come on peopleeeee! :demand:
I'm working. First of the month. Doing billing.
I've been sick today. My tummy hates me apparently and I'm just dizzy and sleepy. So I've been resting and dozing off and on between battles with my tummy. :smirk2:
I want to go sit on the porch but i would have to get dressed and at least brush my hair. Too many neighbors walking around to be looking like I do in public. Lol
Worked a double yesterday. Had Brandon bring me his car so I could take my coworker home. She rides her bike and it was a monsoon yesterday. If it continues to rain this evening I'm going back at 8 to take her and Marcus home [he walks everywhere]. No need for either of them to catch their deaths.
Quote from: MelodyB on June 02, 2015, 09:00:07 PM
I've been sick today. My tummy hates me apparently and I'm just dizzy and sleepy. So I've been resting and dozing off and on between battles with my tummy. :smirk2:
I want to go sit on the porch but i would have to get dressed and at least brush my hair. Too many neighbors walking around to be looking like I do in public. Lol
We've been having some tummy issues at my house, too.
Got a small stye on my left lower eyelid. Just enough to be annoying. Trying all the old remedies Lou has suggested, which includes holding a hot tea bag on my eyelid....that and the stye salve.I suspect I'll wind up with a Dr's visit though. :sadbounce:
Other than that- normal day here. It was beautiful, so when I got home, I replaced Rusty's serpentine belt, then took him for a ride around the area. All in all- a good evening.
My workplace is driving me crazy.
That condition was present long before your work situation.
:ugly:
Only 4 more work shifts at the AZ. Wahoo!!!!
Housecleaning this afternoon then church this evening.
Wow. Everybody's gotten way too quiet. Apparently more than me are busy....If I can make it through tomorrow, it is vacation time...:clap:. Well, except for Sunday, but since we don't do much on Sunday, that doesn't count.
I've been sick for the last week and this is the longest time I have ever called in sick! I'm ready to be healthy again.
/me hugs Sunlight
Last night was the first night in the 2.5 weeks we've lived here that I slept the entire night in our bed without waking up constantly. Thank ya Jesus!!
Work, then to Bristol for a funeral. It seems like I'm going to these weekly. It's depressing.
Aw....I'm sowwy you've been sick. That's never fun.
And in sharing...it's my Friday. Sadly it is also "Girl's State " which mean I will have 900 screaming teen girls here -"OMG!" "Can you believe it?!?" *squeal*. -....bah. I need earplugs just thinking about it.
Roscoe- ever eaten at Morrilton drive in? Or in mena at the chopping block steakhouse? Or in arkadelphia at the hamburger barn?
Quote from: sunlight on June 04, 2015, 05:57:57 PM
Roscoe- ever eaten at Morrilton drive in? Or in mena at the chopping block steakhouse? Or in arkadelphia at the hamburger barn?
Grew up eating at the Morrilton Drive In. Used to have one of the most awesome BBQ sandwiches known to man. Sadly, they have changed some things. We ate there for Chey's school graduation, but it wasn't all that and it cost nearly $40 for the three of us. They do have a good fried shrimp plate though...
The other two, no, I haven't .
Planted another tomato plant/seed pod.
I used the miracle grow seed pods for the watermelons and got sprouts in three days. So I'm trying a cherry tomato pod for this new pot. I really like this container garden thing. I just wish it would hurry an produce fruit! I'm very impatient!
Other than that I've been quiet cause there isn't much to say. I stay home with mom and look after her. I'm controlling all her meds now so she doesn't OD again. She is down to THREE pain pills a day. That is a HUGE step for her since she was taking up to 9-10 a day for YEARS. And she is actually getting up and doing things some too. That's also huge for her. She isn't laying in bed 24-7 like always. I've been pushing her a lot to get up and get moving. Next weeks goal is we are getting her into the pool for some water excersize.
That's pretty much it. Church tonight. Oh, and it's dad's birthday today. I think mom forgot and I haven't mentioned it to her. I made a dump cake for us in honor of his day, but mom hasn't realized why I did it yet. I'm not gonna tell her. She dwells on his death too much lately anyway. I try not to remind her if I can help it.
Proud of you Melbs! I know your parent situation hasn't always been ideal. But you're still there, and your reward in Heaven is that much bigger I just know it! :hug:
Shew.
I is tarred. Made it through the day and got home. Bro Wilson mentioned last night that he needed a hand replacing a toilet at the church tomorrow, and since we'd be there, we needed to weedeat the ditch in front of the church and mow. Not wanting to spend all day tomorrow sweating, I went up town tonight, mowed, and weedeated. Now I am whipped...got way to hot. But at least that is done and I don't have to worry about doing it tomorrow, or worse, Bro Wilson trying to help out and overdoing it, thereby hurting himself.
Worked 11.5 hours at work today. About half an hour before I was supposed to leave we found out someone who was supposed to be there tonight called and said she quit. Well gee thanks...
On the way home I stopped by the house of a guy I didn't know (friend of a friend) to look at his computer. He thought I'd have to wipe out Windows and replace it, but his problem was Internet Explorer. He didn't know you could use a browser to go to different places. All he knew was click on the yahoo icon on the desktop and you get yahoo. So I set him up three new shortcuts (yahoo, ebay and craigslist) that invoke a different browser, to replace the three old shortcuts that invoke IE. Actually the new shortcuts use Chrome because it was already there and it was late and I was tired and I didn't want to download and install Firefox on his really slow computer.
I tried to tell him I didn't really do anything all that great but he still thinks I'm a genius. I can live with that.
Good job, Isaac.
Now I'm down to only 2 shifts at AZ. Due to crazy circumstances my last day got bumped up to the 10th. Keva is firing the other new person. Originally they were going to cut him to only 2-3 days, but he frankly is not the brightest bulb in the box and will be let go as of noon today. Oh and the 2 full-time employees have both asked off for time in the next few weeks. We run with only 5-6 employees as it is, so yea.
Also on the job front Brandon has found a position to transfer into. Instead of a 45 minute commute he will be working 6 blocks away and is being promoted to a management spot.
Over 24 hours since a post?!? What's a matter with you nuts? I've been busy. Cleaning yards, trimming trees, dodging rain drops.....
HeatherB: the only thing better would be if there was a donut shop on the six block walk to work. Or an ice cream shop.
Bob: you just listed the reasons that I have not posted in that length of time.
Been busy here also.
Me too. Choir clinic all weekend with Bro Aaron Curtis from TN. :speech:
Quote from: Lynx on June 06, 2015, 09:37:46 PM
HeatherB: the only thing better would be if there was a donut shop on the six block walk to work. Or an ice cream shop.
Bob: you just listed the reasons that I have not posted in that length of time.
Krispy Kreme is across the road from the AZ he's transferring to.
I'm tired.
Well there you go! He now has a life as close to perfect as it gets down here on earth. A good wife, a workplace within walking distance and a donut shop on the way to work. :cool:
:stupid: Hard to argue with that..
And in sharing, I'm back at work for the Sunday duty before my thirteen days off. :P And in further sharing, the world has one less fluffy cottontailed bunny in it this morning. It committed suicide by zigging when it shoulda zagged, right in front of a one foot wide Corvette tire rolling along at 60 mph( in third gear, I was on the way UP the speedometer dial). It exacted revenge, though- stupid thing tore my air dam loose in two spots. If it weren't dead I'd kill it for inflicting pain upon my Corvette. :mad:
Watch your cussing there, Copper. :nono:
:hypocrite:
Quote from: MelodyB on June 07, 2015, 12:59:59 PM
Watch your cussing there, Copper. :nono:
:hypocrite:
:pound: :pound: *Scowl* Keep on accusing me, and I'll do to you what I did to that Wabbit... :freaky2:
And where's everyone at? **Whine**
I'm officially on vacation until the 21st. And of course, we have a smattering of rain in the forecast within the week. :-(
Clear skies here, you could always come back for a visit...The Shed is waiting. ;)
And you never got to try Bozos...
Quote from: MelodyB on June 08, 2015, 02:44:35 AM
Clear skies here, you could always come back for a visit...The Shed is waiting. ;)
And you never got to try Bozos...
:drool: The Shed...
Sadly, Lou has to work. So no trip..
Funny I mentioned The Shed...then I look at FB and it's on one of the top ten places to eat in MS. Number 2 even. :fork:
https://www.facebook.com/freda.hall.90/posts/10205998861323207
:hi:
Today is my last day having to pull double duty!! and Wednesday will be my last shift at AZ!! YAHOO!!!!!!!!
Mel- if what we ate was an example, I'm surprised it was not number one. Absolutely one of the best places we ate on that vacation. :fork: Oh, and Book of Sharing ahead....
It's been a busy, but a good day. Chey and I got up around 8:30 and loaded up in Rusty. Mini had mentioned a waterfall north of Russellville he'd found online, and I'd never heard of it, so I set out to find it. After a drive to Russellville (30 minutes) another drive north of Russellville, (45 minutes) then 15 minutes east, then 5 miles down a dirt road, we found it. Absolutely beautiful, although short. A Ozark Mountain spring fed creek flowed swiftly, then tumbled over a 10 to 15 foot drop into a crystal clear pool between 50 to a 100 feet in circumference and about 5 foot deep at its deepest. Made for a perfect swimming hole, and even had a tree limb with a rope swing for swinging out over the falls. :thumbsup2:
We hadn't brought Chey's swimming clothes, but since it was just us, I let her strip down to panties and t shirt and dive in. After she splashed and played for an hour or so, we loaded back up and hit the road. Spent the rest of the day running back roads and found ourselves over halfway to Branson, Missouri. :o
We turned back though, and headed for home, stopping at a ghost town for pics, then in a small country town for pics by a vintage CocaCola sign painted on a wall.
On the way home, we watched a lady on the motorcycle in front of us have a blow out, stopped and gave her and her husband a hand, then came home, where we stopped at our little general store and found that they had received an order of REAL CANE SUGAR GLASS BOTTLED DR.PEPPER! :clap: :clap2: I bought all they had but 5 bottles that were in the cooler. No sense being greedy . :hypocrite:
Then, I came home, and while Chey played at a friend's house, I fixed the loose shingles, mowed the yard, and loaded the trailer full of aluminum and other metal to haul to the junkyard tomorrow. I'm whupped.
After I make the junkyard run tomorrow, I am gonna do nothing more strenuous than working on a message for Wednesday night.
In my sharing today: as a result of working six days a week for months now, I ran out of bread some time last week. The manager in charge of scheduling acted like giving me tomorrow off was a feat rivaled only by the trials of Hercules, but I got tomorrow off for the specific purpose of making bread.
Right now the whole house smells like eggs. And vinegar. I pickled more than 8 dozen. Dad was in from Kentucky for a blood drive right here in our little town so I sent a good 4 dozen home with him. Uncle Fred and I will have the rest gone in no time. I figured out if you bring the vinegar and whatever to a boil and put the eggs in while it's hot you get pickled eggs a lot faster than if you put the eggs in cold vinegar and whatever and let it sit in the fridge for a few weeks.
:couch:
Quote from: The Purple Fuzzy on June 09, 2015, 01:33:49 PM
:couch:
Come out from behind that couch.. :pound: :pound: See, good reasons one should always pull out the couch and clean behind it. Fuzz and other undesirables always like to hide there. :ugly:
Got up, hauled the scrap off and netted nearly $50 for my troubles. I am happy. Yard is cleaner and I have money mama don't know about. :freaky2:
Now we are at the library. And, I have gotten disgusted with my dial up which is getting slower, and they are charging more for it. So I made a call today and tomorrow we are getting satellite internet. Just as cheap, but faster. And if it storms, I'll just read a book.
I never clean behind the couch. lol unless I'm rearranging the furniture.
Wait....they still have dial-up? :laughhard:
Quote from: MsJennJenn on June 09, 2015, 04:01:15 PM
I never clean behind the couch. lol unless I'm rearranging the furniture.
Wait....they still have dial-up? :laughhard:
LOL. The guy I spoke to in order to get the new internet told me I was only the 2nd person in ten years to tell him I had dialup. :lol:
That's why I spend so much time online- at a whopping 26 kpbs, I'm waiting for the pages to load, and any pic or video is almost guaranteed a no go. Strangely, the new speedy internet will probably reduce the amount of time I spend online. :ugly:
I think I might die if my internet was that slow.
I was so happy when I changed to cable internet recently. :D When they first put cable in my neighborhood you could only get the internet with a TV cable pkg but now I can just buy the internet pkg. :)
Mom wants cable, and I want internet.
I have been limited to just internet on my iPhone for several years now. Except the 9 months I spent in FL with my cousin and they had wifi. That was nice.
Our blue ray players have wifi compatibilities so if we do get internet, I WILL be subscribing to netflix. Yes Lord. I miss me some Netflix. I have it on my phone, using an app and my cousins subcription...but my data package "unlimited" means just a mere 2.5gigs. Not enough to even bother loading netflix. That's like getting only 30 minutes of YouTube videos. Nada. Ugh.
I blow thru my data pretty quickly most months.
It's stupid.
Since moving, I now ask "What's internet?"
And I now have higher speed internet. I can actually look at pictures! :lol: Sadly, I have to work on tonight's sermon rather than play online- much.
:lol:
I had to bless Jenn for the dial up comment. lol.
No more AZ!!!!! I've already made arrangements to pass on my uniform shirts and new-ish shoes to another girl that works there. Glad I did laundry last night so I don't have to haul laundry back and forth in this heat across the complex. Just rain already. It'll help with my nap :cool:
Ugh. I'm awake. Fixin' to get myself moving and go uptown to the co-op and try to find some weed killer for the west end of my house. Poison Ivy is overtaking it.....
I'm at work. :yawn:
I'm baking cookies for church. We have "loaves and fishes" tonight which means a sack dinner in the fellowship hall with about 45 minutes of fellowship and a 15 minute mini lesson. Then home. It's great and brings a lot of visitors.
Cookies were a fail. I can't bake cookies. Never have been able to, idk why I thought I could today.
Gonna buy some and take to the church. Easier.
That's crazy. You can bake cakes, cookies should be easy.
I just can't! I don't know why. They always either burn or are not done. Even when I watch them the entire time.
Poor Ducklady....
I went and got my weedkiller, mixed it up and sprayed it....hoping I didn't inhale some or something as I'm not feeling the best now. But last night I had a bout of stomach sickness, so I figure it's just something I ate. Waiting on Lou to bring home the bacon- she went to the grocery store- so I can finish preparing dinner. Easy and delicious....chicken tenders, liberally sprinkled with garlic powder and onion powder, then rolled in brown sugar and wrapped in bacon. Broil those bad boys and we'll be knockin' out anyone who get in the way...:fork:
Funny you should mention weed killer. I sprayed weed killer around stuff in the yard yesterday. When I bought it I walked into TSC and said to the first salesman I saw, "I need weed killer and I want something that will kill everything green and keep it killed for a long time." He immediately said, "Shredder." So I got a bottle of Shredder and sprayed it yesterday. When I came home from work today the weeds were already a nicely baked brown. The label claimed it would kill seeds in the ground too. We'll see in a few months.
Quote from: MelodyB on June 11, 2015, 07:29:52 PM
I just can't! I don't know why. They always either burn or are not done. Even when I watch them the entire time.
I have a hard time with from scratch cookies too Melbs.
A lot of them want room temp ingredients. Or want you to chill for several hours and I'm impatient therefore they dont turnout right.
I am here, where are you?
I'm here! :hypocrite:
Nope. You're there. But it's probably just as well. You don't want to be here. The air conditioning system can't seem to keep up with the heat dispersal required for comfort.
I am at work... Next week is crusaders camp... I wish I could borrow a few of you guys to come help me.
If it's anything like children's church, I'm there!
I'm enjoying my time off. Mowed the yard- again, it seems like it's hit overdrive- and puttered around a bit. Oh, and Lou may have sold her car. it'll be Monday before we know if the girl can get the loan. Don't have a clue as to what we will drive. May buy what we really want, may decide to just buy a beater for a while and enjoy not having a payment...
It's raining off & on today.
Had a brief shower here too, which was to be expected as it came through within 30 minutes of me spending $10 cleaning and detailing the 'vette. Ran into my sisters at Walmart for the first time in months. Conversation turned to church and I extracted the promise that they would try to come Sunday or Wednesday a week....They were raised in church as was I, but have been out for 30+ years. I know God's dealing with them though, and the foundation my Mama laid will not let them go easily..
Same here. Went to Taste of Dallas tonight. 70+ restaurants and food trucks. It was raining slightly when we got there. But thankfully stopped soon after.
But Taste of Dallas was awesome. I had a corn on cob, an amazing street taco, steak on a stick (Texas de Brazil), salsa & queso, mango on a stick, avocado fries, sweet potato fries and a funnel cake. They had to roll me home.
Mary had a little lamb
Some lobster and some prunes
A chocolate shake, a slice of pie
And then some macaroons
It made the waiters shake their heads
To see her order so
And when they carried Mary out
Her face was white as snow
Seriously though, that sounds like a wonderful thing, Taste of Dallas. Glad you enjoyed it and I wish I could have been there.
Me too. I'm a big girl and I know how to eat. Lately I've been wanting something different, so all those different food vendors sounds lovely.
There's always a food truck event happening somewhere in the metroplex. Those are continual, especially once summer hits. But l love my metropolitan. It's crazy and soo many people. But there's always something to do. Especially when it comes to food. I mean we have cupcake ATM's for goodness sake. Lol
Say WHAAA?
lol we have a high-end cupcake brand here called "Sprinkles". they have several "cupcake ATM's" in Dallas.
http://www.sprinkles.com/cupcake-atm
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/MsJennJenn/cupcake-atm_zpskuncr8mr.jpg) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/MsJennJenn/media/cupcake-atm_zpskuncr8mr.jpg.html)
Quote from: MsJennJenn on June 15, 2015, 03:28:02 AM
lol we have a high-end cupcake brand here called "Sprinkles". they have several "cupcake ATM's" in Dallas.
http://www.sprinkles.com/cupcake-atm
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/MsJennJenn/cupcake-atm_zpskuncr8mr.jpg) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/MsJennJenn/media/cupcake-atm_zpskuncr8mr.jpg.html)
That's funny. Seems like they wouldn't stay fresh.
My thought as well, but I assumed they had a night shift to make up some for your late night cupcake craving.
Well they're replenished daily. So not really any different than if you went in the cupcake store at the end of the day and got the last round of cupcakes.
:hi: Woke up dragging today. Didn't get better all day. And as expected, the woman trying to buy Lou's car did not have the credit to do so. Didn't keep the salesman from trying to sell us a car though. The salesman is my friend but he kinda ticked me off. When I look up the trade in value on my car before going there and then have someone who claims to be my friend, not just a salesman, offer me 1500 to 2k less than blue book trade in value...well, it ticked me off. Not gonna trade with him I'm thinking. Sad thing is, they have exactly what we would like- a slightly used (30k miles) Chrysler 300C with the hemi..but we aren't agreeing on the price. Oh well. Like I told Lou, we don't need to trade anyway.
And off the subject, they claim rain is likely all week. Ticks me off- it could hold up a week and let my swap meet be dry.:pound:
Hey everyone. It's been probably 7 years or so since I've been active at all on here. Mind if I step back in the mix?
I remember most of you :) I'm just really needing a positive area to come back to.
Welcome home. ;)
Hola!!
I've been petsitting the last few days and realized I hadn't gotten my laptop out at all. This is a new house for me. Home of the fattest pitbull [but also the sweetest dog ever!] and ugliest dachshund I've ever seen. However I'm concerned for their momma because she is at the beach in NC that had 2 shark bites in the same day. I told her she better keep her arms out of the water.
Brandon spent the better part of a week trying to fix his sister's car. I didn't see him for at least 5-6 days. Of course she didn't want to buy what was needed and just wanted it done cheap. So her and her husband turned around and went and bought a new Nissan :smirk2: You took all that time from me....are you serious? I could strangle just about any member of his family and feel little to no remorse.
It was nice not to have to get up and go to AZ yesterday morning. Also today got my first check from Keva with all my normal hours I'll be working there. I can't remember the last time I'd gotten a check over $300. Thank ya Jesus!
Thanks, Fuzzy :) It's always nice to come back around where I can actually feel comfortable. Sometimes it's just so tiring when people argue with you over certain basic things that I know to be true. Always good to be around people who believe the same and support each other.
I guess I should mention that my old name on here was apostolic_girl04...
I've heard of those cupcake vending machines. I think they may have one around here and I think they keep them fresh by having some type of a cooling system and they refill/replace them pretty frequently. I'm going on a special "diet" soon and I won't be able to have cupcakes :(
Hi kkay. Welcome back.
I need a nap.
I need a MAJOR nap. I've got a terrible headache.
This rain makes me want a nap, also.
I have a not fun headache going on right now. UGH!
I think we need to build an ark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJK5aROyzo0
We went to Aldi for the first time today for groceries. Not too bad.
Have another headache today.
They are building one near here.
Girrrrllll love Aldi. Their produce isn't half bad either. I can get sooo much stuff there for less than $50. lol
It was right at 60 for us. Only complaint I have is Brandon tried to make burgers last night with our beef from there. Didn't work too well. I had bought lean for making tacos but I guess that's what I get for leaving him in charge of dinner while I was at work and not telling him as much. However, the food we did purchase will feed us in theory for at least the next week if not longer.
Now I have to ask... how did burgers not work out too well? I know if you use Wal-Mart ground beef it turns out like fast food burgers (but weirder.) Did Aldi beef cook up like Wal-Mart stuff?
And if we're comparing expenditures I might possibly have spent a rather large sum at Aldi. I'm a bit ashamed of how much I spent but I have enough chocolate to last me a good long time$118
If it's lean meat- it doesn't stick together as well unless you add egg or some kind of binder.
what sunlight said