General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...For Saturday, March 4, 2006 =^..^=, 1 by dmcdevitt

dmcdevitt wrote:
Hi all - today we're up to 22 degrees....

Kooger~wow, that sounds very tough. I will certainly keep her in my prayers, that it is benign, they get it all, and that she has complete healing. TOugh job you've taken on, dealing with it, but it is good of you.

Oz~you are too funny

sarv~have a GREAT day! A whole day out!! You deserve it

dr~You did the right thing going out with DS so the calories don't count!! I'm rooting for your son you know, I am so sorry about his wrestling setback. My DD #1 was also an excellent student, now a freshman at college. DS struggles, and has probably always compared himself to her. He's now a junior and seems very depressed. It is so hard, they can't even imagine how completely you love them, not for their talents or job prospects, just because they ARE. My parents died when I was in my 20's so I suffer only for my kids. It's a tough world!

Elaine~wow, all of the DG's are meeting at high noon to "take care" of whoever it is that "doesn't like you" LOLOL sounds like a roundup to me!! Hope somebody brings refreshments!!(look what you started!) LOL

defoecat~"used to moan about not having talents" oh my goodness, what a wonderful person and inspiration you are!! I keep reading about your patience and self sacrifice with DMIL and DM and every day you keep going and caring about everyone else. You must know what an inspiration you are...it has inspired me to pray a lot more for people I don't know, and to think of things I can do to help...Now, isn't that a great talent? Makes me think of the biblical talents.

9kitty~describing your raking and pulling the muscle in your butt - I know exactly what you're talking about!! We won't have spring for weeks, but that will be the first thing that happens to me, and I'll keep thinking "pain in the butt" LOL Glad you liberated your poor crocus!!

Yes I was worrying about Kelly too!

Maria~Get better!! There's a big old hole in the middle of the coffee thread where you're supposed to be!!

Ann~Glad Dh is on the mend. OH I would pray long and hard before getting into a money project.....I always think "no good deed goes unpunished" especially when there's money involved. It's so sad. I wonder if leaving money without explicit directions just tempts you know who to take over.

bal~I'm probably not the sharpest tool in the shed...couldn't figure out what the heck Apple phone help was going to do to help with moving he stone.....LOL

McCool~LOL on the hair stories!

Mary~I like your diet plan. I'm going to start with G+20. If I put the number down it looks too big to deal with! Did you get a good ride in? I wish you were closer...well you sure couldn't get much farther away!! I would be on your doorstep with my horse trailer, although I would only accompany you the first few miles!!!LOL I am so not conditioned for endurance riding!

suzieq~glad I don't have stepchildren! I think it would be so much harder, and the kids themselves are hard enough..good luck.

Okay, update on my whine...I was very depressed yesterday thinking of the property I'm going to sell. I called my sister to tell her I hired an attorney, told her very gently that I just want to get things in writing, she will either consent to buy or to sell in writing. She of course got very nasty and said she would rather talk to me than an atty. I told her, I don't want to talk, we've been "talking" for 18 years, I want it resolved. She basically indicated that she will stonewall it, which means my atty. will give it to a judge who will order it sold at auction. I'm pretty sure my sister figures I don't have the cash to buy it, nor does my brother, so after all this time and expense, she'll snatch it up at a bargain price anyway.

Mind you, this is the sister that has been dependent on me to be the mommy since my mother died, who comes to my house whenever, stays for dinner with kids, hundreds of times, and has NEVER ONCE so much as treated me to a cup of coffee. She has never had me to dinner. I have spent 30 years trying to cheer her up, get her motivated, DESPERATELY trying to keep her interested in her own kids for the kids' sakes, given her plants, planted her gardens, and prayed endlessly. I have been in therapy to deal with her, since she refuses to get help. Of course she is very ill, and her wealthy husband supports her for now although her youngest is 13 years old so the kids still need protection.

It breaks my heart, but I can't carry her illness any more and I need to get out of this more for sheer liberation from her than for money, yet the blackmail just makes me realize how rotten she is to the core and what a fool I have been to try for all these years. Also, my brother could use the money, it would ease his worries, and I thought that one good aspect of my stirring up this hornets nest would be that he would get a nice check. But there never was a solution really, my sister repays a lifetime of kindness and herculean effort on my part with a sneer....

God has gifted me with lovely horses however..DD#2 does her jumping lesson with Sassy this morning, that will cheer me up. I cannot look at that horse without smiling, I love her to pieces, oh I love DD too, but look at this mug...../