test Part 8

[mickey4ver]

KS, glad there is another "LIKE" me on this board, I love to decorate for Halloween...last year I did little as we were away almost the whole month of October...I really want to do it all this year, but so far, my plans to get it all "out" have been futile...although this weekend is the make or break for me..I have SOOOO much stuff, I won't even remember it til I get it out...

AARP KS, you can join at 50....some good discounts sometimes, so don't hesitate to join when you can....some things are not so good, AAA is better, but what the hey, a discount is a discount however you receive it.

The trees here are just starting to turn a little, still pretty green. A few cool nights will cure that for sure and we will see leaves everywhere flying around

Ed, very nice rise.... I'm so sad to have not been to New England is several years in the fall......it is on my to do list for sure.....I miss it SO much..and I've been craving fried clams................yum

 

[sweetlovin']

always said i was going to slap on my mickey ears, fanny pack & trading pin lanyard; while clutching my unofficial guide or passporter...call me a tourist.

we enjoy the kiddies reactions to the scary 'scapes my DH sets up in the front yard (graveyard, full size dummies, fog, haunted mansion music etc.)...it is our holiday. Matter of fact we're on our way to attic to lug it all down...my DSs just shake their heads.

That is AWESOME!! I have the mickey pumpkin kit from the Disney store, so we always do our pumpkins that way. I was trying to get Lee to be a Dr this year. just a basic white coat, but I doubt he will do it.

Will your youngest go trick or treating? I think I was in 8th grade the last year I was allowed to go begging for candy, not counting Disney.

 

[pkasbohm]

Calgon, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE ME AWAY!!!!!!

 

[pkasbohm]

nap time now...thank god...these kids either have to clean their ears out or purchase new ones because the ones they have right now are NOT working!!!

 

[sweetlovin']

It's so frustrating when kids don't listen. I'm sorry you've had a bad day Pam.


I did get a meeting with Nico's teacher on Oct 6th (his bday) about some concerns I have. Dh and I are both going in to sit down and see if we need to skip him a grade or move him to another classroom.

I also did ask DH today when he was moving out. He did argue with me for a little bit, but the bottom line is, I need him out. So, hopefully by Oct 13 he will be out of here!

 

[edcrbnsoul]

Pam -------->

you need

and

so you can be

 

[TennVolTony]

It's so frustrating when kids don't listen. I'm sorry you've had a bad day Pam.


I did get a meeting with Nico's teacher on Oct 6th (his bday) about some concerns I have. Dh and I are both going in to sit down and see if we need to skip him a grade or move him to another classroom.

I also did ask DH today when he was moving out. He did argue with me for a little bit, but the bottom line is, I need him out. So, hopefully by Oct 13 he will be out of here!

Then shouldn't you call him STBXH in stead of DH???

 

[mickey4ver]

Then shouldn't you call him STBXH in stead of DH???

Super decoder here.......yep, that's him..........

It is starting to storm here...lots of noise and rain....very dark outside too and the wind is whipping

Poor Pam..I always ask my grandson where his listening ears are, and he always tells me they are still in bed, they didn't want to get up or he lost them

 

[keishashadow]

pam - might want to add a glass of vino to that long, hot bath

ocm - not sure what to say about 10/13...i'm sure you've thought this out & congrats for having the courage to stand by your convictions. I bought the disney kit last year too (had a brain storm to photocopy the ones we used - so we'd have them forever...I'm slow, eventually figure it out LOL).

mic - yep, we need to put it up a little early this year...@ least the lights, creatures can come later. We'll be gone a week but, I always have a vacation hang-over, especially after WDW (not sure whether I'm just physically exhausted or depressed); between loads of laundry & fixing whatever the rest of my family managed to screw up while I was gone; I'm good for nuthing for @ least a week.

Not quite @ the AARP cut-off yet, but it's looming - LARGE! Keep telling my DSs I'm planning on hitting @ least 90 & being a royal p.o.a.

 

[sweetlovin']

ocm - not sure what to say about 10/13...i'm sure you've thought this out & congrats for having the courage to stand by your convictions. I bought the disney kit last year too (had a brain storm to photocopy the ones we used - so we'd have them forever...I'm slow, eventually figure it out LOL).

Uh.. I didn't do that photocopying thing. I'll have to do that next year, when I rebuy it. We didnt use all the ones from the past two years..(We only ever do 4 pumpkins a year) So, we are doing the picked over characters from the past two years this year. I did tell them next year I would buy a new one.

As far as Dh or STBXH (whatever that means ) I've threatened to leave before. I've gone thorugh asking, pleading, crying, and threatening to do something about the way he treats all of us. Nothing has worked.

In Ohio, I told him that I couldn't take his anger anymore and he had to get anger classes, he promised he would. I told him when we moved to DC that I was leaving him and going ot my mom's, but he said he would change, so I stayed. I told him moving to Atlanta was his last chance and he swore he would change. I believed him. I had my doubts, but I just wanted it to be true so much. Then, about 5 months after moving here I told him he had five months to turn it all around. That was his last chance...do you see the pattern?

How many last chances can you give before you finally stick with it. I'm not saying it's over, but I am definately not giving in this time. I learned my lesson (a heart wrenching one) that just because people say they will change and just because you want to believe them..doesn't mean it will happen.

Hopefully, as long as I stick to what I say and stop the idle threats, it will be a good wake up call to my DH. All I can do is hope.

 

[keishashadow]

ocm - one tuff cookie, stick to your guns, gotta be tough hope everything works out the best for you all.

 

[mickey4ver]

STBXH

........soon to be ex-husband used my super de-coding expertise

I hope it all works out for you Momma, and stand by your guns this time...insist he move out. That has been your plan and you need to make it work. You are doing so well, don't start going backwards! Remember, you have friends and people that care and that are willing to help you. And I'm sure your family will stand by you.

 

[sweetlovin']

........soon to be ex-husband

I was thinking Son of A B....exhusband but it didnt work. I couldnt think of another term


Thanks for the kind words. I'm going to get through this and follow it through. I have to for everyone invovled. I'm sorry to talk about it so much on here. It's jsut nice to be able to vent once in a while.

 

[mickey4ver]

Hey, what are friends for????

Off to watch Survivor....

 

[TennVolTony]

GET UP EVERYBODY.........IT'S FRIDAY..........

 

[TennVolTony]

Ok...my phone rang at 6:50 this morning and the person on the other end was looking for her thong and complianing about the room being messed up!! It was Mac....

Anyway...she is going to get up the Muffy and call me this afternoon. We will make plans to meet up tomorrow sometime... Probably do MGM and then head to EPCOT for the Food and Wine Festival.....

So there is time for the rest of ya's to get here...HURRY!!!

 

[mickey4ver]

Good Friday morning! I came back to tuck everyone in last night and tidy the room before going to bed, but I couldn't get in SOOOO, here it is morning again....

Super wake up call for you Tony! Too funny... I'm SOOOO glad you guys are meeting up, what a fun day....remember hugs to the gals for me and a big HI........oh man, I would love to be there with you.......that little thing called life though gets in the way......another time for sure!!

OK, must get moo-ving along here....check back later...have a good start and it's Silver Day and the beginning of the weekend

 

[sweetlovin']

Morning everyone

Mic - How dare they lock you out last night!!!

Tony - glad you are meeting up with the others. Give them a hug from me too.

Pam - I hope the kids remebered their ears today

Ed - what are your weekend plans?

Bob - do you have another busy weekend?

Keisha - Did you get a lot of the decorating done?

Gant - Hope you have a relaxing weekend

Tomorrow, my brother is coming into town. It'll be good for the kids to see him. They adore him so much. It's great when people come who actaully play with my kids. Their faces just light up.

Mac, Muffy, and Deena hope you are having a great time down there!!!

 

[keishashadow]

it's friday - woo-hoo

tvt, have them girls show you a good time or vice-a-versa!

almost had to scrape the ice of the SUV this am, 43 chilly degrees...brrr; got to find my long johns for friday night lights tonight. wth happened to fall?

cautiously optimistic but ::cop: jeremy got the preliminary letter from borough yesterday saying they'd like him to drive out to Harrisburg & take the final state board to be hired as (part-time) policeman Now, all he's got to do is pass the test & get a gun. Hope slacker ex doesn't drop the ball on that one & refuse to license it in his name until jer's 21. Funny how things come all @ once...the temporary place has indicated that they think he's swell & want him to work full-time midnight @ a higher rate.

strangest thing, not sure what to make of it ...

DH's family like to think of themselves as aristocratic southereners (I'm 2nd generation off the boat, we eat out of a pot in the middle of the table

). We are cordial @ family gatherings but, SIL is snobby & cold. At last gig, she asked me to call her when I knew the date of the wedding shower. Called yesterday & BIL answered phone, handed off to SIL...both seemed weirder than usual.

In the paper last night, I see that his brother, unexpectedly, died...2 days ago! DH is on 4-12 shift this week; would take some doing to zip over to afternoon visitation for a few min...I'm wondering whether we should even bother...bizarre.

Even stranger...SIL didn't show up for her mother's funeral few years ago; with a lame excuse that she gets "upset" @ funerals . We had to insist she visit her mom once in the nursing home; that we paid for, before she died to say good-bye. DH had to work 2 jobs to fund. Money is not an issue for my in-laws.

MIL had dropped her life insurance (SIL insisted it was still good - not according to the company). I put costs on a CC then went to work to pay off with no offers of assistance).

Am I being unreasonable here????? I always slap a smile on my face & make nice but, I'm tempted to just send a condolence card...

opinions please?

 

[sweetlovin']

Wow keisha what a mess that family is. When we lost my grandmother and my grandfather the whole family was called and all of us hung out for at least a week per grandparent. To not even get a phone call to me is so weird.

As far as my opinion on it. I say do whatever you can live with without feeling guilty. If you can live with sending a card and recognizing that if they cant even bother to call and tell you, that you really didn't feel any obligation..I say go for it. Why mess up your lives for a family like that?

For me personally, I deal with guilt all the time. I avoid it at all costs. So, I couldn't jsut send a card. But again, there is no reason you should feel obligated.