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yeah.congrats mus.and better luck with the other(s).

we'll be spending christmas at a brothers home..it seems like fewer and fewer are showing up each year..and thats for easter,thanksgiving and christmas,alike.. it seems like our family is growing apart.i have 3 brothers and 1 sister.in which they have kids.in which most of their kids has their own kids.they all rarely call.and the only time we see any of them.is during the holidays..it's a shame how things like that happen with families..

anyhow.i hope that everyone has a great christmas,and a better year next year..

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Good job, Mus!!! Fingers crossed for you.

Christmas here is small. I come from a big family, but you couldn't tell it.  I guess time, and space has a way of shrinking families down. I understand the way you guys feel though. It's almost as if you get shut away with the decorations.   Then too, time and space seems to have a way of shrinking families.  I haven't seen most of mine for...27 years or so, I guess.  No drama attached to it really. Just the way it is.

But Jess will be here for a bit Christmas Eve.  I look forwards to that. 

Ugh - I haven't even gotten the tree up yet.  The kitchen cabinet above the sink decided it didn't like hanging around any more, so I've had everything from in that cabinet (long cabinet) and off the counter in the living room, until maintenance could come repair it.  This took several weeks: illnesses and all hit on both sides, and frankly, after work I'm really not good for much.  4 more days of work and it's Winter break!!!   



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Merry Christmas, everybody! This video is old but one of my first animations, done back before I had any lessons on how to do it. Hope you enjoy it!



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i want to wish everyone a very nice and fruitful christmas.and everyone's new year is better than this year.and may your life be blessed with the joys of life.​Animation4661.gif



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Merry Christmas everyone!!!

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I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. I hope too, that all are safe from the freaky weather pattern in US. I have been reading, with dismay, about the tornadoes and snow storms in unexpected places, plus flooding. My prayers go out to those in affected areas.

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we had a great christmas..i hope that everyone else did as well...

yeah.the weather has gotton weird and all..we had a pretty serious storm blow through.in which we got off easy..in which we never even lost power for any leanth of time.and that alone amazes me.on acount we normally lose power from a few minutes,to a few hours at times like that.

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Seems like we've all made it to the home stretch of seeing 2016!



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and now we're saying..here go again with another year. HELP!! lol

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My, my, my. We have been so very quiet.  Nearly a month since the last post! Ye gods and little fishies!

Anyone with any news to share?

Winter here hasn't been too bad yet, only a few days of sub-zero temps, and that was caused by windchill ( negative 25). Lowest actual air temp has been -1 so far.  We haven't even had a decent snowfall yet. I'm not complaining. 

Touch wood, I've managed to avoid that superbug (flu like) that was making the rounds. Hopefully everyone else has stayed healthy?



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All quiet on the Western Front here in SA. The extreme heat has abated and the rain is falling, so no complaints this side. I hear the US is getting the thick end if the stick, what with blizzards and earth quakes. I see you may be getting snow tomorrow, Val. Hope it isn't anything like Washington and Boston have experienced.

Oh good for you, Val! Hope you can keep up your clean bill of health for the rest of your winter.

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winter aint been to bad here.the lowest temp here,so far was in the lower 20's...the folks along the east coast has it bad thoe.from florida up to maine i think..their saying 14 dead from it so far,and thats mostly from car wrecks.

mom and me got sick.im thinking a common house cold of some kind,but not sure.im pretty much over it,to the point where i can go off and do things without worry.but mom is still getting over it thoe.

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Nope, no real snow yet.  My boss got shingles (internal) over Christmas break  and her immune system is still out of whack. She's catching everything under the sun.

Take heart, Wolfie, the older we are the longer it takes to mend/get over viruses and stuff. Mom will soon be feisty as ever, in her own time. 

I keep forgetting you're on the other side of the world, Fergie. I'm glad you're enjoying a quiet time.



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The one thing I can say about my job is that I'm never bored. Currently I hold down the position of 'baker', but unlike my predecessors, I do much more than just bake. You know you do a lot when co-workers say you are doing too much. Bless their little hearts they do try to help out here and there, but there are times my small area is so congested with racks and baking sheets and ingredients that I feel a bit claustrophobic. Add another body and someone just might get hurt. 

Ideally the company I work for would like to see everyone crossed trained, but for some unknown reason I'm the only one 'trained' in 10 different areas. In reality much of my 'training' was me going 'ok, I can figure this out' and plunging in, but that is ME. Others seem to get their hands held and walked through for a couple of weeks. However, that isn't the point I want to make, for some weird reason whenever they shift folks around I seem to collect more duties.  confuse Not sure how or why this is, it just IS.  Some of the shifting makes no sense to me, like putting someone in an area that needs setting up and manned by 7AM, that doesn't start until 8, so that I have to somehow absorb doing this along with my other stuff.

Here's a breakdown of an 'average' day for me:

6 AM Take cooling and heating readings (cook use to do that).  Make the doughnuts and muffins for the teachers, bake the day's cookies. Set dinner rolls to rise.

Prior to 7AM: setup register in Teacher's lounge,  set out the napkins, salt & peppers, and the breakfast counters. Fill the silverware and cups. Wait on anyone who comes in until 8.

8-10 start prepping for lunch. Bake the dinner rolls, wrap the cookies, make the Boscos (cheese filled breadsticks) and bag them. Set out the cookies at cashiers' and snackbar. Put the Bosco's in snackbar.  (Lord help me if it's a Stromboli day because I have to make a minimum of 30 of those and they are time consuming.) 

Hopefully take meal break at 10- 10:20.

Then it's tray up the cookies and dinner rolls for the next day.  Then it's cleaning up of racks, work area, etc. while helping out Cook if she needs it, running in to help the girl in Teacher's lounge, doing dishes, and whatever else needs doing.  Sometimes there's a catering that I need to bake for, or someone's missing and I have to cover for them while still doing my own. I might be serving, or running a register. I just never know. Makes it hard to plot out the day, but it does make it interesting.  

Now, it use to be at the end of day I was going in to breakdown the salad bar in the Teacher's lounge. This was suppose to be so that the girl who was there could go help do dishes, as the others whined that she was never doing them.  We never could figure out why I managed to do all this stuff by myself when I was stationed over there, yet she couldn't, but each person is different. Anyway my manager made this big deal about I wasn't going to do that any more, today. All morning she'd been telling me I'd have that time to finish up traying for the next day  and that then. Good thing I don't really listen to that and trayed things up as I could because last minute it was: "Could you do the salad bar tonight so that Anna can go to other unit to help them out?"  evileye Like I said never boring...



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confuse i know that this is a very foolish queston..but do you ever say no? LOL..only person that i ever do any extra for,(besides my self) is my mom.



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Only if I really have to, Wolfie. It's a bit of an unspoken trade off. I get away with a bit more than others might, because I obviously work harder.  For example, I might take an 'extra' 5 minute break in the afternoon, but then the boss knows I don't sit unless I have a few minutes or feel I need to.  Or I might have a cup of coffee (brought over to me by one of the girls - without me asking!) at my station, which is technically a violation, and she turns a blind eye. Small things, but valuable. 



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well,your definitely appreciated and respected there..and im sure they all know,they'll be losing a good person.if you should ever leave there..i hope things at least,get a lil bit easier on you there..

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Oh, geeze...Cook called off sick today.  Got to be honest, it didn't ALL fall on me, but a good portion did. It was crazy. One of those times when 'help' seems to just get in the way, but at the same time you're just really grateful it's there.



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OMG! As if you haven't got enough on your plate already, Val. I hope you had a nice relaxing weekend to recuperate from your toils. Hope that this week will be easier on you too.

BTW, I remember a remark you made somewhere, not too long ago, something about you being tired all the time. I was reading an article the other day, regarding fatigue. I thought it just may apply in your case; insufficient vitamin D. What do you think? Do you think taking a supplement may be a good idea? Just a thought.

The rain has departed again, and the heat is back. At least it isn't the severe, strength sapping heat like before, but hot enough to make many tasks a real drag. I have put off vacuuming for two days already, promising myself I will get up earlier the next day to do it while it is cooler - hmm... that hasn't happened yet. Well, it has to be done this week. On Saturday, Nicky is dropping Shen off while she goes to meet up with school friends that she hasn't seen in over 30 years. Nicky is a 'neat freak' - she would have a cadenza if she saw the state of my house at the moment, so I shall have to get my butt in gear.

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Some vitamin D wouldn't hurt, Fergie. I'll look into it. This barely having enough energy to get through the day is being a real drag.  I'm told yesterday at work was real interesting: both the cook and I were absent!!! I'm better today, and will be going in. Kind of dreading it. Doubt set up was done, etc. But...it is what it is.  Was bad enough my boss called asking after my health (after hours) lol. Poor woman.  But she is the one who flat out told me, I try to work when I SHOULD have stayed home.   If it wasn't for the fever I would have gone in and just kept quiet (throat was sore too).  

Neat freaks and I are not compatible. lol So, you have my sympathies there.   Well, gotta get ready for work.

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I hope you are quite recovered by now, Val, and feeling on top of the world. Hope the cook is back and slaving over her hot stove, instead of you.

Well, I survived Nicky's morning visit, lol. The previous day, we had our gardener over. A thunderstorm blew over in the afternoon, so I got him into the house to wash floors till the rain let up. Aren't I a cleaver girl? LOL. I made a whole batch of ratatouille and put some in containers for Nicky to take home - she was ecstatic! (I don't make it often.) While Nicky was off meeting/visiting with her friends, a little storm blew up. It was still spitting with rain when she came to fetch Shenay, so she just popped in to fetch her frozen food and the sandals which Ray had fixed for her. She just had enough time to show us a pic on her phone of two girls she had been friends with in high school. She said they had a wonderful time catching up.

Later on Saturday night a HUGE storm blew up. The wind was blowing an absolute gale. At one point, I thought part of our roof was going to blow off. At about 21:40 I went out the front, into the lapa, to check on Cleo and give her some doggie biscuits. We are very lucky, bad weather doesn't bother Cleo, and she was perfectly sheltered from any stray drops leaking from the roof - her bed is under a canteen-sized table (seats 8.) I had just put the biscuits into her bowl and she had started investigating them when, a bolt of lightening with instantaneous thunder clapped right above our heads. I don't know who moved the quickest - me jumping about six inches into the air, or Cleo ducking back under the table, lol.

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Thanks, I'm much better now, Fergie.  We're planning on having Torta de Arrachera for dinner.  Translated that's a Mexican skirt steak sandwich. The roll it's served on is called a bolillo ( the 2 Ls said like Y, the O being long). It's a variation on a baguette, extremely yummy! Savory, crusty on the outside very soft on the inside.  The steak is seasoned, grilled, and lots of vegies are heaped on. 

Weather here isn't too bad. 17 (-8C) and spitting this grainy wanna-be snow.  Don't think it will amount to anything.  It's just annoying to be out in.  

 



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Glad to hear you are feeling better, Val. Not feeling 'up to par' is always a crappy experience.

You guys in the US seem to have so many more cuts of meat than us; lol, maybe I am not a gourmet cook - never heard of 'skirt steak' here. I imagine it is steak cut very thinly? Also, our local breads and rolls can't compare with yours. Our assortment/choice is extremely limited. Your meal sounds delish!

I would be an ice block already, at your temperatures. Blood too thin. Our forecast for today is 97F, yes, the heat is back and loving it. For tonight, they say it will go down to 63F - I love sleeping under only a sheet. Already the thoughts of cold winter nights are plaguing me. I could live with our current temperatures all year round.

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Fergie, skirt steak is found below the rib and in-between the brisket and flank. Pretty much diaphragm muscle. One of the cheaper cuts of meat. 

Being as I live in a mostly Mexican neighborhood ( yes, being 'white', I am the minority here) I eat a lot of Mexican foods. It has nothing to do with being a 'gourmet' cook, but more as to availability.  Personally, I think of myself as being a fairly basic 'it's edible, isn't it?' cook.



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well.it's been way to long since any of us posted here..and yes i been a lil to busy at times.and yes there's times i could of,but didn't..any how.things are going good here.i've gotten my garden/planters and pot all planted for this growing season.in which im hoping for quiet a bit of veggies this year.

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Hi Wolfie,

I had to laugh at myself. Misread what you wrote as "....and pot all planted," and thought ,"Really? You planted pot???" lol

Things here are going ok. About 4 more weeks of school and then off for 3 months.  I'm looking forwards to the down time, but my wallet s screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  

Just can't win when it comes to finances I guess.  



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i stopped the pot thing years ago..lmao..

yeah finances are a constant companion these days..especially when it comes to whats needed.at least,we're not without..i've been working on learning how to do a better job of spending money on whats needed,how and when..mainly when it comes to food items.like when i don't have to buy certain items.then the more of other items i can buy.then i move on to other items.im finally getting stocked up on foods that'll be there 2-3 months.allowing my to spend money else where.

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I hear you, Wolfie, it can be a real juggling act sometimes.  Especially when it comes to things like food. There's 'needed' food, because - well without food we die. lol  But then there's 'want' food.  You may want steak, but you don't NEED steak.   I mean you do want to eat tomorrow too, don't you?  Then you start adding in the sundries we need, like toothpaste, toilet paper, etc.  It really adds up.

Well, on the bright side, there'll be no fights over my estate once I'm gone. Unless they want to divey up the bills!  lol

 



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I see we are all in the same boat when it comes to money. Fortunately, the only monthly bills we have are power, and the house insurance.

Friday before last was international literacy day. The scholars at Shen's school had to dress up as a character from the book they were reading. Shenay went as a vampire. LOL. (You should have seen the parade of little "Princesses" as they exited school.) She was given four thickish volumes on a teenage vampire, which she has been reading diligently. I was asked to read them first, to see if they were suitable for her. Anyhoo, Shen is now 'hooked'. I am sooo glad! I think reading is of primary importance.

I am now into sewing for Shen again. All the sets of clothes I made for her had to be passed on to those less fortunate. I can't believe the rate at which she is growing. I have had to find patterns for size 36in hips. Gosh! She is going to be a big girl. Nicky says I must go through my cupboard to see what I can pass on to Shen. LOL.



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i had been doing things on the internet as usual.reading this n that.then it started.i guess that was between 7:00pm and 7:15pm.then it went off and stayed of between 7:30pm and 7:45pm..and that was within 3 minutes of receiving a tornado alert phone call,(thunder call) from the locale tv station..mom had received the call when i was outside.so i didn't get the needed info needed.and because of that,we failed to take the needed safety steps for our safety.other words,we didn't take cover.what gets me,is there were no strong winds,and we didn't hear any thing that could be a tornado or what ever..but yet i was already taking the needed steps for light and other things by the time we started having light issues.and had very little to do,after the lights went out,and stayed out.we finally went to bed for the night.between 10pm and midnight.and that happened on friday,april 29th

staurday april 30th
i made the needed phone calls to the electric company and phone company,seeing how we lost both.one of my niece's came and got my mom,so she can stay with her.seeing how she has electric and ac.i stayed put(home).and did diff things around the home and yard,that don't require electric.and took my time doing things.and between the time i got up in the morning and by noon,i learned it was a tornado.so i set out to locate a generator,and found one.so i was able to save the food in the fridge n freezer..had to make a 36 mile round trip to get gas for it.then i did more stuff around the house.by this time,i had already used a car lighter to recharge every thing that needed it.cell phone,nook color(tablet)among other items.

Sunday may 1st.
phone line finally got repaired.a tree had fallen,in which it took out one of those phone boxes thats seen on the side of the road.pluss i now have a phone jack in my bedroom now.in which i have a phone plugged into it for when the electric is off.i had to get more gas for the generator.so i got some pic's of the damage done.got back home,and did a handful of things that needed doing.then kicked back and read ,the survivors some,then i stopped reading and put it down,around 9:25pm.then at 9:30pm the electric comes back on.:D im so happy now.i went out,and unplugged the fridge from the generator n shut it down.then went back in,and plugged the fridge n freezer back into the outlet,and then walked around,and enjoyed the lights being on.called mom at 9:45 to let her know their back on.

monday may 2nd
got up and got coffee started.
left the house around 7am and got mom,and brought her home.now we're happy campers once again.

 

 



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Oh my! I've never noticed what beautiful eyes Shen has, Fergie!  Quite - stunning. 

So glad all ended well for you, Wolfie.  For Christmas I got myself and my daughter those emergency flashlight/radios. These can be hand cranked or solar recharged, and (supposedly can also recharge your phone - haven't tried that feature.) Fortunately we don't seem to lose power often or for long periods of time, but one never knows.  

This might be a rather long post, so you might want to get something to drink.  

My mother has always said, "to dream of the dead is to hear from the living, " meaning you would receive unexpected contact from someone.  In this case, it certainly seems to hold true.

I know I've mentioned having a younger sister who passed away on 10/19/2014, and it was around her my dreams seemed to focus.  I do believe that I also mentioned we were never 'close', but I don't think I ever mentioned the 4 children she abandoned back in 1991. At least I think it was '91. The twins were only about a year old, the older sister maybe 3, and her son (their half-brother) around the age of 8.   I had never even seen a picture of the girls, but I knew they existed.  

 Like I said, we weren't close and the particulars of exactly what possessed her to give the children up is shrouded in mystery. She flatly refused to discuss it with anyone.  She had delivered them to their father and had left them. That simple. Never even tried to make contact over the years. Not a call or a card or anything.  The boy was given to my father's custody, in his teens he went to live with one of my brothers.  He too had lost all contact with his sisters.  So the three girls grew up never knowing their mother or her family. 

Quite recently, the twins called me!  They hadn't even known I existed, until they had talked to the Pastor of the church my sister had attended and had done her service.  She gave them my contact info.  Of course, they were also looking for their brother.  Although I, and my brother had stayed in touch with my nephew, he is NOT the greatest of communicators. He may or may not return your call/ have the same number, etc. And even though we're friends on Facebook, I knew he hadn't been active since last year sometime.  Still....  I decided to leave him a message on FB with one of the twin's phone number.  This morning it was official! He had called her! 

I can't help but wonder, what are the odds? Over a year after presiding over her funeral, the Pastor still had my info on hand.   Charlotte had called at a time of day, I would normally be at work, but was home sick.  After months of not being on FB, Jason decides to log in...  That's an awful lot of coincidences, isn't it?  It feels almost orchestrated, like the Cosmos said, "OK, look, it's time."  

 

 



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well val,it looks like things might be getting at least a lil for you and everyone else in your family..i hope things work out for the better for all of you.

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Finally on summer break. Felt as if it would never get here!

 About all I've done so far is sleep and work on graphics for Loss Mine.  Although tomorrow I should get my tucus in gear and clean.  The floors could really stand a scrubbing and I'm pretty sure I heard a dust bunny hiss at me.

The nieces and I are planning to meet in June.  It's all kind of weird and exciting at the same time. Thoughts flick through my mind that one normally doesn't have about 'family'; will they like me? Will I like them?  Will it be just incredibly awkward? Will I have the answers they seek?  Guess, I'll find out...



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i had cooked and canned 8 pints of beans n ham may 17th of this year..now there's only 2 left..:P..and that was 2LB'S of beans and how ever much ham i decided to go with.well today,im going with 4LB'S of bean and a bunch of ham.and i'll be going with 1 quart jars this time.takes up less shelve space this way.i had also canned 4 1/2 jars of chicken broth on april 20th of this year.it still looks good.

we got lots of rain inside of 2 days.now the ground is saturated.but garden is doing better.mom was in the hospital for almost a week.inflammation or something in the lungs.but doing better and she be home now..

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I'm sorry to hear your Mom was in the hospital, Wolfie, but glad to hear she's home again.

I can't decide whether it's allergies or a cold I've picked up, but the last few days it's been 'sniffle, sneeze..cough' with some hacking thrown in, and zero energy.  Well, at least I'm not missing any work because of it. 

It's 11:42 PM here, and believe it or not I've gotten 2 toll free calls!!! Seriously????   Sure, they've been one ringers, but still...  I'm going to have to go to confession for some of the thoughts I've been having.   furious

That Do not call list is a joke if there ever was one. Sure it's illegal for companies to ring at that hour, but how the heck do you enforce it?  

Do you think the garden will produce much this year?  Word here is we'll have a hotter than normal summer.  I haven't quite figured out what that means as we generally go anywhere from the 80's to 100.  



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might try seeing a doctor about the sniffle, sneeze,cough and hacking...i don't know about the sniffles..but she had sneezing,coughing and hacking..and it turned out to be inflammation in her lungs, or something of the sort.

we're on the national do not call list...and yes,it's a joke..cause we still get those calls.and to top it off.last one,was to my moms cell phone,and while she was in the hospital..so im thinking of doing a web search to find out,on how to report them..

my garden is doing alright.my black eyes are growing and producing already.my corn,cucumbers,cantaloupe and 3 or 4 tomato is growing slowly..

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Had some rain yesterday which cooled things off a might.  Might be able to get some decent sleep.  

About the only thing growing well around here are the darn weeds.  I swear...  

Something is going on with the roomie. What ever it is isn't good. At times it's as if he is possessed or something.  Don't get me wrong, I don't fear him, but there are times I fear for him, if that makes sense.

His frustration level is almost nil lately. If something doesn't go right, he throws a tantrum like a 2 year old throwing things, being destructive, and making that high pitched whiny screaming they do.  Friday he was screaming at his cell because it wouldn't connect to the internet. Ended with a broken phone, because he threw it on the floor rather hard.  If I ask a question he gets all defensive. And he is always going to the dark side of the moon with his reasoning, all gloom and doom. Typical teenage drama queen angst.  It's been going on for a few weeks now. Not sure what to do about it. 



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it hasn't rained here,for 2 or 3 days now.i love that part.but the ground is still to wet to mow.

might try talking with a professional about that roommate.on account it sounds like he might have some serious issues of some kind.and what IF he throws a tantrum,or what ever one time to many? you need to think of your safety on that part..but then again,it could be something else.like a tumor on/in his brain...

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Thanks for your concern, Wolfie. Last Saturday, he went to visit a friend in another town. I'm getting a bit concerned as I haven't heard a peep since.



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well i hope things go well with him..

i was roaming the boards,and came across the Conversions & Ingredient Substitutions,section..im wondering if you mind me posting that info in a diff forum im a member of?

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I'm cool with you sharing the info, Wolfie.



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great..and thanks.. biggrin



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we've been having a tree start falling apart on us.no house damage.and no damage to the lawn furniture.but i deffently been having one heck of a time with it,on getting it trimmed to cut down.then cutting it down.now my chain saw aint running..

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Maybe rent a few beavers??? Seriously, I feel your frustration.  



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id let them beavers live rent free,as long as they took care of the trees we dont want only..lol


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Hi there from a chilly Highveld in SA. Last night it dropped to 19F, and at the moment (11am) it is 41F outside. At least it is a 'snug' 46F inside, lol. I have eventually deigned to switch on a heater. I tried vacuuming to get the old circulation going, but the effects only lasted a few minutes, *sigh*.

I don't know if I have mentioned it before, but our PC room has very special 'air conditioning'. This happened a few months back. One evening, I was sitting at my PC when a thunderstorm blew up suddenly. I was about to switch everything off when there was a mighty crash - I nearly had to change my diaper! Small splinters of glass erupted from the 4ft x2 window in front of me, simultaneously with a lightening strike/thunder seemingly right outside. On investigation, we found a small round hole more or less in the middle of the pane, the size that a bullet would make. Strangely enough, this is the second 'bullet-hole' to appear in this pane of glass. No bullets have been found (thank goodness), so that can't be the cause. It is a huge mystery to us. Just mentioning why we have got 'air conditioning' in here.



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I guess it could be possible that the lightening/thunder somehow struck the pane causing the hole?  But twice?  That's pushing the odds. I assume you searched the wall opposite the window for a bullet as well. In any case thankfully YOU were not hurt.  

I still haven't heard anything about the job. I think I mentioned we lost the elementary schools to a company that's doing plated meals (think TV dinners). All the personnel we had at the elementary level is servers (13 schools), which I had not known.  All that means is they can't bid on cashier, baker, or cook positions, unless at one point they had held the title, but they possibly could bump one of our servers off as it would come down to seniority. I'm not sure that makes me feel any better, but it does mean not as many can apply for my position. The saddest part of all is this new company broke with tradition and did not grandfather any of our people in. It seems they had a 'job fair', which none of us heard about, and our people were expected to come apply. I suspicion they want all new so they can pay a lower wage.  Now, at this late date, our union is making noises that those were our jobs and they will fight for them. .. Really? Seriously?  The time for that was back in June, as soon as we heard about the contractual split. Not a couple of weeks before school starts.  Grrrr....

 



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Val, the first time it happened - the hole high up on the window, we were sitting at the dining room table. No storm, no car passing (that we heard), just a big bang. Yes, we did examine the wall for bullet holes - nada! The second time, if it was a bullet, it would have whizzed past my left ear, missing me by inches (if I was lucky); yeah, that close. At first I thought it may have something to do with the storm, but what? Surely there would be some other damage..... to the curtain maybe? The window faces onto the street, so the curtains are closed permanently. Also, if it were just a stone lobbed at the window, surely the glass would have shattered - these are like high velocity fractures with only a little chipping around the holes. Sure wish I had someone to explain this enigma to me.

Gosh Val, so it's not only in SA the companies drag their feet, and don't pass on information? Seems like you may be working with a lot of new folks. At least you have a better chance than most. I feel sorry for those that will loose out, and all through somebody's ineptitude. How long before school starts? Is there a snowballs hope that the situation can be remedied before school starts?



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Well, I got a letter today telling me I still have my position. Big sigh of relief. School starts the 25th. But we'll probably go back a day or 2 sooner to set up.

Jess asked me if I could help her with a yard sale today. Most of it was her Grandmother's furniture, and basically she needed me to help move it out to the drive (and what ever didn't sell back in). She went dirt cheap on the prices, nothing was over $5!  We've had a long standing 'rule', if it's in the sale and you want it you can have it.  There were 2 Barrister bookcases, I loved, and I've been wanting some for a long, long time.  She let me have both, and even arranged the use of a truck and guys to bring them up!!!  Now, just to figure out where to put them!  lol

Of course while I was there, there was the usual, "Mom, can you fix/assemble ___" list, and helping guys load stuff into their trucks.  You, know I loved it.  She thinks she'll want me to come back on Saturday and help finish organizing the garage, and work the sale if there's still stuff.  



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