Well, let's see, what do I do with my time? (sm)
Posted By: NCMT on 2007-11-30
In Reply to: Please, unless you have a mansion or infants, anyone... - kitkat
My husband is always gone travelling, I work full time, take almost 100% care of the kids, am a Girl Scout leader, Sunday School teacher, volunteer at the school, and help take are of my aging father. I NEVER have time to watch TV and I spend maybe 15 minutes a day on here posting a day. (pretyt much my only outlet) and I do keep my house relatively clean, cook, laundry, etc. If I want to have someone help me with my house so that I have a little more time, that's my business.
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No! That sounds too desperate. TIME. Just give it TIME. If it is real, then sm
something will definitely evolve. If you like him, flirt back! Don't act desperate because if he DOES like you, then the suspense will just make him want to get to know you more. Trust me on this.
I worked in the medical records department of a hospital when I was single and dated a few co-workers in my early 30s. It was fun. Nothing serious came about any of the relationships.
This sounds like fun - the beginning of maybe something to come....Keep us informed.
Totally agree, get these from time to time since teens...sm
It's a neuro condition, it does not mean there is anything at all wrong with you, it is actually related to narcolepsy, hypnagogic (sp? I just got up!) hallucinations, etc. And I HATE when I get these, it is always freaky, my siblings get this too, at times. I can "go away" for years and years before you get another episodes, so don't worry! I heard that when you are under a lot of stress or are very busy with things that this happens more??? Take care!!
It's time to stop when you or the kid(s) feel it is time, and no sooner. sm
My grandmother (who passed away at the young age of 107 back in the mid 1990s) was STILL celebrating every little holiday for all of her many kids and grandkids, and she would STILL give me a chocolate bunny every Easter, as she had since I was a toddler and even though I was 40ish at the time (and I still delighted in biting its head off in front of her, as I had also done since I was a toddler, which always met with mock disapproval from her).
Don't let anyone dampen your joy in celebrating your traditions.
The very 1st time he talked about killing you, was the time
The guy sounds like a psycho.
Rachael Ray has a segment from time to time
on using the bottom of the bottle receipes (i.e. bar-be-q sauce, peanut butter, maple syrup) and I have used many of her ideas and been amazed at how far you can stretch a dollar that way. Go to her website, it will give you many ideas.
Oh Amy, surely there was a man who "kept" you from time to time..
or you were at least married and had access to money!
It was a great time - I just hate the time we are in now
I liked your post. Thanks for replying It's nice to know other people were raised like me. We seem to appreciate the things we have. Oh I should've also said we didn't have A/C growing up. My parents idea of A/C was having my sister and I wave a piece of cardboard in front of them. HA HA HA.
I just couldn't stand the 90s and 2000s are even worse. I hate all the politics going on today, the world events, the bleak future. The degenerates running around, listening to kids talk back to their parents, girls gone wild, etc, etc. I'm grateful my grandparents and mom are not alive anymore to have to go through this with us.
I love watching old movies and the music of the 40s/50s. If I was alive back then I would've been doing the jitterbug and all those other fun dances. Life seemed simpler and cleaner (even though I've got a mouth like a sailer - guess I got that from my Army days).
I wouldn't mind the turn of the century either. I love the clothing and the simple life. Those are the times when the husband took care of the wife. If I could be transported back to the 1800s I surely would in a second.
Time out and then spanking if time out
If we are out in public however, we do not go home. Spanking right there and then and the kids learn REAL QUICK mom means business. I do not mess around and I have a 17-year-old now that has enlisted in the military and THANKS me for his tough upgrowing. It helped him through basic training.
Well, I have questioned myself from time to time.
I figured this was typical. DD has lots of friends but two real close friends. I guess this is all part of building social skills. I am glad I did okay then.
Same thing happens to me from time to time - sm
if I roll over too quickly. I have positional vertigo. There is not too much you can do about it except try not to move or get up too quickly from a supine position. I have never had an earache in my life either so that has nothing to do with it. I don't ever feel sick from it though, just more of a nuisance for me every now and then. If it keeps happening obviously get checked out, you may have a more severe case, though again there really not much you can do about it, all it is is some particles in your ear breaking loose and that causes the dizziness, etc.
If I had not asked time and time again
for the daughter to ask me are you upset- are you angry- are you in a bad mood- People can think what they want- She is a very intelligent person and my asking to please should be enough. Gest of the posting. Selfish, OMG, that is really a laugh. I have and do take care of others well before my needs- I have given of myself, my time, my finances, the whole thing until, now this will sound selfish- it is my time now. I take care of me now- this is selfish but this is the truth. I raised my family, did all I could (still do for the daughter if she needs assistance which she never asks for but I offer)and now in golden years, me time.
Yes. Next time put a time limit on it., but is there any way you
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I keep it in the office part time and on the patio part time
I've got the self-cleaning electric litter box (and boy is it worth the $100), and have a huge throw rug under it with a smaller rug by the litter pan that has a bumpy mat on top of it to catch the excess. I keep it in the office from April to October but on the patio from October to March as it is too hot in FL to leave the patio door open for them during the summer months. I also put out a spare box when we go out of town for the weekend.
Try a box that has deeper sides maybe, or not as much litter in it?
time time time
when I divorced my husband, I felt the same way. some mornings I would wake up crying and missing him, but I really knew that if I was still with him, things would have been the same. chin up, chest out!!! and forward march. it's just hard. you should read the Sweet Potato Queens books. reading them in order is best, but the newest one is the Sweet Potato Queens Wedding Planner/Divorce Guide. I say read them in order because she refers back to things in the other books that you will be in the dark about, but your situation sounds critical so maybe just jump right into the Divorce Guide. go to sweetpotatoqueens.com. I have read them all over and over and they are fabulous!!!! need some humor at this time in your life. good luck to you!!
First time I saw it
I really like Jen. Didn't care too much for Sadie.
I think maybe for the first time or maybe just the first time
in a long time - your well is a little more dry - it needs replenishing.... you give and you give and you give and even the most charitable of people need to get something back... I think you just had a dry year and I hope this year people give back to you - if so little as a smile, a hug, a bit of encouragement in whatever way - to help to lift your spirit. You will get it back! :))
Yes. Happens all the time.
x
99% of the time - none.
x
My son would get them all the time - sm
get something to soak the foot in, fill it with water as warm as he can stand it and then mix in about 1 cup of Epsom salts, soak the foot until the water cools.
Will have to do it a few times over a few days but the skin starts to pull back.
tell him not to cut his toenails so short! :)
I look at it as the first time since she sm
was, what 14, that she will have to be in rahab. One problem, Michele Rodriguez from the show Lost went to that jail in 2006 to serve 60 days for a DUI and was let go after several hours due to overcrowding. I sure hope she doesn't get out becuase of something silly like that.
Just take it one day at a time.
I had a miscarriage back in 1993 and for years afterwards I would have a private memorial day on the day that I was due. Time really does help your heart heal, as have my living children.
TB and time
I don't agree because it can take years from the time of exposure. This is such a bad form of TB that anyone in contact with him for quite a while back needs to be watched at least and be followed up. That patient did not even realize he was infected and found out by accident from an x-ray. TB is an interesting disease process and we all need to be careful especially since there are so many people here illegally. I am not trying to start anything about that, but they have not even been medically screened if they came here illegally. They are sitting around in all our ERs, the same ones we go to. They sit next to us on public transportation and work in our restaurants. I have recently worked for physicians who treat a lot of foreign patients and you would be surprised at how many diseases they enter this country with. This is a very serious thing and I find what he did to be very wrong. His father-in-law knew too and works at the CDC. The reason he came back was the way he did was to get the best treatment available, which is here in the US, and I believe his father-in-law told him that. If anyone has been exposed to TB they need to be checked by their physician and followed.
No bra here, either, 90% of the time
If I didn't have these danged D-cups, it would be 100% of the time.
And I go Apache at home, which also means about 90% of the time since I started working at home. I don't think I could wear pants or shorts without underwear. Too much chafing of the delicate areas. But I wear housedresses in summer or in winter warm waffly nightgowns while I work so no need for underwear! 
i think its time to think about YOU
and of course the kids. If he loves them as you say, the distance won't stop him. My heart goes out to you. But do what is right for you this time.
How did I know when it was time?
When I started dreading the fact that he was home instead of worrying why he was't home. Being on my own was harder than I thought even though the relationship was long over. It's a mental thing of course. I felt very alone and vulnerable, but I did get over it. I still panic about the things you mention, although I have always been okay, yes even better. Having plenty of positive, understanding support would be most helpful. Hope you make the right decision.
AHA! Thanks! Most of the time I don't - sm
have a need for an online photo-sharing account, since I usually just email to friends, or print out for my mom, who has no PC. But I printed out your info. for the time when I get around to starting an account with flicker or photobucket.
THANKS for the info!
time
I used to love mornings now be a night person. I am up early but when it comes to feeling like typing rather do it at night.
First time!
Hey, it's my first time here.............
Well, any time you go anywhere ....
without your spouse you are in a compromising position then. Anything can happen, anytime, anywhere, people around or not. Geesh girls, lighten up on the morality aspect of it. Are your husbands even allowed to TALK to other women? Little girls worry about such things, women do not.
Of course, all the time
I question my DH's decisions all the time, especially when it comes to situations like you described. You have a right to your opinion and a right to state it, without being yelled at and without his anger. Men can be so defensive when questioned on a decision they have made, but hey, they just need to get over it. And I think you did the right thing by doing your questioning out of the presence of the children, as it's not good for them to see Mom second guessing Dad or vice versa, cause they will play on that eventually.
Good luck, I know it's hard living with a hard-headed man, trust me I know!
I think it is probably time but
When I had to go through this it helped me tremendously to have the vet come to my home to do it. If your vet won't look in the yellow pages for one who will. This is less stress on your baby as well as yourself, light candles play soft music and hold her in your arms and tell her you love her and will see her again and that is okay for her to go now, they hear you aand don't want to leave you so telling them it is okay will help their spirit fly. All my sympathy and tears for you right now.
This was the first time I saw all the way thru
and I thought it was tops! Before I thought maybe like other award shows, but this was pure entertainment. Glad I watched and will do again next year hopefully.
how did you have time to run around
wow
AND she had time for her
this woman is AMAZING!!!!
Take the time.
It's crazy to have something available and then not use it because you "don't have the time". It's not that hard to do so take about 5-10 minutes, fire up the program and walk through it. You may even be surprised by what you already DO know.
I don't take it all the time . . .
just when I get a blister. I always have it on hand. When I notice one coming on, I'll take a 500 mg tablet three times a day.
who knows where the time goes
I still feel about 10
Yes. It was very sad, and at the same time in a very SM
different way it was beautiful to see the compassion they showed her when sentencing her. Some said they could not stand to see her receive life in prison, that they wanted her to have some life left. They ended up charging her with assisted suicide instead of murder, as her sons and she included all attempted one Christmas Eve when she brought them home for a few days.
I guess what stood out to me was the love this mother had for her family, and all she did to care for them. What makes me terribly sad is the fact that now she must see the third son go through the same thing. I saw this three different times and cried each time.
The second time around ...
is very different for me.
My son played from age 5 till now in college. I can pretty much see myself in both you and the other lady. And nope, at times it is not pretty.
However, I will say this -- I learned.
My daughter is now playing softball. I no longer worry about the calls, who is playing where, ya da ya da. I keep telling her (and myself) ... just have fun, work hard and do your best - that is what matters.
It's hard because I am very competitive by nature, and whewn it ain't fair - it ain't fair. But .. I realized we DID take a lot of the fun and pleasure out of it for him, not to mention the stress on us.
Whether they win or lose in Little League, play great or look like they've never touched a ball before, keeping the love of the game and fun in it is what is most important. And it does embarass them when parents get up in arms, truly does.
However, don't be so hard on yourself -- just work on it like you said. And trust me -- it aint' easy!!
PS - and take LOTS of pictures! I wish I had more from those days.
good luck to you!
Try this....I used to use it all the time...sm
Mix powdered dishwasher detergent with Tide 50/50. THen use the normal amount of this mix that you would normally use to do a load or laundry. This used to work great on my sweat socks and cotton uniform pants when I worked in a medical office. Good luck.
one more time . . .
Forgot to type the link. LOL!
http://summerhome.com/webcams.htm
All the time - sm
I don't exactly live in the boonies, but 10 hours of transcribing a day plus cooking, housekeeping chauffering teenagers - who's got time for friends? You guys are my friends and I quote you. My family knows who "my MT Stars Board" is.
I do all the time with DH...nm
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I think most everyone does from time to time.......sm
Check your bedtime routine....are you keeping irregular bedtime hours? Are you drinking caffiene late in the evening? Are you eating a late night snack? Is there something in life that is bothering you like family or financial stressors? All these things can cause problems falling asleep and staying asleep. If you correct any of these problems you might be having and still have problems sleeping, try a warm glass of milk about 30 minutes before bedtime. It will help! If that doesn't work, see your doctor for help with sleep.
I wish that was the only time...
my kids do this on a regular basis. I have come to expect it. DH has been "missing" for months now. Told him yesterday if he was "on vacation" I was going on one too.
I got one some time ago... SM
and wouldn't be without one. It has saved a lot of messes. My came from www.protectcover.com. You'll need to give them you keyboard make and model number. Mine fits like a glove.
We do it one day at a time
My BF does the grocery shopping and cooking, and because of my schedule we eat dinner around midnight. We usually have all the essential stuff for side dishes, salads, etc., on hand. We have a market right across the street that closes at 8 p.m., so around 7 p.m., we decide what sounds good for dinner and he goes to pick up whatever meat we need.
We like doing it day by day to avoid having to freeze and then defrost the meat, and it works out great because every day we're having exactly what we want for dinner.
Tonight's menu is already decided...Fresh parmesan-crusted salmon fillet, rice pilaf, aspagus with hollandaise sauce, and salad.
Uh oh, I just made myself hungry and it's 12 hours until dinner!!!
While I know how to sew I just don't have time sm
I'm 35 and took home ec in junior high for 2 years and loved every bit of it. I sewed my own prom dress and made a few other things here and there. That said, with 2 young children and working 2 jobs, I barely have enough time to get to the grocery store a couple of times a week, cook dinner, wash clothes, etc. Maybe if I had time and a devoted area in my house to set up my sewing machine, I would do more of it. My great-great aunt gave me a serger a few years ago that is collecting dust, but if I had time and a good teacher, I might just get it up and running.
While I know how to sew I just don't have time sm
I'm 35 and took home ec in junior high for 2 years and loved every bit of it. I sewed my own prom dress and made a few other things here and there. That said, with 2 young children and working 2 jobs, I barely have enough time to get to the grocery store a couple of times a week, cook dinner, wash clothes, etc. And while I love to bake, I'm just so-so on liking to cook. I do it every day and do it well, but it's not my favorite thing to do. I do best with instructions, and I think I love baking so much because it is a set formula -- too much of one thing or another and the whole thing fails so you have to follow the recipe for the most part. I think sewing is similar in that if you follow the pattern, it should turn out the way it should. Maybe if I had time and a devoted area in my house to set up my sewing machine, I would do more of it. My great-great aunt gave me a serger a few years ago that is collecting dust, but if I had time and a good teacher, I might just get it up and running.
In this day and time, you can never be
too careful. Do not doubt yourself.
You say you are 50, then by this time it would seem
you had some kind of sense, maybe common? I really am surprised by how many people say like you, "good neighborhood, surprised it happened here, etc." My neighborhood is very upscale and I never would do what you did. Crime happens everywhere. It is plain crazy for people to say things like that. I do not open the door in the daytime and surely to God would not open at night. I had a person approach my home 1 day dressed as a policeman asking to use my phone. Through the glass door (with double dead bolts on it as well as my inside doors) I told him I would be glad to make a call for him. He never got into my home. Lady, I am older also and by this time I assure you I have more sense than to do what you do. I find this horrifying at your age. It is a wonder you were not killed.
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