woodzchick Forum Posts (2,006)

RE: Obamacare..............

Hey Alexy! I'm ready for Christmas, then it sounds like I might be heading off to jail.

RE: Obamacare..............

Enie, Menie, Miney, Moe....take your pick.

RE: Obamacare..............

It seems to me that is what they are setting themselves up for. You can't get water from a dry well. You can tell me to drop that bucket several times, but that doesn't mean I'm going to bring up water. I just don't understand....I really don't.

And to the people that have made comments about voting the existing congress out...I agree, but are we going to have anybody better coming in? That's scary to think about too. We just can't seem to win here.

RE: Obamacare..............

OK....I'm going to ask a question and I hope it doesn't sound dumb or naive. What do you all think would happen if none of us paid for the insurance or the fines.....I mean none of us. How do you think they would handle that situation? They can't put all of the U.S. in jail. It's not like they can take our job away.....there are none. Everything that they would do to punish us is going to screw them worse. Someone's opinion please.

RE: Lifeline call...........

RE: Lifeline call...........

He's got plans for you!!

RE: Smokers!

Me too! What is up with that? They must have a rope tied to us. Once you join you can never leave.....

RE: Smokers!

Why do they do drugs? Why do they drink? Why do they pop pills? Why do they drive too fast? Why do they drink and drive? Answer these questions and your question will be answered as well. All I can tell you is that once you start, it is not easy to quit, even though you know it is not good for you.

RE: 2010 - A Fresh New Start...what are you dreaming of?

Hey Scout!

RE: 2010 - A Fresh New Start...what are you dreaming of?

I appreciate the opportunity for my education, but it is not easy at all. It was easier to work. At least when I worked, I could forget about my job when I came home. With school, if you are not in school, you are doing homework. I just hope that I will be able to get a job for what I'm going to school for. It's going to all work out though.

RE: 2010 - A Fresh New Start...what are you dreaming of?

Peaches, I would just be happy to finish college and have a good job by the end of the year. I miss working so much. I really need to finish my education while it is available to me, but I would much rather work.

RE: My Explorations -Squatting Pan vs. Commode...!!!

What if you can't get it all when using the hose, or you get your pants wet? Just wondering.

RE: Americans Please Watch...

I look around me, and I am still soooo blessed. Things are hard, but so many people have it a lot harder than me.

RE: Which is....

I'm so excited! I'm going to act just like my 9 yr. old son when I open it. I usually don't have presents under the tree. My son should trip watching his mom open a present from Santa for a change. I was sitting there thinking last night, and I've really wanted one of the Wii's. So, I ordered it and will get it on Christmas Eve. I can't wait for my son and I to enjoy playing it together.

RE: Are you comfortable?

I got stuck twice yesterday. My little car just doesn't go very well in the snow. That, and I'm not used to driving in it. But that is how you learn. I just miss my 4 wheel drive.

RE: Which is....

He's bring me a Wii. I'm going to wrap it up and put it under the tree with my name on it....from Santa. Can you imagine the look on my son's face Christmas morning? He asked for a PSP. He's going to be shocked when he sees his mom open up a video game. I want it for the exercise programs they offer. They are suppose to be fun playing.

RE: Americans Please Watch...

Wooooo! I'm on you guys side. I don't want the bill to pass, either. I was just stating that it seems like common sense to us that if we can't pay for our homes, we sure can't pay for health insurance. I wished that they could see that. I am unemployed. It wouldn't take but a couple of bad weeks and I could be homeless. It scares me to think that if they pass this bill and I have to start paying for health insurance....I can't. I have no extra money. I'm living off of half the income that I was accustomed to.

I was just agreeing with the OP. I don't like the way they are handling things.

RE: Which do you prefer?

I got my ex-husband a vaporizer one year. He stayed sick and he couldn't breath. I couldn't think of anything else.

RE: A Christmas Story!

I'll fill you in on how it all goes.

RE: A Christmas Story!

Well, I forsee me hitting the ditch when trying to get out tomorrow. They are calling for more weather on Thursday, so things should be interesting on Christmas Eve. Also, I'm expecting deliveries from UPS or Fedex on Thursday, and there is no way they are making it down my road to deliver them. I hope they have enough sense to leave them at a neighbor's house or things could get interesting on Christmas morning.

RE: A Christmas Story!

I remember the Christmases when me, my brother and sister were all young. I slept in the top bunk above my sister, and my brother slept in the room across from us. All night long I would whisper to my brother..."Come on Darrell, ain't it time yet?" I would keep them up all night talking, wanting someone to go with me into the living room and see if Santa had come yet. I didn't want to go by myself because I knew my mom and dad would kick my butt.
Finally after whispering back and forth all night, they told me to shut up and go to sleep. I never did. I just laid there awake all night.
At about 5:00 in the morning I could get them up and to go with me. We would go in and check out our presents. Things were so different back then compared to today. I got things like bedroom shoes and a doll, and was happy to get it.
But, the best part of it all was all three of us kids looking out the window at the Star of Bethlehem. Well, we thought it was anyway.
By noon that day, we were all ill and tired and probably passed out somewhere.

RE: The good and the bad

Before I learned how to work the damper you couldn't walk across the floors or touch the walls, because they would get so hot. I would open the window in fear of the house just igniting. Once I learned to work the damper, that was all she wrote.
I always had a hard time getting the fire going. I remember spending hours sitting there just trying to get the thing lit. Then I discovered the fire logs. I'd have that baby rolling within 30 minutes.

RE: The good and the bad

I loved having a wood stove. You are so right...can't beat the heat, and it is cheap, too.
It took a while to learn how to work the damper, but once I did I could heat the house just right and use less wood.
I had to get rid of my truck at the time, so I didn't have anything to haul wood on and couldn't afford to pay someone. One of my good friends would cut the wood up with a chainsaw, then we would throw some plastic down in the trunk of the car. I would load the wood in there and roll on. You just have to do what you have to do sometimes.
I lost that house (I was renting) in a fire. It wasn't from the wood stove. That's how I ended up where I am now. I hope to put a wood stove in here one day. I don't have to worry about wood, either. I have 6 acres of woods. I have a chainsaw. It's back-breaking work, but it won't kill ya.

I loved putting a pot of potpourri and water on top on the stove and smelling up the house all pretty.

RE: NEVER ._._._....

Thank you. I just up loaded one of my beagle. You just have to love your pets.

RE: NEVER ._._._....

Oh NOOOOO!

RE: NEVER ._._._....

I bet that was interesting to watch.

RE: NEVER ._._._....

Never call them by the wrong name.

RE: NEVER ._._._....

Do you speak from experience?

RE: NEVER ._._._....

Never stick your head out the window to throw up when the vehicle is still moving.

RE: It's almost Mid Winter - What is the temperature where you are at 7pm?

That would be absolutely awful. I can't even imagine it. I don't know how they handled it. I'm just glad I'm at home with no where to go. I hate it for the people.