In my PJs already, but I'm going to go take a walk in the first good snow of the season. It's a gorgeous night! You girls have fun here tonight, but watch out for those fellas!
Pollution concerns aside, solar and electric vehicles will never become "mainstream". Decreasing our dependence on oil will cost those in power (those with the money) too much. And those in power aren't really concerned about the long-term effects of pollution.
It's the same way in the medical industry. Cures for diseases will never be allowed to become readily available. It is much more profitable to treat a disease than it is to cure it.
Welcome to the funny farm, Victor. It's better than having access to nitrous oxide. Make sure you wear your chest waders when you're cruising around CS. The BS gets deep at times.
First of all, there are indeed sites for those looking to cheat. Do the research!
Second, there is no reason/excuse/justification for cheating. NONE! If you're that unhappy, get a divorce. But don't expect others to willingly be dragged into your drama.
My dad used to tell my mother, "Grass don't grow on a busy street", referring to girls running their fingers through his hair, thus causing it to fall out.
Haven't had a cell phone in years. Not since the days when they weighed a couple pounds and were called a bag phone. For years I've lived in rural areas, lovingly called cell hell (no reception). Right now I live in a house with a metal roof (garage has a metal roof too), so there's not much point in having one.
My youngest daughter, on the other hand, is a cell phone junkie. Her blue tooth is grafted to her ear and her phone has left a permanent indent in her butt cheek from constantly being in her back pocket. Her phone is never more than a few inches from her, even at work. She couldn't give up that thing for an hour, let alone a day or a week. Kids!
A friend had a cat and a dog. She came home from the store one morning, put away her groceries, and put a 24-roll package of toilet tissue on the stairs to be taken to the bathroom later. She took her dog to work with her that afternoon. She came home 6 hours later and found 24 rolls of toilet tissue shredded and dragged all over her house. The cat simply "told" her, "The dog did it. Clean it up."
We always had dogs when I was a kid. My mother got us kids the standard pets: gerbils, hamsters, fish. The first pet I had of my own choosing was an iguana (he grew to be 4 feet long). Then I chose a hooded rat who went everywhere with me. I also collected snakes.
Grew up to collect exotic birds (most of them rescued) and horses (all of them rescued).
INFP - And I've found few people that can understand who and what I am. I read that only approximately 3% of the human population is INFP, so being misunderstood is not a surprise for me.
If answering questions about my life helps someone else put their own life in perspective, then there is little about my life that is totally private.
My oldest and youngest daughters left home before they were 18 because they couldn't deal with all the head injury problems with their father and their sister. And my own minor spinal cord injury didn't make things easier for them (I spent 6 years learning to walk again).
Neither of my daughters has wanted me for a mother for about a decade or so. They blame any and all problems they have on me. I don't know if that's normal for young people or if it came about simply because of our family situation. Either way, we now share a comfortable distance. I'm allowed minimal access to their lives, but I'm not really a part of their lives, if that makes sense. It may take many years to repair the damage my decision to stay created for them, or it may remain as it is now forever. I deal with it one day at a time.
During the years of learning survival techniques, I was convinced that I made the right decision for all concerned, especially for myself. Things for my daughters and I might have been worse if I had cut and run at the first opportunity. Only in hindsight do I realize that my daughters are also strong, but their relationship with me suffered greatly because I did what I thought was right. I can never make up to them for my failure as a mother. I live with that thought every day. Regardless, I still think I did the right thing.
The expression of my stupidity comes from those on the outside looking in. I never thought of myself as stupid. Surviving the trauma and keeping my family together made me who I am today. I've survived more trauma than just the multiple head injuries in my loved ones. Meaningful payback? Strength and courage. I sleep well knowing that no matter what life throws at me, I'll survive. I've been on the bottom. The only way I can go now is up. And I'm on my way!
Thank you for all the kind words, but I can only handle so much blushing! I did nothing more than stick to the vow I made. I married him for better or worse; not better and no head injury. Had he not disappeared, I would have spent "till death us do part" in my self-imposed hell. Not because of any issues of self-importance. Simply because I took that vow seriously.
Thank you. It's been a long time since I blushed. I don't think of myself as a star. I'm not special enough to qualify for that status. I've been told that I'm actually quite stupid for willingly living with the trauma for half my life.
The trauma was greatly multiplied by the fact that our middle daughter survived 4 head injuries during the last 7 years of her life.
The human spirit knows no boundaries when it comes to survival. Had someone told me 30 years ago about the trauma I would survive, I would have told them they were crazy. I would never have believed myself capable of surviving anything. I surprised myself. I was either too stubborn or too stupid to give up. I haven't decided which.
Thank you for the kind words. It was a long rollercoaster ride through hell, but I learned the lessons I needed to learn and am much stronger than I ever could have imagined I could be.
I'm a believer. I married my ex exactly 3 weeks after we met. Lasted 23 years. Why are we not together? He survived 5 head injuries during our marriage and became unrecognizable as the man I married (and as a decent human being). The death of our middle daughter early in 2006 drove him over the edge and he disappeared.
I lived on 100 acres in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by 1,000 acres of forest. No visible neighbors. 360-degree sunrises and sunsets, all kinds of wildlife (bear, coyote, mountain lion, bobcat, turkey, pheasant, deer, grouse) in my yard and pastures. It was heaven.
I'd love to have a remote cabin somewhere (maybe Kodiak Island in Alaska), go for supplies once a year, enjoy the solitude.
When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
A penny saved is obviously the result of a government oversight.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a new replacement for it.
He who hesitates is probably doing the right thing.
Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.
If you think there is some good in everybody, you obviously haven't met 'everybody'.
If you can smile when things go wrong, you must have someone else in mind to blame.
The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so that he can tell when he's 'really' in trouble.
There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example, I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.
Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words 'The' and 'IRS' together it spells 'Theirs.'
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Some people try to turn back their life's odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long, long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Then you forget to pull up your zipper. It's even worse when you forget to pull it down.
Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf.
Dear, sweet Maxine! I want to be like her when I grow up.
Maxine says: So after landing my new job as a WalMart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day......
About two hours into my first day on the job a very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. As I had been instructed, I said pleasantly, 'Good morning and welcome to WalMart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?'
The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, 'Hell no, they ain't twins. The oldest one's 9, and the other one's 7. Why the hell would you think they're twins? Are you blind, or just stupid?'
So I replied, 'I'm neither blind nor stupid, Ma'am, I just couldn't believe someone slept with you twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at WalMart.'
My supervisor said I probably wasn't cut out for this line of work.
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RE: Ladies Night Out: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!!
In my PJs already, but I'm going to go take a walk in the first good snow of the season. It's a gorgeous night! You girls have fun here tonight, but watch out for those fellas!