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Gabe1

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Just think of this. I did go to Kohls and JC Penney yesterday. I thought I was going to die when I saw the checkout lines but thankful when I went to them there was only one person ahead of me.



I'm not a big fan of the Peace on Earth tag on Illumination. It just lacks any power to me anyhow. Don't dislike but I'm not impressed and have seen much better out of Disney. My favorite will remain the new Millennium tag. I also found that to be the best version of the Illuminations show ever. If you listen to the guests in the background of any youtube it really drew ya into the show.

 

Songbird76

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That is very disappointing. Granted, it was many years ago when my brothers would seek out snow shoveling jobs--they'd walk up and down the streets with their shovels and make a few dollars at various houses. I can guarantee you they would not turn down $50 today. Makes me wonder about the kids in your area--guess none of them are hungry . . . :cautious: (Also, my brothers would shovel for an elderly neighbor for just hot cocoa, as that was all she had to offer them. They accepted willingly, and never took a dime from that woman. My brothers were far from saints, but they were decent, hard-working kids.)
That's exactly it....I don't understand how there is no one who is willing to do it, even if they got paid. And why aren't there any parents in the neighborhood sending their kids over to help? My kids aren't quite old enough for shoveling duty, but if I had teens and there was someone who needed work done, I'd be volunteering my kids to do it because it's the right thing to do!
 

Songbird76

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Happy Birthday to you. Please enjoy some cake. (I hope you like chocolate.)

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Thank you!! It's beautimous! And I LOVE chocolate.
 

Songbird76

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So sorry he forgot your birthday, I know how that feels. A couple years ago my dad forgot my birthday. I told my sister about it and she yelled at him for me and according to her he was surprised when she was getting mad about it. He really had forgotten. But when he called me the next day he claimed he hadn't called because he hadn't felt well, and because I was in California he didn't want to bother me. The excuses actually made me more upset.

My husband has two sisters, one is his twin. His older sister always puts big posts on Facebook on their birthday, but it is always about how great their sister (hubby's twin) is and how she should have a great birthday. Seriously it is on average about 2 paragraphs plus pictures and never a mention about her brother and that it is his birthday. She always posts this right away in the morning, and sends hubby a birthday text later in the day. This year he didn't get his birthday text until 11:55pm the night of his birthday. I know he was super hurt by it but just brushed it off. So yep...families can be a pain.

Anyway....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):joyfull::happy:
The excuses would make me more upset, too!! Especially if you KNOW he just forgot. My dad has never been very big on birthdays so it doesn't really bother me that he forgets because I don't EXPECT him to remember...that's just my dad. But my brother is a different story. When I first moved here, my mom had just died a few months prior and her wish was that neither of her kids be alone on Christmas that first year. Because I moved away, I felt responsible for that, so I bought my brother a plane ticket to come here for Christmas. He blew off my birthday that year and I was really hurt by it. When he got here, my MIL mentioned to him that he might want to wish me a belated birthday as I had been hurt that he hadn't remembered...he still never did, even after she mentioned it. ( I was in the bathroom when she mentioned it. I lived with my in-laws at the time, so when he visited, he stayed at their house. Which, he brought no gift or card for them to thank them for letting him stay in their home for 2 weeks and then told them the reason he had nothing was because we refused to take him to a flower shop on the way....he had never ASKED...in fact we passed several flower shops in the airport and he commented on how cheap flowers were here...he couldn't believe it! If only he had someone to buy flowers for. :/ ) Then he told everyone back home that he was honoring my mom's wish, because I moved away, so everyone thought he was just this great guy to come all the way to the Netherlands to make sure my mom's last wish was honored even though I had abandoned him. No one knew that we paid for the trip and he stayed with us so he had ZERO expenses and he didn't even say Thank you. I SHOULDN'T be so upset..I know how he is, but it still hurts. I'm sorry your husband's sister is unkind, too. It has so much more gravity when it's family, doesn't it?
 

Cesar R M

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I kind of agree and kind of don't agree. I think it goes to how a kid is raised. I can think a lot of my students (ages 11-16) who would just be lazy, but the majority would jump on the chance to earn some money even at a manual type of job. Although I do live in a rural area and many of the kids grow up doing chores and working on a farm.
well, I wasn't exactly thinking the young teens age.. I mean the older 14-19 ones.. XD
 

Songbird76

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Well, I got my baking done for today. I work tomorrow, so I have to bring treats for my birthday. So I made 4 loaves of zucchini bread, a batch of brownies, a double batch of fudge, and about 130 oreo truffles. (large company) Then when I get home tomorrow, I have to start baking for the treats to take to choir...only 40 people in choir, so I can make a bit less. But this will be my last rehearsal with this choir as I'm quitting and looking for a new one, so the treats are for birthday and for goodbye!

Hubby has a stomach bug...he thinks it might be Noro because he had to go to a nursing home the other day for work and apparently it was going around there. I really hope I don't get it. I don't have TIME to be sick!!
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Great, wanna come over and help me shovel? Hubby shoveled before he went to work but that was before the plow came by....I'm going to church soon and by the time I come back there will be even more to shovel. That gives you enough time to teleport here and help right?! ;) Even though I like shoveling, I dislike moving the stuff the plow pushes in front of the driveway, it is always so heavy.:grumpy:

Oh, the icy boulders that the plows leave at the end of driveways are killers!! No argument there on that one!!
 

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