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StarWarsGirl
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She has a landline but never uses it. Not sure why she still pays for it.
She has an iPad and does pretty well with that. Every time she has me clean up her laptop, though, there's all kinds of junk on it. She visited a couple of weeks ago and brought her laptop down. I cleaned four gigs of data off of her laptop.
StarWarsGirl
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- In the Parks
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I was out your way two years ago in January. We saw some rain. We walked through Disneyland in the rain one morning. It cleared up that afternoon, but it was great because there were no locals. I was glad we left when we did, though, because after that you had some RAIN! We did have some gorgeous weather as well, though.
What part of SoCal are you from?
NateD1226
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I am from and live in the Los Angeles area. We never get rain in our area. It is nice to see some rainfall.
ajrwdwgirl
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Feel free to skip over this as it's long. I'm a bit disgruntled with DH. He's gone to play Ingress every weekend for like...the last 6-8 weeks. Last weekend (Feb. 23rd) , he didn't have anything planned and then asked if I minded him going out, because something came up that wasn't on the schedule. I told him ok, on one condition....the next weekend (this past weekend) was MY weekend, because we hadn't gotten to spend time together since New Years, and I've been stuck at the house every weekend because if he leaves, I have to stay with the kids and we can't go anywhere because we don't have a car. He's going to play every weekend, eating in restaurants, etc, while I'm left to make sure the grocery shopping is done, the kids are fed and do their homework, etc.
So he agreed, it was my turn. Then AFTER he put it in the schedule, he realized that there was something he had already signed up for and forgotten to put in the schedule for this past weekend that was supposed to be MY weekend. He didn't even offer to cancel the one that he was now breaking his promise to me to attend, but I figured, meh, we didn't have anything on the schedule and I don't mind being at home. It's only one more week. But it also feels like he's not listening when he's here. DD invited a friend over and I told her she had to clean her room and we needed to clean up our craft stuff downstairs so they could use the coffee table for their junk food while they watched the movies. Friday, I spent the day cleaning downstairs, putting craft stuff away, etc, and I had to work in the evening until 11. Saturday, DD got her room cleaned, but I cleaned all the stuff up downstairs. But in any case, DH then left dishes all over. I asked him to please remember to take them to the kitchen (Dishes are supposed to be his territory, which he has now decided the kids will start doing the dishes to get more allowance) so the coffee table was cleared for the girls. He nodded. I wake up Monday morning and the dishes are still sitting on the table exactly like they were the day before and he's gone to work for the day....so now I have to clean up his mess AND do the dishes before DD's friend gets here, even though I had JUST cleaned everything up Friday.
DD spent all day Saturday and Sunday cleaning her room while I spring cleaned the upstairs bathroom and helped her intermittently with her room, and there were several trash bags that wouldn't fit in the bin. He was off playing Ingress....I had filled the garbage can already, and set some of the bags in front of it because they wouldn't fit. So on Sunday he was home, just playing on his computer and playing boardgames with DS, there was one bag that was a bit heavy and I was afraid I'd lose my balance going down the stairs since my hip doesn't always work well on stairs. So I asked him to get it, which he did...but he set it in the kitchen in front of a cupboard. No biggie, I set a couple more there as it was pouring buckets and I didn't want to walk out to the shed with them in the rain. DD and I rewarded ourselves for our hard work by going to dinner so we didn't have to cook after spending the weekend cleaning. So I asked DH to please take out the trash bags (it had stopped raining) so DD and I could make a cheesecake when we got home....we'd need things out of the cupboard where those trash bags were stacked. And we come home, and DH goes and sits down to play chess with DS. So guess who had to carry all the trash bags out?
Then DD ran out of her cherry yogurt, which the store by our house does not carry. We have to go to the Jumbo to get it. So, yesterday, DD has her friend over to spend the night, and I ask her what she normally eats for breakfast, she says yogurt. So I asked DH to go get some of the cherry yogurt at Jumbo while I'm at choir so they have it in the morning. I get home from choir, and he says the Albert Heijn didn't have the cherry, so he got strawberry. I said No....JUMBO....I told you to go to Jumbo because Albert Heijn doesn't have it! He says "Oh....I missed that. I went to the other Albert Heijn."So we both work all week, and he goes out to play every weekend and leaves me to do all the work at home. I get things cleaned up, and he promptly leaves trash and dishes all over my cleaned up space and ignores me when I remind him to clean up after himself, and when he DOES do something, he doesn't listen to what I asked him to do. And then he complains about the way I handled the garbage, and the dishes, etc. Well then get your nose out of your phone and HELP me instead of leaving everything up to me while you run off to play!
Sorry...I just needed to vent.
Sorry you are in this situation. I hope things get better.
ajrwdwgirl
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I was just asking m husband about this because of the discussion here. He didn't know all the laws that pertain to all non-profits but he did say that church organizations are allowed to have reserve funds (savings and trusts) as long as it isn't excessive. I asked him what was excessive and he said he didn't know. He pointed out that many of the televangelists have paid themselves exorbitant amounts of money and are still considered non-profit. So I'm sure there is some law or tax code that has guidance with that some how. It makes sense that organizations would be allowed to build up some sort of reserves in case of emergencies or to have something to fall back on in case giving goes down.
In our church my husband doesn't have anything to do with the financials of the church except to look at the totals like the report from our treasurer. If there is a need to talk about loss of funds or to encourage more giving the church council usually sends out that information or it is a joint letter with pastor & church council. My husband never looks at an individual's giving and doesn't even count out the offering plate. There are always two people that have to count and report the money, occasionally he will take the deposit to the bank. He especially says he doesn't want to look at who gives what because he doesn't want to have a bias for or against any member based on giving, although the church secretary usually points out the big givers to him. Oh and large gifts usually are for a specific reason so then he knows the who on that too.
MinnieM123
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Movie night for me. Christopher Robin is on Netflix
I'm going to watch the DVD either this weekend or next. (I also have A Star is Born, so haven't decided yet which one I'll watch first.)
ajrwdwgirl
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I guess it is too bad in a way he can't switch but I'm sure that he will do his report with respect to the culture and person.
NateD1226
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I didn't like Christopher Robin. I felt that something was missing from the movie. I just don't know what...Movie night for me. Christopher Robin is on Netflix
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
My kids think we have a magic floor.
This reminds me of last week with my science class. 8th graders were making tsunami bottles and I saw some of them brushing the extra dirt unto the floor. I told them that the dirt doesn't magically disappear in the air and it would still need to be cleaned up off the floor.
The kids now don't even argue with me about it being the "janitor's job" to clean it up. Because I tell them that it is the janitor's job to clean regular things but messes we make during experiments or by goofing around isn't their job. I continue to tell that that it never hurts to help someone. And then if they still complain about it I threaten to bring in the janitor and the kid can explain to to our janitor why they (the student) shouldn't have to clean up their mess. The kids usually just roll their eyes then and clean it up. It probably helps that our janitor is the nicest little old lady and they don't want to face her! They would just feel too guilty then!
ajrwdwgirl
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I'm not a big Winnie the Pooh fan, but I still wanted to see Christopher Robin and I liked it a lot. I may or may not watch Star is Born, I'm thinking I might catch it on one of my flights out to California soon.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
I admire him for his sense of fair play across the board. He's a very good minister. (There's nothing wrong about pointing out the major donors though, as they should be acknowledged for large contributions.) So all in all, I think he approaches the money angle with fairness and compassion.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Feel free to skip over this as it's long. I'm a bit disgruntled with DH. He's gone to play Ingress every weekend for like...the last 6-8 weeks. Last weekend (Feb. 23rd) , he didn't have anything planned and then asked if I minded him going out, because something came up that wasn't on the schedule. I told him ok, on one condition....the next weekend (this past weekend) was MY weekend, because we hadn't gotten to spend time together since New Years, and I've been stuck at the house every weekend because if he leaves, I have to stay with the kids and we can't go anywhere because we don't have a car. He's going to play every weekend, eating in restaurants, etc, while I'm left to make sure the grocery shopping is done, the kids are fed and do their homework, etc.
So he agreed, it was my turn. Then AFTER he put it in the schedule, he realized that there was something he had already signed up for and forgotten to put in the schedule for this past weekend that was supposed to be MY weekend. He didn't even offer to cancel the one that he was now breaking his promise to me to attend, but I figured, meh, we didn't have anything on the schedule and I don't mind being at home. It's only one more week. But it also feels like he's not listening when he's here. DD invited a friend over and I told her she had to clean her room and we needed to clean up our craft stuff downstairs so they could use the coffee table for their junk food while they watched the movies. Friday, I spent the day cleaning downstairs, putting craft stuff away, etc, and I had to work in the evening until 11. Saturday, DD got her room cleaned, but I cleaned all the stuff up downstairs. But in any case, DH then left dishes all over. I asked him to please remember to take them to the kitchen (Dishes are supposed to be his territory, which he has now decided the kids will start doing the dishes to get more allowance) so the coffee table was cleared for the girls. He nodded. I wake up Monday morning and the dishes are still sitting on the table exactly like they were the day before and he's gone to work for the day....so now I have to clean up his mess AND do the dishes before DD's friend gets here, even though I had JUST cleaned everything up Friday.
DD spent all day Saturday and Sunday cleaning her room while I spring cleaned the upstairs bathroom and helped her intermittently with her room, and there were several trash bags that wouldn't fit in the bin. He was off playing Ingress....I had filled the garbage can already, and set some of the bags in front of it because they wouldn't fit. So on Sunday he was home, just playing on his computer and playing boardgames with DS, there was one bag that was a bit heavy and I was afraid I'd lose my balance going down the stairs since my hip doesn't always work well on stairs. So I asked him to get it, which he did...but he set it in the kitchen in front of a cupboard. No biggie, I set a couple more there as it was pouring buckets and I didn't want to walk out to the shed with them in the rain. DD and I rewarded ourselves for our hard work by going to dinner so we didn't have to cook after spending the weekend cleaning. So I asked DH to please take out the trash bags (it had stopped raining) so DD and I could make a cheesecake when we got home....we'd need things out of the cupboard where those trash bags were stacked. And we come home, and DH goes and sits down to play chess with DS. So guess who had to carry all the trash bags out?
Then DD ran out of her cherry yogurt, which the store by our house does not carry. We have to go to the Jumbo to get it. So, yesterday, DD has her friend over to spend the night, and I ask her what she normally eats for breakfast, she says yogurt. So I asked DH to go get some of the cherry yogurt at Jumbo while I'm at choir so they have it in the morning. I get home from choir, and he says the Albert Heijn didn't have the cherry, so he got strawberry. I said No....JUMBO....I told you to go to Jumbo because Albert Heijn doesn't have it! He says "Oh....I missed that. I went to the other Albert Heijn."
Sorry...I just needed to vent.
We all have our good and bad points, but it's really important that we care enough about others, to sometimes put our own wishes aside.
In your case, you moved to a different country to be with him, while at the same time, mourning the passing of your mother. Without any time to prepare, you were forced to learn a new language and were (somewhat) shunned by his family for 6 months (or longer), until you could speak their language.
Sounds to me like you're the generous and more considerate person in this relationship. You deserve your fun days as much as he does, and it's not right for him to put his needs first. That's selfish. I'm sure he's a good man overall, but he also needs to recognize that recreation times need to be shared all around.
Goofyernmost
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They're OK, even Alligators, don't like to eat old, tough, leathery meat. Just make sure they stay out of office buildings where the food supply is mature enough to be developed, but, not overly tough to chew.
MySmallWorldof4
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MySmallWorldof4
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The. Villages truly is America’s friendliest hometown! They even welcome gators.
MySmallWorldof4
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We’ve gotten almost 10 inches of rain since January in PA. That is not including the precipitation from the snow events. If the winds went East to West I would gladly send some wetness your way.
MinnieM123
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@figmentfan423 , Happy Birthday!!! 
Look--I got you a CARROT cake -- veggies and cake -- perfect for you!
Look--I got you a CARROT cake -- veggies and cake -- perfect for you!
MySmallWorldof4
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I liked it. I think it just took a little bit of time to really get going.