MinnieM123
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Good for you; you're very responsible. And, as for being almost 17 when you got your license, that's nothing! I didn't get my license until I was 21
. . . (Um . . . just call me a "late bloomer" . . . 
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Good for you; you're very responsible. And, as for being almost 17 when you got your license, that's nothing! I didn't get my license until I was 21
. . . (Um . . . just call me a "late bloomer" . . . )
MinnieM123
Premium Member
I have an old friend that always carries a fork with him.
Oh, wow! This guy is my hero!
Such a simple, brilliant gesture—you just never know where or when the food opportunity presents itself. 
Just like the Boy Scouts motto: Always be Prepared!! 
trr1
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October is
Country Ham Month
Country Ham Month
- Fair Trade Month
- National Apple Month
- National Applejack Month
- National Caramel Month
- National Chili Month
- National Cookie Month
- National Dessert Month
- National Pasta Month
- National Pickled Peppers Month
- National Pizza Festival Month
- National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
- National Pork Month
- National Pretzel Month
- National Seafood Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- National Kale Day (1st Wednesday)
- National Chili Week (1st Week)
- American Beer Week (2nd Week)
- National Bulk Foods Week (3rd Week)
- National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week) - National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week) - World Egg Day (2nd Friday)
- National Kraut Sandwich
Week (3rd Week) - Pickled Peppers Week (3rd
Week) - Chicken Soup for the Soul
Week (4th Week)
- October 1: World Vegetarian Day
- October 1: Pudding Season Begins
- October 1: Homemade Cookies
Day
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Soarin' Over Pgh
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Whew! Somehow,I caught up.
The open house went pretty well, but I still trying to get this place in order. It's been three days! I, actually, DAISY, found a half eaten cookie behind the couch. So yeah, it was kinda crazy here. Sold six santas and a bunch of floral arrangements and garlands. Yay!
And now to comment on a few choice posts
Some of us smart folks have wizened up to this routine and have opted for the ignore feature, as it makes reading a forum a lot less ...eye roll worthy... When the look-at-meeeeee attention folks are hidden away.
I wish I had the ignore feature for real life, because I'd SO use it without hesitation.
It's the worst. Since my temp job ended the nonstop panic and worrying haven't subsided and it's affecting every aspect of my life. Can't handle it. I feel like I'm losing everything, each day that passes by. I don't have words of encouragement but I can honestly say you're not alone. If you want to vent or talk, shoot me a pm.
For some of us, once we are out on our own there's no going back and there's no one with a hand out, full of money to keep us afloat. Good for those that have it, but not everyone does. If you were asking me this question, my answer would be a loud, resounding yes. I pay for everything on my own and have, thankfully, not had to ask my mom for help for many years now. I fear that might change if I can't find a solid job soon and I dread it. It's humiliating. Again, only for some people. Mostly stubborn Aquarians.
I'm still telling people that I have a temp position to avoid that stupid question. No one likes answering it, it's designed to make people feel bad, so can we please retire it? I hate job interviewers and their dumb questions sometimes.
Tell me all about it. I went from bad to worse and it's gotten me nowhere. I'm having an awesome time with life lately. :/ employers aren't what they used to be! surely. They don't care about you or your problems or really anything that isn't $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It's sickening. They used to care. I'm not sure what changed or when, but it's depressing.
^^^^^so much of this.
The open house went pretty well, but I still trying to get this place in order. It's been three days! I, actually, DAISY, found a half eaten cookie behind the couch. So yeah, it was kinda crazy here. Sold six santas and a bunch of floral arrangements and garlands. Yay!
And now to comment on a few choice posts
Some of us smart folks have wizened up to this routine and have opted for the ignore feature, as it makes reading a forum a lot less ...eye roll worthy... When the look-at-meeeeee attention folks are hidden away.
I wish I had the ignore feature for real life, because I'd SO use it without hesitation.
It's the worst. Since my temp job ended the nonstop panic and worrying haven't subsided and it's affecting every aspect of my life. Can't handle it. I feel like I'm losing everything, each day that passes by. I don't have words of encouragement but I can honestly say you're not alone. If you want to vent or talk, shoot me a pm.
For some of us, once we are out on our own there's no going back and there's no one with a hand out, full of money to keep us afloat. Good for those that have it, but not everyone does. If you were asking me this question, my answer would be a loud, resounding yes. I pay for everything on my own and have, thankfully, not had to ask my mom for help for many years now. I fear that might change if I can't find a solid job soon and I dread it. It's humiliating. Again, only for some people. Mostly stubborn Aquarians.
Yes, unemployment can be stressful. When I was unemployed years ago, it was very hard for me to relax, because I was always worried about money and surviving. You're right; it was far from a vacation, in the traditional sense of the word.
As for people asking the usual, "Anything (a new job) yet?" and, "What have you been doing since you're not working"—I think they just don't know exactly what to say. They want to start a conversation, but it comes across awkward. They don't mean to aggravate you; rather, they are more concerned about you.
I used to just roll with it, and I'd tell people that I'd let them know when I did find a job (that way, they wouldn't keep asking . . .). As for the people who'd want to know what I was doing (besides looking for jobs), I let them know that I had been figure skating at a college rink, a few times a week, and improved my skills! I'd also go to things like "free" days once a week, at local museums, discount days at the zoo, etc. Those were just a few examples, but I tried to balance out the angst of being unemployed, with other positive activities. It helped.
Note: If a prospective employer asked what I had been doing while laid off, I'd have a completely different spin to offer. I didn't mention the figure skating part!
I'm still telling people that I have a temp position to avoid that stupid question. No one likes answering it, it's designed to make people feel bad, so can we please retire it? I hate job interviewers and their dumb questions sometimes.
Tell me all about it. I went from bad to worse and it's gotten me nowhere. I'm having an awesome time with life lately. :/ employers aren't what they used to be! surely. They don't care about you or your problems or really anything that isn't $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. It's sickening. They used to care. I'm not sure what changed or when, but it's depressing.
^^^^^so much of this.
Cesar R M
Well-Known Member
October is
Country Ham Month
- Fair Trade Month
- National Apple Month
- National Applejack Month
- National Caramel Month
- National Chili Month
- National Cookie Month
- National Dessert Month
If you’re only looking for a week-long festivity, then select from:
- National Pasta Month
- National Pickled Peppers Month
- National Pizza Festival Month
- National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
- National Pork Month
- National Pretzel Month
- National Seafood Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- National Kale Day (1st Wednesday)
- National Chili Week (1st Week)
- American Beer Week (2nd Week)
- National Bulk Foods Week (3rd Week)
- National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week)- National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week)- World Egg Day (2nd Friday)
And National Dessert Day, the second Thursday of the month, is always a welcome celebration. The rest of October’s line-up includes:
- National Kraut Sandwich
Week (3rd Week)- Pickled Peppers Week (3rd
Week)- Chicken Soup for the Soul
Week (4th Week)
- October 1: World Vegetarian Day
- October 1: Pudding Season Begins
- October 1: Homemade Cookies
Day
so, pizza, popcorn.. soup..etc..etc.
October might be my favorite month now
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Woot! Great that it was sucessful and Daisy got a bonus cookie.
My board meetings would be calmer that is for sure!
This has been a rough year for you and multiple fronts, I sure hope this tide turns quickly.
This post of mine that you quoted has to be taken in the context that it was given. My response was the questioning of giving children money while wanting them independent while not being independent oneself. That was a head scratcher to me as I expected more empathy given each of their situations. I have deep empathy for @JenniferS with the things she is going through, as a Mom it is never easy to have issues like these with the Children you brought into the world.
I support her thought process of removing the tension in the home by assisting her young to start the process of being independent. It doesn't have to be all or nothing in every family dynamic especially in the economic times that have slammed so many of us over the last decade including my immediate family. What one might consider what I do for my children a handout I consider it an investment in adult children's future and attempting to send them out into the world prepared for success and hopefully not to live a life of stress and worry. If need be, though it has not happened, I'd give them my last dime rather than see them suffer or go hungry. I worked 2 jobs when I moved out in my early twenties and kept that up until my DS was born and went down to one job. My father stated when I left I could not come back which I never forgot, I could not believe that was my send off to being independent. I could not ever say something to my children. My Mom on the other hand looked at my Father and said Oh yes she can, she respected my attempt to try and be independent. I was fortunate that I never had to return home, blessed. But my Mom did things for me along the way to make the struggle of being independent bit easier along the way, a pair of shoes, a dress for a wedding, she bought my air fare to my sisters graduation from law school, none of which was asked for, she just did it. I do the same for my kids, we are a family that is there for each other, we step up to the plate when something goes wrong. We don't have gobs of money to toss around but boy oh boy if my kids got into a jam they know I am there for them, they are there for me and I am there for my folks as they age and need a different type of assistance. Now if I were to discuss how my inlaw family behaves as a family unit you'd be hearing a totally different approach to family.
Yep. There are more and more employers that not only don't care about their employees but seem to derive pleasure out of making them miserable and manipulating them. I have little tolerance for people like that.
Goofyernmost
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I do agree that age can have a factor involved, but, age really isn't the problem, it's how they are trained that matters. It's also attitude of some of the young drivers. I just had my car backed into in a parking lot by a middle aged woman backing a van that had three, count um three, rear view mirrors PLUS a backup camera. She still managed to hit it. Said she didn't know it was there! Driving a vehicle without an engaged brain, no matter the age, is what 90% of accidents start with.Oy.
They wanted to raise the driving age up this way to 18 years old. I thought that was crazy. College students as new drivers far away from home. My kids never took their cars to college, they stayed in my driveway. I thought it was a recipe for disaster. I would have let my DD if she wanted hers the last few years but the parking lot was miles away by bus.
I have mixed feelings about helping grown children financially - once they have completed their education. I have no problem supporting them 100% during college as long as they keep their grades up - my children got/get academic scholarships that "earned" more than any part-time job. My daughter still worked a bit, as she has always been pretty independent.
I paid for her car, health insurance, and cell phone after she graduated. I also co-signed for her first apartment. She gradually took over the bills, and once she got a job with benefits, she was close to 100% independent - I still paid for her airfare home at Christmas up until a couple of years ago.
I didn't want her to risk getting into a financial hole due to medical expenses.
I paid for her car, health insurance, and cell phone after she graduated. I also co-signed for her first apartment. She gradually took over the bills, and once she got a job with benefits, she was close to 100% independent - I still paid for her airfare home at Christmas up until a couple of years ago.
I didn't want her to risk getting into a financial hole due to medical expenses.
Cesar R M
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In something completely different.
I was fixing one of the travel search engines that is used in the company I work for (concierge company)
and found that there is availability of Animal Kingdom Lodge hotel for like.. 120 USD per NIGH.
isn't that a bit ridiculously low??
that is cheaper than Coronado Springs with convention discount!
(for the dates of Feb 11 to 14)
I was fixing one of the travel search engines that is used in the company I work for (concierge company)
and found that there is availability of Animal Kingdom Lodge hotel for like.. 120 USD per NIGH.
isn't that a bit ridiculously low??
that is cheaper than Coronado Springs with convention discount!
(for the dates of Feb 11 to 14)
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Goofyernmost
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After my kids got out of college, they were allowed to stay at home until they had a full time job. The requirement was that they were actively looking for a job. Otherwise they could stay at home, but, I was going to charge them room and board if they did, even if they had a job. One of my girls said that she wanted to stay at home so she could save up some money in her savings. I replied, I spent all my savings getting you through 21 years of life and college. I'd like to do that same thing, so, as soon as you can do it, it's time to get out of the nest. She just rolled her eyes, but, took it seriously and moved out as soon as she had a job and a place to live. The younger one pulled the old... 'I didn't ask to be born' trick, but, it didn't work. I replied that she was turning into a poster child for Planned Parenthood, then I simply explained that my job as her parent was to make sure that she had everything that was necessary to take care of herself. I would be there if either one of them ran into trouble to help them out of a jam that didn't come from being irresponsible, but, I had no intention of supporting them for extended periods of time. They were adults, they wanted to be treated as adults, so act like an adult and deal with life as it is.
Cesar R M
Well-Known Member
Weird!!! reloading the image does not work and shows broken, but when I reply.. the image loads in the quote reply area!OK, since it seems it didn't post yesterday, let's see if it posts this time...
donaldtoo
Well-Known Member
October is
Country Ham Month
- Fair Trade Month
- National Apple Month
- National Applejack Month
- National Caramel Month
- National Chili Month
- National Cookie Month
- National Dessert Month
If you’re only looking for a week-long festivity, then select from:
- National Pasta Month
- National Pickled Peppers Month
- National Pizza Festival Month
- National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
- National Pork Month
- National Pretzel Month
- National Seafood Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- National Kale Day (1st Wednesday)
- National Chili Week (1st Week)
- American Beer Week (2nd Week)
- National Bulk Foods Week (3rd Week)
- National Food Bank Week (2nd
Week)- National School Lunch Week (2nd
Week)- World Egg Day (2nd Friday)
And National Dessert Day, the second Thursday of the month, is always a welcome celebration. The rest of October’s line-up includes:
- National Kraut Sandwich
Week (3rd Week)- Pickled Peppers Week (3rd
Week)- Chicken Soup for the Soul
Week (4th Week)
- October 1: World Vegetarian Day
- October 1: Pudding Season Begins
- October 1: Homemade Cookies
Day
Don't forget...
- October 20th: @donaldtoo's birthday...!!!!!!!
donaldtoo
Well-Known Member
Sillier yet, once I posted it on this page, it's now showin' up on the previous page (for me, anyway) from last night...
StarWarsGirl
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That's okay; my friend who I mentioned got her license last week is 20. I also have two friends who didn't get theirs until they were 19. One of those friends just learned late. The other learned late and failed three times. The first because he hit the cone when parallel parking, the second because he rolled past a stop sign, and the third because his check engine light went on. It was kind of funny because he's two years older than me, but I got my license first.Good for you; you're very responsible. And, as for being almost 17 when you got your license, that's nothing! I didn't get my license until I was 21
MOXOMUMD
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I wasn't going to chime in, but I get what @Soarin' Over Pgh is saying. For some of us once on our own, it wasn't the fact of giving money to help be independant, it was there wasn't extra money for a handout. Personally, I grew up with a single dad raising four daughters and he nearly killed himself trying to keep a roof over our head. (Literally, he had a heart attack at work and had to retire.) We were all out on our own by 18, my sisters all married military men and I worked full time and went to school full time.
I don't think what Soarin said was meant to be a slam to anybody, it's just to show an example of how different we all were raised or have raised/are raising our kids. Some people had a pampered childhood, some people didn't, some have family to fall back on, some of us don't, some people made it on their own, some need help. The only thing that matters is we all wake up still breathing the next day and live our lives to the best of our abilities.
I don't think what Soarin said was meant to be a slam to anybody, it's just to show an example of how different we all were raised or have raised/are raising our kids. Some people had a pampered childhood, some people didn't, some have family to fall back on, some of us don't, some people made it on their own, some need help. The only thing that matters is we all wake up still breathing the next day and live our lives to the best of our abilities.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I whole heartedly concur. Idiot drivers come in all age demographics and both ladies and gentlemen. I back slowly and I blame this on my height, or lack there of. I drive an Escape and when I pull the seat up to where I need the headrest blocks the ability to look out window while backing. I have to use mirrors only because head rests in back block window for my height, plus we have children on our road and you can look in one mirror and a kid can bop into a different range. So I'm a turtle backing out of this long honk'n driveway of mine.
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