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Post by **Angie** on Feb 21, 2019 6:26:42 GMT
I'm going to plan a nice vacation.
I need something new in my life, something to do.
I was looking at houses , but dh shot down every one I liked. Said if I needed a change, I should just paint a room or two.
Last year, we had talked about buying a small building to open a resource/activity center for homeschoolers and he supported the idea. When I mentioned it a few days ago, he said "that's not gonna happen".
Looked at rv's, found one we liked, but on the drive home, he poo-poo'd the idea because of the cost.
He is literally driving me crazy because he is always talking about doing or buying something but always changes his mind when it is close to becoming a reality.
So, I'm going to plan a vacation and just give him the info when I'm ready to deposit money. The question is - where to go and how?
I'd love to take an rv out west. I've always wanted to visit Ireland and Scotland, although I might just decide to stay. DH has talked about Yellowstone for years. The place in Arkansas where people hunt for diamonds sounds like fun.
Any ideas or suggestions???
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 4:03:36 GMT
22 year old Corelle ivy pattern. I'll change patterns when they pry them from my cold, dead hands.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 3:59:11 GMT
My neurologist told me once that it can be common for your brain to "choose" to delete memories that aren't revisited often.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 3:53:01 GMT
What is the relationship between your son and his dad? I read something today and it really hit home - sometimes kids of divorced parents knowingly upset the parent they trust to always be there. I did it as a kid, and my mom always took it. The one time I really stood up to my father - well, it's been almost 13 years since we've talked.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 3:47:04 GMT
Your ex dh has put your ds in a horrible position. You still have lots of time. I would move the party and be the good guy. Your son will remember how you saved the day, and won't have to always remember how his parents made his graduation party about their petty argument. I'm sorry your ex is a professional douche. This. I hated being put in the middle between my parents.
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 3:40:46 GMT
I was just talking to my husband about unsolved crimes and I mentioned the news that one of the missing children had been identified from the story of the mother that drove her 6 children over the cliff. What? How did I miss that?!?
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 2:34:06 GMT
is that if I were to post: "I'm not sure if it's more disturbing that I thought I somehow shot a Super Plus tampon from my hoohaw straight down the pipes without a trace or that I was able to insert a second Super Plus tampon into my hoohaw without feeling there already was one there." 1) My mom wouldn't read it and comment "My God, Ang. Don't post stuff like that! Oh, honey, are you okay? Do you have a doctor's appointment? You know you could be starting menopause! Call me when you find out what's wrong!!!! My poor girl. Love you !!!!!1!" 2) By posting "tmi", I know that every person reading a post like that chose to click through. No blind-siding someone just scrolling by. Lol
The bolded is my very favorite part - the random "1" in the middle of exclamation points Yep, that's my mom. Lol
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Post by **Angie** on Jan 11, 2019 1:49:17 GMT
is that if I were to post:
"I'm not sure if it's more disturbing that I thought I somehow shot a Super Plus tampon from my hoohaw straight down the pipes without a trace or that I was able to insert a second Super Plus tampon into my hoohaw without feeling there already was one there."
1) My mom wouldn't read it and comment "My God, Ang. Don't post stuff like that! Oh, honey, are you okay? Do you have a doctor's appointment? You know you could be starting menopause! Call me when you find out what's wrong!!!! My poor girl. Love you!!!!!1!"
2) By posting "tmi", I know that every person reading a post like that chose to click through. No blind-siding someone just scrolling by.
Lol
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Post by **Angie** on Nov 15, 2018 2:48:13 GMT
I've seen the preview of what I now know is Eugene and Rosita running down the creek bed and covering themselves with mud to hide from the walkers (who they then hear speak!). I've seen it probably 6-8 times and never once recognized that it was Eugene and Rosita. I thought it was new people! That surprised me more than anything last night. Ha! I really enjoyed the episode. Like I said last week, WD now feels like it did when I first started to love to watch it. I'm so glad that they made whatever changes they made to make that happen. Judith with Negan was great! "and look how that turned out for you". I really wanted to see little Richonne's face. I like they way they surprised us with the fact that he existed. Michonne called him RJ, I guess that's Rick Jr.? Eugene and Robitaille were whispering, right?
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Post by **Angie** on Nov 15, 2018 2:44:04 GMT
Ha - my daughter can't even get her to say hi to her. They are no where near able to offer to hangout together. Roommate has her own friends from high school on campus. Dd doesn't want to be "friends" with her, just wants to be able to have some casual conversation. An example, "how were your classes today?" is met with, "good." End of conversation. I dunno. That sounds like a typical conversation I'd have with someone I didn't necessarily want to be friends with.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 27, 2018 4:33:26 GMT
We have a mantis colony. About 3 years ago, I released about 40 newborns in our garden. Since then, we rarely have problems with bugs. Except ants. Those goddamn things can overwhelm even the hungriest of mantii.
Every once in a while, a mantis will show up on our screen door and eat whatever bugs are attracted to the porch light. We even had one that ran free in the house for a month.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 27, 2018 4:27:00 GMT
I also noticed a praying mantis hanging on the bottom of hummingbird bird feeder. I decided to google and immediately ran outside to flick it off. The next day it was back. So I had to kill it.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 27, 2018 4:20:22 GMT
She told me the hotel pillows were probably shoved under someone’s ass during sex. I never again travelled without my own pillow. I am too suggestible and couldn’t get that image out of my head. Well, I'm now scarred for life.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 25, 2018 0:36:31 GMT
Does this president ever fire someone in person, one-on-one? Only if the cameras are rolling.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 24, 2018 3:50:46 GMT
I’m sorry it won’t work out for you. But I think you made the right decision for you. I am always amazed at how many people insist on putting heavy tile on old floors not built for heavy tile. That never works out. Or even new floors with too much deflection in them. Tile just doesn’t play nice with that. I agree, especially since the church was built in 1886. Heavy tile, plus 60ft total of cabinets, plus appliances - not good.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 24, 2018 3:31:31 GMT
We went and looked at the house today with the realtor. Really looked, like moving things and opening cabinets, etc. The house is over-priced for having sat over a year for sale. I originally thought the ridge on the metal roof had been damaged by a tree limb - nope, somehow the roof moved, the foam that keeps water from going under the ridge shifted, and water got into the roof. There was a massive water mark inside. Repairs needed: tear off ridge and that section of metal roof, replace damaged roof material, possibly remove and replace drywall. The basement is carpeted and had a dehumidifier running, but the tank was full. The entire basement felt wet and one of the rooms reeked of cat urine. Repairs needed: possibly none, but possibly all carpet (1500sf) removed and replaced, at the very least bleaching or Kilz in the smelly room. The kitchen floor is tile and I originally just thought it was old, in bad shape. Nope, when you walked halfway into the space, the floor started sloping and in front of the refrigerator, you could see it moving. Repairs needed: removal of entire tile floor in kitchen/dining area, removal and replacement of subfloor, either removal and replacement of or adding additional support to support beams. My dh is a structural engineer and estimated that we were looking at at least $30,000 in repairs. And we would have done it. We would have low-balled the offer because the realtor said the seller just needed to be done with the house, kept our current place until the repairs were done. But I said "no" because of the effects MS has already had on my body. I had no problems going up the stairs, but I got nauseous starting to go down them because of the steepness. I was afraid I was going to have to ask for help. I wouldn't be able to use half of the house if we bought it. This is the first time since I was diagnosed in 2012 that I feel that MS has me, instead of the other way around.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 24, 2018 2:35:33 GMT
Continue donating as you have, especially since it hasn't been anonymous.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 17, 2018 19:43:56 GMT
It wouldn’t bother me to live next to a cemetery, but I would want to know who was responsible for the maintenance of the cemetery. I would want to be sure that it was being regularly maintained. There is an association that takes care of it. Tbh, I've never seen a cemetary in such good shape.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 17, 2018 4:35:56 GMT
I would buy that house in a second. Great bones; great possibilities. Wouldn’t care about the cemetery, except maybe for resale, but I always figure if I’m willing to buy something questionable - within reason, financially - somebody else will be willing to buy in the future. (We sold a “hard to sell“ house in four days.) Why does your MIL think you’ll burn in hell? I'm spiritual, but not "organized" religious. I mean, I believe that there has to be "something else" because if this world or lifetime is it, then that really sucks. But, I don't believe that one religious viewpoint is better/more correct than the next one. I believe you take the best bits of each and try to do good and be good, and that much of what is written in religious texts are just stories. MIL is a hard line Christian - she firmly believes there is something wrong if you don't believe the stories of the Bible and in God/Jesus/resurrection/etc. If I was religious and hung religious items in the house, I think she'd be okay, but since I won't, I wouldn't doubt that she expects the ceiling to come down on my head. Oh, and it doesn't help that I've converted dh to my "heathen ways".
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 17, 2018 4:07:52 GMT
That's when you know you've found THE one! I actually teared up when we were inside and I was talking to the owner. Not sure if that will help or hurt us if we make an offer!
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 17, 2018 4:02:29 GMT
Yes, but we were also in a historical house and neighborhood all through High School in Utah. It was just down the street. I would walk up there sometimes. I find them peaceful. My mom was obsessed with them for a while. Which puzzled us quite a bit when she wanted to be cremated. She had what she wanted on her grave! She was a big history both in family history and world history and such. The house you showed is beautiful but bit of an odd layout from the pics? is it bigger on the inside ? I think it is the angle the pictures were taken. The common areas on the main floor have very high ceilings - I seriously think the camera person used a drone.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 17, 2018 3:59:19 GMT
We walked in and it felt like home.... Well then there’s your answer. The interior is stunning! The weird spot above the porch in the outside pic gave me pause though heh heh heh LOL It was raining the day they took the pictures. There's a huge puddle in another picture.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:55:52 GMT
Most likely a big no. If I walked in the home & felt a negative "energy" the decision would be a resounding no. That feeling has happened a few times without a cemetery nearby. Good luck w/your decision! We walked in and it felt like home....
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:55:10 GMT
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:54:10 GMT
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:52:19 GMT
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:49:14 GMT
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:45:58 GMT
Ok, the practical part of me wants to ask two questions. Is there a well for your water? And is the cemetery downhill from you? I would be super cautious and have the water tested during inspection. But otherwise, it wouldn’t bother me. Janet It's city water.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 23:44:57 GMT
Honestly, it would bother me far more living in an old church. For me, the fact that it used to me sacred space would be insurmountable. It may sound weird, but the house felt lonely. Like it missed having people there.
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Post by **Angie** on Sept 16, 2018 22:05:48 GMT
I want to see pictures of the house. It sounds super-cool! How do you add pictures??
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