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Post by auntkelly on May 30, 2023 19:06:33 GMT
I came from a family of readers who taught me a love of reading, and I also had a lot of wonderful teachers who encouraged my love of reading.
I've always been interested in people's life experiences-famous people, ordinary people, rich people, poor people, etc. Therefore I've always loved to read autobiographies, biographies and memoirs. I think books really help you view the world from other people's perspectives.
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Post by auntkelly on May 29, 2023 16:25:54 GMT
I probably wouldn’t correct her since you are not close and she apparently didn’t ask for feedback.
Most people who give these types of presentations hand out a comment sheet requesting feedback at the end. If she didn’t hand out a comment sheet, or ask for input, I would assume that she is not open to constructive criticism. I would also assume that someone who makes that many egregious mistakes in their presentation is not going to take kindly to criticism, even when it is delivered gently with the best of intentions.
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Post by auntkelly on May 29, 2023 16:12:35 GMT
For a casual look, I like to mix metallics.
When I get really dressed up, I generally go all yellow gold or all white gold.
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Post by auntkelly on May 29, 2023 15:44:26 GMT
The first time I flew was in 1966. I was six and wore a new dress for the occasion. My nine year old brother wore a sports jacket and bow tie. We flew economy on Braniff from Oklahoma City to Denver with my grandmother.
On that short flight, they served a hot meal served on porcelain plates. The eating utensils were metal and the napkins were cloth.
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Post by auntkelly on May 29, 2023 15:27:46 GMT
I didn’t realize one of the older sisters was unmarried and living at home. I cannot imagine how low her status would be in that society as an unmarried thirty year old.
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Post by auntkelly on May 29, 2023 13:19:16 GMT
I thought the finale was really good. I loved how the Roy children thought of no one but themselves from the first to the last episode. They didn’t care about the future direction of the corporation. They didn’t care that they had just influenced the outcome of a presidential election. They didn’t care about the employees who had served their dad for years. (We didn’t even know the names of Logan’s secretary, his driver, his cook, etc., because these little people didn’t matter to the Roys).
Their only thought was which one of the three of them should succeed their dad. It never occurred to them that the corporation belonged to the shareholders and the Roy’s had no divine right to rule the corporation.
I was sad to see the series end, but I do think it ended in the right way at the right time.
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Post by auntkelly on May 28, 2023 21:33:44 GMT
I’m really happy for the University of Oklahoma softball team! They have won a record setting 48 games in a row. All of their home games are sell outs. Yesterday, in their super regional game against Clemson they were down by three going into the last inning. There were two runners on base. There were two outs and the batter had two strikes. On the next pitch, the batter hit a two run homer to tie the game. Oklahoma won the game in extra innings.
My husband and I are at our lake house here in Oklahoma and we noticed there were very few boats on the water during the game. About an hour after it was over, there were lots of boats out. People had delayed their outdoor fun to watch the game.
The whole state has gone softball crazy the last few years! It’s great to see female athletes getting the attention they deserve!
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Post by auntkelly on May 28, 2023 19:25:46 GMT
I recommend that she get into therapy with a provider who has experience with personality disorders. That therapist will get to know here and determine if BPD is an accurate diagnosis, but also work on the personality characteristics and symptoms that are causing impairment. DBT is well-known for being a treatment for BPD but it can also be used for other disorders. So getting into a DBT group or provider who uses DBT techniques could be helpful. I have a lifelong friend who had to be hospitalized briefly a few years’ ago and was diagnosed w/ BPD. She was referred to a provider for treatment, and the provider eventually determined that my friend was suffering from depression and PTSD rather than BPD. She still sees the therapist and is doing great.
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Post by auntkelly on May 28, 2023 4:28:20 GMT
I didn’t really care for this season overall, but I thought the finale was very clever. I thought they wrapped up the storylines really well without being overly sentimental or dramatic.
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Post by auntkelly on May 26, 2023 18:57:20 GMT
Honestly, I think it’s completely stupid when school isn’t over by Memorial Day and if schools want people to be there, they shouldn’t schedule school after summer begins (I count Memorial Day as the beginning of summer and think that’s the cultural norm). If students are exempt from finals or can arrange to take them early, good for them. In Minnesota, we always end after Memorial Day because we can not start until after Labor Day. This is the cultural norm in Minnesota. Always. There are a few districts that get exceptions every year and a few due to construction timeframes. They are taking their finals early, but they have to do a lot of it on their own and quickly and gave me some attitude (two of them). They are not going to be exempt. My daughter attended public school in Texas from 2007-2013 and she always had to go back to school after Memorial Day. I always hated it because we liked to spend Memorial Day at our lake house which was eight hours away and it really cut our weekend short. I really thought school should have been wrapped up by Memorial Day. However, I wouldn't have pulled her out of that last week of school. I've always thought that kids need to understand education is their top priority. Plus, I think there are going to be a lot of times in life when they will have to work when they want to be doing something else. The world is not always going to accommodate their schedule. They might as well learn that lesson when they are young.
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Post by auntkelly on May 26, 2023 16:06:14 GMT
Hang in there and fight for everything you are entitled to. You'll get through this.
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Post by auntkelly on May 24, 2023 13:46:36 GMT
I'm going to watch. I can't fathom any parents who don't do everything in their power to get their daughters counseling after being sexually abused. Nor do I understand allowing the predator to remain in their home. Anna is either so brainwashed that she needs deprogramming or she's the biggest box of rocks on the planet. She is standing by him. Thank goodness he's in prison so that he's not home abusing his children. Oh ya. I'll be watching. Sadly, I don't think the Duggars viewed their son as a sexual predator and I don't think they thought of their daughters as victims. I think they thought their son was going through "a phase." I also think they probably thought "it's too bad what happened to the girls, but they'll get over it."
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Post by auntkelly on May 24, 2023 12:10:41 GMT
I just realized Madeline didn’t make the list. That makes me sad.
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Post by auntkelly on May 24, 2023 3:40:12 GMT
I love any list which gets people talking about books-especially children’s books!
I was a little surprised that Jungle Book wasn’t on the list, but I feel pretty sure it’s because of the colonialism aspect of it. I loved it when I was a kid, but times change.
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Post by auntkelly on May 24, 2023 3:01:25 GMT
Congrats!
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Post by auntkelly on May 24, 2023 2:59:11 GMT
It seems it is the doctor's favorite phrase to say "Now that you are older..." I generally make all my yearly check up appointments in January. A few years’ ago, on the day I saw my eye doctor, I had already had my yearly appointments with my OB-GYN, my GP, my dermatologist and my dentist. I had heard the phrase “As we age . . .” from all of them. My eye doctor, an old friend, asked me if I was having any problems. I told them that I was having problems with dry eyes. He began saying “As we . . . .” I cut him off, saying “Ken if you finish that phrase, I’m going to walk out of here.” He laughed and gave me a sample of eye drops for old people.
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Post by auntkelly on May 23, 2023 19:55:45 GMT
The new docuseries about the Duggar family releases June 2nd on Amazon Prime. Is anyone else planning to watch? I admit, I watched 17 Kids & Counting, then 19 Kids and Counting years ago, when the show was first introduced on TLC. I was fascinated by their conservative lifestyle, "courting", all the rules, and that none of the kids appeared to rebel or think their upbringing was abnormal. I think I watched until Josh and Anna had their first baby. Eventually I lost interest and I remember thinking "the men go to work and the women have babies and clean". I was put off by the expectation that the girls in this family are supposed to reach 18, marry, and pop out babies with little expectation of an education, career, or choices of their own (or the ability to wear pants). I will probably watch the new docuseries. I am curious if the series will have any information about Anna and if she is doing okay while raising her brood without her husband around to support her, and if any of the Duggar kids have left the church and are branching out on their own. I don’t know which ones, other than Jinger, who have left the church and gone out on their own (I believe.) I do know that at least 3-4 of them no longer follow the dressing rules and all wear pants. Momma Dugger has even been seen in them a time or two (under a skirt, though.) I read Jinger's book Becoming Free Indeed. Her parents raised her according to the teachings of Bill Gothard, a fundamentalist preacher. As far as I know, her parents are still followers of Bill Gothard, but Jinger has rejected a lot of those teachings and explains why in her book. She makes it very clear that although she does not agree w/ all of the things she was taught as a child, she still loves her parents. Jinger is still quite religious. Her husband is a youth pastor at a big church in California (or at least he was when she wrote the book). In my opinion, she glossed right over the situation w/ Josh. She said he'd done bad things and she was glad he was being punished. Jinger didn't mention in the book that Josh had abused his sisters when they were growing up and her parents had allowed Josh to stay in the home after they found out about the abuse. Of course, it's her story to tell or not to tell, but I was surprised it wasn't mentioned in the book. I think I would be very bitter if I was her.
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Post by auntkelly on May 23, 2023 14:36:25 GMT
I would do my research and then contact 3-5 successful agents in my area.
I would take careful notes when I talked to each agent. I would try to make sure my spouse or another adult was present when I talked to the agents so that we could compare notes later.
With regard to any improvements the agent suggested, I would ask a lot of open ended follow up questions, such as: "If I make this improvement will it add to the value of my house? Do you have a contractor you recommend to make the improvement? Should I give this suggested improvement priority over the other improvements you have suggested? What do you think will happen if I don't make this improvement?"
I would, of course, keep in mind that the housing market can turn on a dime.
One thing I would do now is declutter. Every realtor is going to recommend that, regardless of whether it is a slow market or a hot market.
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Post by auntkelly on May 22, 2023 17:10:01 GMT
I’m almost done with Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin, . about Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. It’s been a tough but fascinating read since I have lived most of my adult life in Oklahoma City and will never forget the sound of that bomb exploding. I lost an old and dear friend in the bombing.
It’s always fascinating to try and understand the mind of a killer. In this case, I don’t think Timothy McVeigh had the slightest sense of guilt over what he did. He was a true psychopath.
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Post by auntkelly on May 22, 2023 12:37:06 GMT
I can’t say it’s my favorite song, but I’ve recently become obsessed with this YouTube video of Glen Campbell playing Wichita Lineman with the South Dakota Symphony for an old PBS special. Wichita Lineman-Glen Campbell w/ Orchestra
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Post by auntkelly on May 21, 2023 22:30:43 GMT
My tailor still requires me to wear a mask, so I keep a few paper ones in the car.
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Post by auntkelly on May 21, 2023 12:23:35 GMT
I hope they are able to get the fires under control soon.
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Post by auntkelly on May 21, 2023 12:11:36 GMT
I’m so sorry you are having such a tough time. I have no experience w/ military life, so I can only imagine how hard it would be to send a child to boot camp. I like mom ‘s suggestion that you should join a military mom’s Facebook group. They will truly understand what you are going through. I don’t think you should completely give up on your cousin. You probably can’t rely on her to be your rock, but she at least cares enough about you to ask your daughter why you are upset with her. I’d tell her in a nonjudgmental way that you are going through a very hard time and why.
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Post by auntkelly on May 20, 2023 23:41:05 GMT
A few years' ago I wrote a book about an F5 tornado that had struck my hometown in Oklahoma.
I now live in a suburb of Oklahoma City. One of my friends from Oklahoma City went camping in Yellowstone a few weeks after my book came out. My friend and her husband introduced themselves to the couple at the next campsite. The couple was from my hometown! My friend asked the wife if she knew me and the wife said "yes" and then showed my friend a copy of my book which she had brought along with her to read on the trip. My friend also had a copy of my book with her.
Imagine my surprise when I saw a picture of the two ladies on Facebook posing w/ their copies of my book at a Yellowstone campsite!
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Post by auntkelly on May 20, 2023 18:35:03 GMT
I sure hope you find your cat soon. I live a couple of hours away from Marietta. We drive past Marietta whenever we go to Dallas. I’ll be glad to stop and look next time we head that way.
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Post by auntkelly on May 18, 2023 23:52:59 GMT
Thank you all for the responses. I am going to follow your advice and let it go!
Just venting about what happened helped me feel better. It was a beautiful wedding and if you’ll indulge me, I’ll post a few pics, but maybe I shouldn’t post on this thread in case the family ever stumbles upon them.
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Post by auntkelly on May 18, 2023 14:26:13 GMT
Long story short, my daughter got married outdoors last Saturday in the midst of a very rainy weekend. Fortunately, it didn't start raining until an hour before the ceremony, which gave the photographer a chance to take most of the pictures outdoors in the gardens before the ceremony.
It started pouring an hour before the ceremony, which caused a lot of stress. However it cleared ten minutes before the ceremony. The radar showed we would have about 45 minutes before the next storm hit, which gave us just enough time to towel down the chairs and get started.
Just as we were about to start, the venue's fire alarms started blaring. The fire trucks came with the sirens blaring. Every room of the venue had to be checked before the fire fighters gave us the all clear to start. Naturally, this caused a lot of added stress.
We were finally able to start the ceremony seventeen minutes late. The officiant shortened the ceremony a little in order to finish before the next round of rain, but it was a beautiful ceremony. The meal was served indoors and the dance floor was on an adjoining covered patio. We had a wonderful time and no one got wet.
My great nieces and nephews were guests at the wedding and reception. They are unruly and we hesitated before inviting them, but we felt the parents, with whom we are close, would be offended if we didn't invite the children. Our wedding planner said she saw two of the boys eyeing the fire alarm seconds before it went off. The boys are 4 and 6. She said no one was watching the kids, which is pretty typical of their parents.
I saw the boys and their father after the ceremony and they looked like deer in the headlights when I waved at them. I feel almost certain the boys pulled the fire alarm. Everything ended up fine and I'm sure it will be a funny story someday. However, I feel they owe us an apology. I also feel like they should go to the firehouse and apologize to the fire fighters. (The kids ran wild during the reception, but I was expecting that).
Should I just let the fire alarm incident go or should I say something?
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Post by auntkelly on May 18, 2023 12:33:57 GMT
Common sayings do not upset me. (I almost said common sayings do not trigger an emotional response, but then I thought that might be insensitive on this thread).
My father died of a heart attack when I was three and that was the most traumatic event of my childhood, but it does not bother me when people say “serious as a heart attack” or “you scared me so bad I almost had a heart attack.”
I literally felt the explosion of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City and lost friends in the explosion but it doesn’t bother me when people say “I bombed a test,” or “she was so mad she about exploded.”
I’m not at all saying your emotional response to the phrase “pull the trigger” is not completely justified, but I do think many common phrases in the English language could incite an emotional response for certain persons. I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect people to stop using all of those common phrases.
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Post by auntkelly on May 11, 2023 12:57:29 GMT
Congrats on your daughter’s graduation!
I hope you get the new job!
When you retire, invite me to your retirement party. After the party, we’ll go tp your current principal’s house. 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by auntkelly on May 10, 2023 18:10:21 GMT
I wonder why anyone thought a house w/ a roof that slopes downward towards the center of the house was a good idea?
The roof would be a nonstarter for me, but I also don't think the flow of the house is very good. It looks like there is a beautiful view in every direction, yet they threw the breakfast table in a corner w/ no windows.
I'm guessing someone will buy the house for the value of the lot. The view of the river is gorgeous!
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