Sojo, I was teasing you. We have NO desire to read your thesis. ;) Or anyone elses, for that matter.
And you're NOT nuts for wanting to continue your education. There's no better pursuit.
I'm glad you're feeling better about school time-wise. Something that you love so much shouldn't be a cause for stress.

Soozie, you're the BEST counselor I know! Thank you... you always say the right thing. And you're a natural when it comes to nurturing. :df:

Big hugs for Ruth.... Ruth sweetie, we're thinking about you. And listen, with only one hand... that means you only put HALF as much as usual in your mouth, right?
And you've still got two feet, so WALK girl!! :grouphug:

Where's Dentrassi? And Mauvais?
xoxo

And WHERE is Squeak?

Ummm, I just got back from seeing my psychologist, and I have an apology to make. I am too sensitive, and it's my own problem and I have to deal with it. So humble apologies to Soozie for my having taken your compliment the wrong way and to Sojo for getting defensive about my not going back to school.
:stress: I'm sorry. waaaaaaaaaa!
hugs...

Hmmmmm...
 

I hope I didn't say anything to offend you. I was really just thinking about myself (typical) when I started blabbing about my educational pursuits and had no idea that this was a sensitive topic for anybody. I was just sharing about myself and never meant it to reflect on anyone else. I'm very sorry Ellis... after you posted I had the sense that something wasn't quite right. Its amazing how we can interpret things in ways that were never intended. I have been known to take comments and personalize it to mean something negative about myself... I hope this wasn't the case. I have a lot of self doubts too and struggle with depression, as I have mentioned before. School is the one thing I usualy feel pretty confident about, so I guess I jump at the chance to share with others my achievements in this area. There are so many other areas of my life in which I feel like a failure, especially recently. Again, sorry for any misunderstandings.

:sorry:

You know, its really amazing how friendships develop over the internet and how you begin to care about people whom you have never met. I guess this is my way of saying that I do care about you Ellis and would never say anything to intentionally hurt you or anyone else here. :) And don't ever believe that you are too sensitive... sometimes we sensitive types just need a little reminder that we can interpret and personalize things in ways never intended. Sensitivity is a gift... it gives us compassion and understanding and empathy and intuition and lets us touch the hearts and souls of those around us in ways that others are not able.

waaaaaaaaaaah! You're so sweet you're making me cry.
I care about you too, Sojo.
Yes, it's a sensitive topic for me, and for some ridiculous reason I always expect everyone to know my deepest thoughts. :rolleyes:
I come from an entire family of teachers, and for years I felt such a failure. And VERY touchy when anyone would broach the subject. I seriously considered getting my teaching degree a few years ago just to make everyone else happy.
But the last few years my father has been saying (behind my back, because he's not good at communicating) that I've got more brains than anyone else in the family, and THAT has made me feel on top of the world. :)
Obviously I don't have a good handle on my feelings though, because as soon as everyone here started talking education I began to get panicky again, and thought, "Okay, I'm on meds now... I can do it. I'll go back to school and get a degree or two JUST so that people won't suspect I'm a failure." DUH!!

Today was supposed to be my last appointment with my psychologist. :lol: Last session we decided that I "had it all together", but we've made another appointment for next month.
Phew! Talk about back-sliding!

Sojo, I'm so glad that you love school and that you feel so confident in that area. I envy you your endeavors... you have every reason to feel good about yourself, and not just in that respect! You're a wonderful person, and don't you forget it!
hugs...

I'm thinking I need to jump in here so I can feel the love toooo:twirly:
Oh Ellis - I hug your big brain and have always been fascinated by all your literature knowledge and all sorts of life wit and wisdom. I know this sounds corny - but to my way of thinking, we almost never find "success" through the traditional measuring sticks - degrees, cars, jobs, glamorous duds and all that stuff.

It seems many of us have an achilles heel - I know for me, school has been a place where I could find refuge - a place where I could just nerd out and find success - but if you were to put me in a bikini on the beach - I would run behind the nearest tree . If I had to go to tryouts for a sports team - I would be so self-conscious *and I have always been this way* even when I weighed 130 lbs and most of it was muscle. Can we say body image problems? When I comes to losing weight, I've always failed at every program I tried.

I will live long enough to wear a thong, I just don't know how long it will take!:lol:

Sojo - ok, now my idea of entertainment comes into question - I think your thesis topic sounds quite interesting....... :) how do you do the research for that?

have a great weekend grrrlfriends - terrigrrrl

Hi chickquitas! :)

I am still around. I have just been too tired to post for the last couple of days. All this talk of education...I don't have a degree and worked in retail as a sales person, then manager, then buyer and merchandiser. Then I had a retail burnout moment and quit retail to become a receptionist, I went through a few jobs and got some experience and worked my way up to being a legal assistant with no fromal training or education. A lot of people I have worked with in retail over the years had degrees of some sort and weren't working in the field they studied for. In life anything can happen.

I find that all of the women here are funny, intelligent, and caring.
When Sojo brought up the bit about internet friendships I thought "yeah, and I have met some really great people here who are nicer than some of the people I know face to face where I live".

So big hugs to all of you for being the kind of people you are!
:df:

If I live to be 100 (only 37 more years), I will never be able to catch up on the threads in this forum.

As you can see, I'm back and I can type! Don't ever let anybody freak you out about this pissy little wrist operation! Sure I have a fair amount of pain but I have good drugs and I can use my fingers on the right hand. After the op, I took a pain killer and Harry and I went to lunch at Portland. I could use my right hand to drink wine and snitch some of his chips. Then I came home and had a three hour nap. The biggest problem I have is keeping Lucy from removing my bandages! (Maybe I should let her do it Sunday afternoon?)

Thanks for all the good vibes and spells and prayers.

Now I am going to see if I can hem a pair of slacks with my gimpy hand. I also have to go do the moderator thing on the low-carb board. I must say the posts in here are way more interesting!

Love youse, as they say around here.

HEY Ruth,
Wow, it is great to hear from you so soon. I thought you would be gone for awhile until you figured out some way to type. Don't overdo it though. Stay away from household chores, let hubby do them, but do stay in contact with us.
Mauvaisroux- I agree with you totally! As we all have agreed education is a very good thing,but it does not nessecarily have to be of the formal type. And as for friendships on the net, I dont think I could have met a nicer, funnier or more intelligent group of ladies if I handpicked them myself.
Each and everyone of you girls have your own opinions, feelings, and most certainly your own way of caring and sharing. I stumbled into this group by accident, but unless someone kicks me out, I will enjoy the privilege of calling you friends.
Enough sappy stuff! Hugs to all!

Virginia

Ruth, you're killin' me. :lol: Ummm, listen hon, I don't think you're supposed to drink wine with pain killers. :D

Terrigrrrrl, you're such a sweetheart... thank you.
And you CAN do it! You're going to lose it, and then you'll have NO achilles heel!

Sojo, how about doing your thesis on thongs? I keep getting those mixed up with Tongs. Which ones do you wear on your feet?

Mauvais, I agree with you on the friends thing. Most of my "face-to-face friends" I'd trade in a minute with any one of you.

Okay, let's all kick Virginia out. ;) Virginia, we LOVE you!!

I don't know about the rest of you girls, but Ruth seems to be doing a heck of a lot more with a gimpy wrist than I can do without one! And she's only 37 years away from a hundred! NO! You're NOT 63!! Hey, I'm 63 years away from a hundred. :)

My gosh... my furnace just kicked on...

We've got house guests. My hoot of a sister-in-law and a nephew. And two ruddy dogs. One of whom promptly pooped three times when it entered my house. Curses.

I am glad your operation went well Ruthxxx, I guess this means you won't be chickening out of having the other one. :)
37 years from 100?? um, I am almost 75 years from 100....

I am glad I am not the only one that finds you girls much better then a large number of the "real people" I know. I guess it would be too much to have all of us wonderful ladies living all in the same place. ;)

Ellis - hun you are smart weither you have graduated or not! ****, you are smarter then a number of people I know that have degrees. And I just noticed the "Where is squeak?" message. hehe

My head has been off in another world most of this week. I feel like :censored: both mentally and phyiscally. I hate this weather. It either has to get cold and stay colder or be warm and stay warm. I am back to taking Sudafed. And I haven't been sleeping for very long, a few hours then I am awake for a little while. As for mentally work has done a number on my brain, and on my emotions. There is a ton of stuff to get done in the next few months, and there is still no help in sight. I may get to go on a 1 day training class which will be nice. But that is if my boss manages to approve my travel expences while there is still room left in the class. For some unknown reason my boss has picked me to do the company's W-2s (they are the equivalent to T-4s for you Canadians :)), which scares the living daylights out of me. The women who had done them for years left our dept, and has since passed away. But now no one knows what has to be done. For the first meeting about them, which involved setting deadlines and a confrence call to people outside the company, my boss was no where to be found. GRRRRR. There is just so much stuff to get done and I am not suppose to work overtime either. No more $ in the budget. I think I am going to have a nervous breakdown before the next 6 months are through.

I hope everyone else is having a better time then me :)
And I promise to actually post more often this week.

:mouse:squeak

Squeak darling, welcome back you sweet old thing. Thank you for the lovely compliment. :)
You're right... it's probably as well that we don't all see each other face to face on a regular basis....
"Gee, that Ellis isn't too bad on the forums, but when is she going to brush her hair?"
Hey, don't forget... you can only do what you've been hired to do. If they can't pay you overtime it's not your responsibility to overextend yourself to make the company successful. It's just a job. Don't lose your mind over it. You're far too important to a LOT of people, including us!

Hugs to everyone... :grouphug:

Just for the record, everyone, Ellis has lovely hair and does brush it. It is gorgeous hair! Even better than my daughter's hair - well, maybe not!

Squeak, I used to work for Revenue Canada and know those little forms are tricky. Too damned bad your predecessor croaked - maybe they should dig her up to help you?

I do agree on Internet Friendships. When you actually meet some of these people IRL, you can just carry on with the friendship. I've met about 30 folk from the net - maybe more - and feel I am close friends with most of them.

I have had only one lousy experience with a Net "friend" - she lives in Kingston which is close to here and we met a couple of times. It did not take long for me to realize she was a snob (talked UEL and DAR a lot) and managed snide little put-downs. After three of those, I canned the friendship. She also had a back yard full of dog poop and took you on snooty garden tours through the ****-field with no apologies or warnings. No class! Knowing the Latin names for plants does not make you a class act! (Her Latin pronunciation was awful, says snobby Ruth!)

I looooove drugs! Forgot my pain killer last night at bedtime (bad evening with furnace problems) and woke in agony at 1. Popped a couple of pills (on an empty tummy), went back to sleep and woke at 6 a.m. I did NOT throw up either. Now I need to figure out the schedule for the rest of the day. Antibiotic at 6, breakfast at 7:30, next dose at 12 and wait two frigging hours for lunch!!! No way! Antibiotic at 11? Hmmm - means I need to eat a wee something at 10 if I'm gonna take a pain killer then. THIS IS TOO FRIGGING DIFFICULT! Unfortnately I do still have a decent appetite. :shrug:

My nurse pal Claire is coming at 10 to do the Great Unveiling per the surgeon's orders. If the incision is yicky looking, I'll have to figure out some chic way to cover it - would not want to lose my appetite. Anyone have a Hermes scarf I could borrow?

Harry is being a sweetie although he cooked an absolutely terrible dinner last night. He discovered a "Make it with Soup" recipe book and did a dish with cream of celery soup. You'd think after all these eyars he would know I detest cooked celery - and turnip and parsnip.

Gotta go and shove my boobs into a bra - hooking at the front works really well and the Girls settle down nicely after the Twirl.

Happy Sunday, everyone.

Ruthxxx...God, you're funny...is it the drugs? Anyway, glad to have you back among us...

I guess I'll go shove MY boobs into a bra and get on with the day!

Hi to everyone!

It's the weekend - my boobs don't get shoved into a bra. Unless I have to go somewhere & look respectable. Otherwise they go free. :lol:

Oh my gosh... you free girls, you. I wear a bra 24 hours a day. Something about being British and uptight...

Ruth - glad to see you're back with us and hanging in there :)

I do have to ask you a question - the snooty Internet friend who talked about UEL and DAR? what are UEL and DAR?


I have a feeling that if I were to meet you all in person, we'd have a great time.......Many of my closest friends in real life don't live anywhere near here, so I appreciate the connection. Unfortunately right now - my husband and I are economic immigrants - so we live in a part of the U.S. which is transient and most people only come here to work like crazy, then take their money and leave for friendlier, more laid back places.

Squeak - I've been in similar situations on my job - hang in there and I'm here if you ever feel the need to talk about it.

Ok, boob talk :lol: I've always been a free spirit......when I was a teenager my mom told me that one day I would live to regret it.....I think she called it "the droops" he he.

Well, I need a lift, but I don't think it's from twenty years of free spiritedness - I think that gaining and losing weight a few times will do it to you. note to self: make this time the last time :lol:


terrigrrrl

UEL stands for United Empire Loyalists - the Americans who came to Canada during the American Revolution - most settled around here. DAR is Daughters of the American Revolution - I guess that's the opposite. It used to be a big deal around here to put UEL after your name if you were a UEL descendant. What a bunch of snobs!

Hey fab femmes! :D

Glad that everyone is doing well,except you poor little Squeak-things will get better :goodvibes

Ruthxx-glad to hear that your operation went well and you are still with us :)

UEL :p what's that pompous royalist :censored:??!!!?? I'm more British than they are :lol:

:yawn: I am pooped and must go to bed now...

Have a great night everyone!

Ruth-Glad to hear that you are healing so well!!!

Ruth...too funny girlfriend...ROTFPMP!!!!!!!!!!!!! a mine-field in the backyard of a pompous ***...too funny...and you're hemming a pair of pants one handed...no you are not even doing that...are you???? My DP has been waiting two months or more for me to hem a pair of her pants for work...I just pinned them up this weekend and still have to do them...hope your gimpy sewing inspires me.

Sorry I haven't written too much girls. My computer was down one night and last night I went to bed at 9:30 with the peanut...fell asleep telling her a bedtime story and slept through the night. Guess I needed it. Too many threads to catch up on now or I'll be up all night tonight.

Love you and I'll be at the gym tomorrow...again...still fat though, don't worry. Soozie

I'll be at the gym tomorrow...again...still fat though, don't worry.
:lol: You've hit it right on the head, Soozie. Let's all get slim TOGETHER! (except for Mauvais and Christina, who are already skinny-minnies.... hmmm, I think I know why that is... do you know why, Ruth?)

Lil' Den, where oh where have you been? Making fabulous jewelry? No, let me guess... you've been exercising! What's happening with those stomach crunches, hon? It's no damned good if you only do them once a week. (don't worry, I'm still fat too, heh heh)

Gee Ruth, what could be worse than coming to Canada during the American Revolution. (coming BEFORE the American Rev) And DAR? Geepers, that could mean anything! Who's your mamma? Who's your papa?
How's the wrist? Sewing much? Still doing the drugs?

Speaking of hemming pants, when we bought our first house 10 years ago we moved with a large box full of "mending to do". When we moved and bought THIS house 4 years ago, the box came with us. I've still got it. Untouched by human hands. Full of unhemmed pants.

Soozie, have you ever tried a stapler?

:o Its so good to know I am not the only one with a box of pants to hem and sleeves to shorten. I too am very guilty of that. I absolutely hate hemming. But one of these days, they will get done!:lol:
Virginia

You know, Virginia, I was sort of thinking maybe I should just throw the whole damned box out without looking at it. Or maybe I should open the box and have a good laugh. There's probably nothing in there that we want (or that fits) anymore. :lol:

Ellis you are probably right! May just do the same myself.
Virginina

Never tried the stapler but have used double stick tape!!!! :lol:
Love, Soozie

Hope nobody objects but we need a new thread! I'll start it but won't split off the October posts into it until I get the word from Mauvais.

Mauvais!
Want me to split the thread?