Holly still keeping you in my thoughts. Do you have a date for the funeral yet?

Lisa it's awful your friend is snubbing you - I hope you get your money back soon. If you don't hear soon, I'd suggest you go to small claims court (or whatever the equivalent is in Washington) to get your money back. Sending hugs, and hope you get on ok til you have money again.

P.s. has anyone else been having problems with the site recently?

Originally Posted by lisaloveshearts:
I am so incredibly sad and hurt today.

I asked a friend to repay a loan to me. She owes me $1800. She said she sent me $100, 9 days ago. I still have not received it. I have been constantly asking her, via text and voicemail, to help me locate it. I get silence.

I have $10 to my name.

I am beyond hurt. I want to cry but I am in public.

I'm sorry to hear about the headache your friend is putting you through. . I hope something comes around for you with your situation so you can recover the funds.

Its not so much the money, its the trust. I'm so hurt.

Hello friends :)

Lisa - I would be feeling like my heart was punched if a 'friend' did that!! :?: what is wrong with her?! I hope so much that she wises up NOW and apologizes and tries to make amends!! love to you Lisa!!

Hi Coop :hug: and :hug: to everyone :)

This Saturday will be my brother's service. He has been cremated..his remains are in my car. I have been to the Post office of his town to make forwarding mail arrangements. We contacted the sexton of the cemetery where we have plots (he will rest by my mother and near our grandparents) We have written obituary and the funeral home has it on their site http://www.guareandsons.com/obituary/steven-brunelle

if you would leave a message on the guest book it would mean alot to my sister and I to see messages there :) and I submitted obituary to 2 local papers. We have made a million calls and emails. We are having a graveside service, then a reception at a cousin's home (she is wonderful to offer her nice home for this!!) She is in her 70's and said she could offer hot coffee, tea and cold cider only..we hastened to tell her that was wonderful and we would provide food.

my sister wanted to call for catering prices but I just said 'let me and husband do it' :) as we are food service professionals. I bought some pretty, dark blue paper plates and napkins, I have a nice white damask tablecloth, a dark blue runner and I will pick my remaining flowers to have in little vases. We will make a platter of finger sandwiches and a platter of rollups; and today I baked brownies, cookies, and cheesecake bars.

My sister has been going through photos and will have a posterboard of pics, a framed pic, and a guest book to sign.

I KNOW my mother would be so proud and so happy that her daughters are trying their best to honor their brother!!

Besides this major event...we had the roof leaking, i know I spoke of that already, we have been up there on ladders in the freakin cold rain and it is not a fun homeowner thing to do :rofl: slippery! and high up!! I *think* we have it temporarily patched.

AND THEN have you heard on the news about the destructive wind/rain storm that ripped through New England?? Our home *only* lost power for 6 hours early Monday morning...the town where the RB's store is? No power since Monday morning! I have not been to work since Sunday because the store is closed! and closed tomorrow!! I feel bad that the RB will lose thousands in inventory ... but I feel worse about being without a paying job!! I actually called our State's Unemployment Insurance dept. today to inquire..and yes, I can file for Unemployment benefits because it was no fault of mine, that I cannot work at my job. But I wont'get any money for at least 10 days. thank god I have my piggy bank money!!!

Okay, so death in the family, leaking roof which means there is damage we can't see...no pay for at least 3 days...but payment needed for funeral...sheesh I am so glad I got my winter tires already because that money would be commandeered!!

BUT the bright side...I am happy that we are trying to honor our brother with a nice ceremony and reception; the roof is not leaking now :devil: and my health is good :) and I've gotten back to doing the Leslie Sansone walking working as often as I can, and today i did some pushups and crunches for the first time in MONTHS .

WHEW I blabbed alot :devil:

Coop - I never get email notification when a post is made here, yet I get notifications on threads from like a year ago...but the major irritant here, is that I log in, spend maybe 3 minutes typing a post, hit submit, and it says 'you are not logged in'. Then have to retrieve the post, hopefully.

is that link to the obituary working??

http://www.guareandsons.com/obituary/steven-brunelle

Holly your plans for your brother's funeral sound lovely - I'm sure your parents would be very reassured to see you both taking such care of your brother. I hope the service goes well & stays dry for you.

It never rains but pours as they say, and through the roof while it's at it :lol: they say bad things come in 3's, it sounds like you've had them all now - here's hoping it turns around for you soon!

I keep getting redirected to a blank page when I come to the site just now - I have to be quick to click on a sub-section before it has the chance to redirect me, or I can't see anything at all. It's strange.

I definitely agree with Holly - homeownership sucks! As they were finishing the en suite, they somehow broke the new sink, then our other bathroom flooded. :dz: Then we discovered a vent pipe in the loft has been venting sewer gases into our loft for ages. Lovely! Our apartment is cursed at the moment :lol: we're getting pretty stressed out trying to manage all the threads, and get OH's dad's house on the market too. Fingers crossed nothing else happens for a while!

My nutritionist asked me to get some additional tests run for my thyroid. I got the results today, and it basically shows I'm going develop an under/overactive thyroid in my future, I just don't have a problem now.

At least I know why I've had problems losing weight!

Coop, it's always good to get the facts isn't it! I hope you can work with the uncooperating thyroid in the future :)

Oh my gosh @ the problems with your flat!! haunted, :devil: well that is as good as explanation as any :D BEST wishes that there are no more unpleasant homeowner surprises in store for you!!

and thank you for your condolence message :) took me a second to think 'who do I know in the UK' and then it flashed on me :)

This is how selfish and self-centered my sister is - she said 'WHO are all these people leaving messages on Steven's page? I don't know any of them!" and I said, 'they're either my motorcycle peeps, or just people I know online". She says, "well they're saying YOUR name, and not mine, I feel left out!" :eek: :tantrum: Is that a good example of what she is like :mad:

today we met with the pastor and I just gripped the table the whole time, listening to my sister's take on history ("our father left us at a young age") well, they divorced,that is NOT the same as 'leaving us'...("Our brother thought he had to be the little man of the family") NO that is not true either...("we bounced around so much I didn't even know where I lived") Bullsh*t!!! :mad:

It was an hour of that. !!!! but finally it was over.

Then I got the key to my brother's apartment and OH so warily opened up the door...okay it wasn't that bad, Home Health people had been in to clean, so it didn't smell, but everything is in boxes, and there are aLOT of boxes. I tried to look for important papers and correspondence but could only find a couple things from SS, the landlord, and a few debit cards. No bank statements or such. I have put in a request for forwarded mail so I will just have to wait a month or 2 to see what is lurking out there.

I did pick up a couple personal things to have on his 'memory table' at the service, a chess set, one of his mechanical calculators, and his watch.

I only spent 45 minutes in there but left with heightened heartbeat, and my cheeks were flushed like bright red..just from anxiety of thinking of how we have to take care of every single item in that apartment eventually...

OK but then I tried to look on the bright side of things on my way home..."I'm alive and in good health..my car is working..i;m driving home to our own home and husband who loves me...my kids are happy and healthy..I have a job with a RB" :devil:

holly :wave: no problem for the message, I'm glad it went in ok, I couldn't figure out how to view them at first.

Your sister sounds like she has a bit of a victim complex going on! At least you have a positive/true spin on things, sounds like you have a much more positive mentality. Especially if your thankful for working for the r@t!!

Hi Holly, Hi Coop,

Hi ladies,

Not much to say here. Getting my health insurance and meds lined up. I see my Dr again, on Monday, my second visit.

Ohio State is getting their asses kicked. grrrrrr


Today seems like Sunday.


I'll do personals another day. Just kinda quiet.

Much love to all.

Hi ladies,

Sorry I have not done personals in a while. Let me get this out and explained and then I can concentrate on you all.

I went back to my new Dr again today. My blood work came in and I have type 2 diabetes.

My Dr was very supportive and we have a game plan. I am on a 4 week "diet."

Protein shakes, meat (again protein), 1 helping of beans a day, 1 helping of fruits a day, no dairy (except almond milk) I can have cottage cheese (which I LOVE). I can have fake eggs. 1 helping of nuts a day. Tons of vegetables. Nothing white (potatoes, rice, regular bread. (nadda)

No more pop. (ugh)

I can have regular food, 1 day a week.

I knew something was wrong and I suspected pre-diabetes. I was praying it was not full blown, I was wrong.

I have not felt good physically in about a year. So it is what it is.

Oh yeah, she upped my blood pressure med. I am on a med to lower my cholesterol. I am on a very good med to help me get my sugar under control. She said it was a fantastic drug.

Thats it.

Much love to all.

Hello friends!

Lisa well..I guess it's good to know exactly the truth and you are doing something about it! My husband had fantastic results going on the type of eating that you just described, he lost alot of fat very quickly and got his numbers MUCH better and controlled. As you will too!!! Sorry about no pop ... can you stand the sugar-free ones at all? or maybe stuff like Crystal Lite. I am not a plain water drinker myself. Best wishes Lisa!!! I bet you will feel better soon with these blood sugar changes! :carrot:

Hi Coop!

Hello to everyone else!!

My brother's service was very nice. If you can say a funeral is 'good', his was good :) Unexpected family and friends came to support, which was wonderful; it didn't rain on us at the cemetary, wonderful :D and my husband and I made 3 big platters of finger sandwiches, and I had 3 platters of sweets, the table looked beautiful, plenty to eat, and the reception was at the large renovated beautiful farmhouse of a cousin, so plenty of room for people to sit or mingle and reminisce. I KNOW my mother would have been so proud of me and my awful :devil: sister , for what we did for our brother :angel:

Now the ugh part will be to take care of his apartment and belongings. I havent even been contacted by the landlord yet :?: so I don't know how much time we have.

Lisa sorry to hear about your diagnosis, that is a tough one. Your diet sounds like it will help get your blood sugars under control though. It sounds like the whole 30 challenge I did earlier this year, tough but you'll get used to it.

If you don't like plain water, could you add slices of lemon & mint leaves to flavour it up a bit? I'm wary about diet drinks, as the sweeteners are so controversial.

Holly I'm glad your brother's funeral service went well, it sounds like a lovely send off. I hope you get his apartment sorted alright!