Sassy and Cathy - Hope you both have great days

Buddly - Glad to hear you're doing well! The burn sounds pretty nasty though!

All I can tell you as somebody who has suffered depression since her early teens is that depression is a complicated thing and stems from somewhere. Have therapy and understand that sometimes it's hard to see the light and it seems endless but life is a learning curve and there will be brighter times. Even if going to the gym seems pointless - do it if you can. I tmight seem pointless but when you help those 'happy chemicals' that excercise brings up, you might feel a little different.

I'm okay, just job hunting. Haven't applied for anything yet. I'm looking at charity stuff because I think I'd feel more satisfied doing a job where I can help people but I'm a little reluctant to click 'apply' right now. I've been working out in the gym like mad and trying to just boost my confidence in my body and hope that might affect how I feel about myself & how I portray myself to others.

Need to read for my tax class but I just want to sleep... must........stay.......awake........

Wow a lot going on in here!!
To all those that are new I am really hearing a lot of emotional issues that are still causing pain. There is a book that is GREAT with these things. "Lord I want to be Whole" Stormie Omartian She had a history of abuse and depression and so many things that she finally over come.
If you have nothing to lose then its worth trying!!!

Well it started off stressful but i took the kids to play and just sat for a while and it kinda relieved the stress!!! I am going to have them nap...My whole house needs completely cleaned!!! ok chat with you all lata!!!!

Well I just came back from shopping.. with a headache no less. Had to have my father spend a little for Excedrin Migraine for me to take while I was out shopping otherwise I would literally puke, lol.. I get these headaches almost every freakin day, I'm sick of it. If I had Bayer aspirin I'd just take a low dose daily maybe I wouldn't get them as much.

Got my nuts to munch on, since they make me do #2 all the time I won't need my Miralax anymore, LOL

today I got completely overwhelmed and unable to deal with myself - for no real reason at all. I tried packing food that needed to be reheated for the first time, and could not get the microwave at work to work. Then my computer froze on me.... and I just lost it. I wanted to scream, to cry. Instead I returned home to bury myself in food. I feel so out of control - I mean, come on, the microwave didn't work and my computer froze. so what?

*sigh* I just needed to get that out. I'm not sure what's at the root of this. Thanks for letting me post here!

maybe you got a case of bad luck.. seems to run in my family i know that. if it was me i woulda beat the crap out of both, sometimes it works that way, LOL

I woulda like to see someone like smashing the microwave and the puter...LOL...that woulda made my day!!!

I am still here hanging in trying to keep from drowning in my world here!! I am on the verge of going crazy....like I cant get anyone to pick up after them selves...like no matter what it is or where they are they just drop it and keep walking, I cant keep anyone on schedule, I have missed days of the boys homeschool, I cant get my dh to give me reciepts and then loses the ones I have to turn in, money is just a mess....not ease to run a family of 7 on one income....I just dont know like how much longer I can keep on keeping on.....I am trying a new way of gettin everyone to help...I dont know i am going to go...check in another day!!! My scale is broke so i cant even see where i am at on that one!!

I tell ya, I'm much more understood in this board.. other ones forget it, lol

On that note, busy day tomorrow, gotta go beddie bye. Nite people.

Hey Mom... I don't know if this will help... one of my hub's brothers & his wife have 6 kids and 1 foster child. They, too are on one income. She had a weekly schedule on the fridge that everyone (even the little ones) had to follow. She also home schooled. I really don't know how she did it.. but I know that she often talked that the chore schedule was what saved their sanity. As the kids got older, another chore would be added on so that the house was clean, dishes done, etc... and farm chores as they lived on a farm (same quarter as my inlaws). She had a huge garden and chickens, too.

The schedule got revamped every few months (and that's when new chores were added, as appropriate). Maybe if you did something like that and had a family meeting to talk about why it's needed first..?? Just some thoughts.

I had the same thing going on here when our two were kids. Started with a few and then built up to we did all of the housecleaning on Friday right after school. (I teach full time). No internet, no phonecalls, no tv/games, etc. until chores were done. Each of us had our list and we were pretty good at it til the oldest got a job and was working ... but, we did it for a good 6-7 years.



Have a wonderful day everyone!

I feel really subdued today. Yesterday I relived some old memories I really hadn't realized affected me so much and I just cried myself to sleep. I'm staying in control and thats good.. I'm just not feeling myself, plus I'm full of cold and have awful headache at the moment.

Hope everybody else is feeling good today, big hugs to you all and Iris hang in there, I know you're finding it all difficult atm - just vent if you have to. (When I feel like that I try to write it all down and then burn or tear it up to let it all out)

thanks judo....maybe i could talk to them and get some more little tips...lol...We are doing the chore chart today i wrote it out but the boys find mag. pics and glue them so they can read it too!! lata

Good morning!

Sassyhope you have a wonderful day!!

lauren sorry to hear you have a cold on top of everything else, when it rains it pours eh? Hang in there.

Iris I sure hope today is better for you!

Jelly hope your headache is gone. Its so hard to do anything with that kind of pain.

mom did you enjoy your retreat? I'm sorry you are having such a hard time

Tera hows the back? Are you feeling better?

Hi there Hope, leenie, judo, Cathy, Heather, Deb and everyone else

Had a rather quiet day yesterday as it was my day off and I think I'm fighting off a stomache bug. Thankfully my burn doesn't hurt as much as I expected. It looks rather nasty, but at least its not really bugging me. I think I'll be pulling my light out soon, my saving grace has been that we have been having sunshine, but I guess that is changing. Some people figure we'll have snow soon, actually DdA has a bet with a friend, her friend says there will be snow before Sunday, not sticking snow, but snow out of the sky! We've been going down to freezing at night so she may be right!
Anyway I better get going, have to go get lunch ready for DdC and get her to the bus.

Take care all and have a wonderful day!
K

thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes!!!! thank you!

Sassy - I hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!


hugs,
cathy