Good Morning -

I would love to live on 32 acres Jules!! Must be so peaceful, acorns and all. I grew up on 5 acres with woods and a filberts orchard. It was nice.

Happy Belated Anniversary Marti & James!

I am going to go now - lol . Just need to do laundry and dishes. Gaby is sick with a cold/cough. I am sick too. Rach has some flu thing going on - throwing up all night.

Her father and I met with her Kaiser counselor Saturday. Trying to get her into this other treatment place but he is dragging his feet. What a butt. He did finally agree to go see it yesterday. blah - blah.

Anyway- Cristi. He is moving to a senior place on the 9th. Thank the lord!! lol

ugh,,,,,,,making size 12 pants my home these days. Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 too. Gads.

Chat after I get some work done! tata

I ache...lol My arms feel like someone ripped them off and beat me with them.

Susan, what is with Doug? Does he not see that Rach is in need of help? Tanner has a cold too, Brandon still has a sore throat, but he went camping...we had words about that. Im over reacting is what he said. Ya right.

Ginny, I have a friend like that,,,whimpering about no money and yet going on about what they have bought recently..big ticket items too. Do they live really far away?

Jane, why do men fight about going for medical help? Monte needs to do a physical, and seriously don't know when I can get him there.

well off to do some cleaning,,,watched Tyra Banks today,,,ever heard of Its a Wrap? you can buy clothes worn by actors/resses for good deals....

Good afternoon ladies...

JANE...maybe you should print out some stuff for Neal to read about it. I never dreamed V had it so bad until the doctor suggested the sleep center. He HATES that breathing machine he has to sleep with but without it...he would never have a restful sleep. His was so bad that he was falling alseep behind the wheel! :yikes: Not good at all. Hope Katie is feeling better.

MARTI...glad you are enjoying your time with Jhanai. They do grow up fast! Too fast if you ask me.

SUSAN...I see about Doug. That could be a good thing for him. Bet he will miss the girls being with him though.

JULES...our dream is to have 20-30 acres when V retires. We love living in the country and did when we first married. We were about 1 1/2 hours from where we are now. And the small town had no jobs so...it's hard. But there's other areas closer that we are learning to love so one day. But I bet it is BEAUTIFUL in WV! My son went to Clinch Valley College in Wise (Which is now The University of VA at Wise-changed the name when he left), VA a few years ago and we were up there for a visit and man is it BEAUTIFUL! I love the mountains. We also took a side trip to NC...DB & SIL were living there at the time. So I can only imagine your place! You sound like me with the planting. I am dying to plant something and DH said "Why?" A butterfly garden sounds so nice. I had to go get a butterfly bush last year and you would not believe the butterflies it attracted! So I am looking forward to that again.

ELLEN...forgot to answer you question about the french doors...they are doors and not sliders. I just really like the look better. Sounds like you had a very busy weekend! Glad you had DD to help! V and I did a little bit of yard work. Not much to do right now. We had to mow which is really early. But we winterized and with the little bit of rain we got and snow, plus about three weeks ago I decided I better water it some. Well, it is so green and needed mowing. Don't usually mow until late April I thought.

ANGIE...for some reason I thought you guys already painted the basement. The colors sound very nice though.

CONNIE...(((((HUGS))))) to you. :hug: :hug: Don't feel like you would bore us with details. We are here for you whenever you want to talk. And sometimes it's good to get it out.

GINNY...seems like there is always someone in the family like your BIL. I know when my grandpa's health was failing my mom and an Aunt took care of him. Then finally had to put him in a nursing home. It was a hard decision but the best place for him. But, the other two Aunts and an Uncle wanted nothing of it. I always thought it should be a family thing and everyone should. Anyway...WTG with your biking! :bravo:

MINDEE...good luck with the apartment hunting. V and I are going to go to some Open Houses this weekend and see what our competition is. And get some ideas for the new house if and when we ever get it.

Had a busy morning and I am pooped. Trying to get my laundry done while I am on the puter. Also, had to make reservations for Josh to come home in May. For some reason they need his itinerary before the next pay day which is Friday. They just want/need to know where he is going and where he will be also. So did that. Also, ordered some WEdding Day scent candles online. V asked me what I was going to do when they are gone and I said cry. :cry: They have retired the scent but you can still get them online. I'm thinking they will just have them until they sell their supply. :dunno: I love the scent though and they are special because I bought those for our Wedding Day. Anyway...I am pooped and need to go post on the other thread before going to fold some laundry. When V gets home we are headed for an early dinner at Olive Garden. Then to Lowes to get some pansies for my pot on the porch, if you want to call it a porch. :lol: And he wants to get a haircut. We havent had a date night in ages so we are overdo. Oh, went and rented some DVD's Saturday and watched Capote, In Cold Blood and Derailed so far. Haven't rented any in ages so ended up getting six movies,lol! Have three more to watch and there were so many more I wanted to rent. Okay, signing off for now.

Take care ladies and have a GREAT day!

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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIESWow another beautiful day, a little chilly but none the less ,it feels very spring like today. I just finished having lunch with my daughter and she's off to work again.I have some cleaning to do ,so I thought I would pop on and say hi.
HI ANGIE :wave: Yes my daughter is an early riser, she is a little energizer bunny :lol: She is a lot of help ,we are a great team when it comes to getting things done, there is no dillydallying when we get to business. :lol: we are still both amazed how much we accomplished in 8 hours :lol: MMM chocolate that sounds yummy, oh but you won't be licking the walls will you :lol: I think that is going to look so nice. I was browsing and I saw a beautiful floral lavender and sage area rug and I thought of all you girls painting with those colours, very pretty, I can hardly wait for pictures .Tools for Mothers Day :lol: you sound like me I was so excited to get a new lawnmower for one Mothers Day, I love cutting the grass :lol: I do honest. I hope your arms feel better, no wonder you are glad the weekend is over.:lol: Hope you are having a relaxing day. :hug:

HI SUSAN:wave:Sorry to hear that you are all sick, thats all you need on top of everything else.Glad Rachels's father finally stepped up, hopefully he sticks with the program.:mad: I hope you are all feeling better soon :hug: :hug: :hug: one for each:)

HI GINNY :wave: CONGRATULATIONS :dust: just for a little help if you need it sometime :lol: don't worry about what the scale says if you are feeling stronger thats the important part and the scale will catch up with sooner or later. Maybe you are just to darn speedy :lol:I hope you are enjoying your day , even if your working.:D

HI MRS CRISTINA:wave:I can't believe you are buying flowers already I am so jealous.:lol:I think I will be planting a butterfly bush to this year, I love butterflies. I am like you I find a fragrance that I love ,mine would be pot pourri, but then they go and discontinue it and I am heartbroken. Don't they realize how important these decisions they make are, and how they affect peoples lives :lol:what the world coming to. I hope you can still find your candles on line for a long time, some things are just special to us aren't they.:hug: I like the french doors to, someday I might have some , thats the plan anyways, time will tell if it actually happens, or finances :lol: Any word on the house, any offers on yours yet, we need to get this house sold so you can move , Christmas is coming you know:present: Ahh your going to the Olive Garden, I want to come , can I please. I am not getting anything done , so I better get going and get to it. Have a great day.

Hi TO EVERYONE ELSE...:wave: MARTI JANE MINDEE JULES SUE KATY AND CONNIE WHOM I HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY MET YET. I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY, I MIGHT BE BACK TONIGHT TO CATCH UP WITH THE REST ,BUT FOR NOW I MUST SCOOT BECAUSE NOTHING IS GETTING DONE AND I HAVE BEEN HERE TOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG BYE GIRLS:wave:

Pooh on Doug. I am sure he will miss the girls and the control he has/ had on their life.
He really just needs to step aside and let me mother them. He has done a lousy job but he thinks he is Mr Cleaver *snicker*
I swear if he makes me wait til next Monday when Rach decides not to go back to school..... to realize we are in deep feces, I am going to go ballistic!!! I can't afford any more disruptions at work. I did get Rachel's dr to sign a medical form so I can shorten my work hours to 6. - blah-blah-blah-blah
ugh- ok, there are good things about him but he can be a royal jerk too.
He was abandoned as a child (in a Catholic home for boys after his mother died when he was 5 years old. He thinks putting Rach in treatment will scar her for life, so he he is waiting to see if she will straighten up all on her own).

Ang is always painting a basement Cristi - hehe, jk. She was down in the basement years ago working, I don't think she ever came up. lol I am joking, we all love Angie and her can do attitude.

Ellen - it is beautiful here too!! I did 2 loads of laundry and 1 came out soaking wet with suds still, threw them in the dryer anyway. I feel better now, and Gaby seems to be perking up. Ready for a nap though

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Good morn from a stranger. Kind of feel like I'm butting in.Wasn't sure where to post this early am....but here I am. Did post in the bio section....then had hard time getting back. For some reason, my puter doesn't want to shake hands with 3FC site.I am on AOL....but log in under Yahoo mail.....but still won;t work & have to get a new password every time I log in.....& most likely, that doesn't work either. Doesn't look like I'll get to spend much time with you nice ladies.
Yesterday was a looooong day.My Mother is in a home & I had to get her moved to another room....due to probs with her room mate.Mom was upset....so was I & spent most of the day there....& went back in the eve for a final check.One thing for sure....I've seen too much/learned a lot with her situation & have told my 2 DDs....if I keel over tomorrow, sing no sad songs for me.
Too early in the morn for depressing subjects.Yesterday was my usual WI day & didn't get done.....so will do that later & see what the scale says.Thanks for letting me join & I'll be back if & when the puter allows:)

Good morning ladies,

Welcome Patce. Sounds like you found the right group. Hope your computer allows you to come in. What I do is put this page in my favorites then everytime I want to come in all I have to do is bring up my favorites list and here I am. No logging in or out, no hassles. Don't know if that will help you or not, but it's my 2 cents worth.

Christina, thanks to your dryer story, my clothes are now drying faster and dryer. I checked into my lint trap on Saturday and was very surprised. It didnt' look dirty but I washed it anyway. Now viola my clothes dry faster. They were coming out still damp.

I rode my bike again last night, went about 7 miles. It shows how many calories you burn and for all the pedaling, the calories don't add up very fast. How come when you don't want them, like when you are eating, they add up quickly, but try to get rid of them suckers and it's almost impossible for them to add up. It's just not fair.

It is suppose to be in the 50's today. But it is very cloudy out. Looks like we'll skip spring this year and go right into summer. With our luck, that should last a couple weeks anyway... this gray sky has me depressed. Our climate is changing. It just isn't the way it used to be.

Susan, hope you and the kids are feeling better. I have been following along with your problems with Rachael, but what is exactly wrong with her? I take it you are divorced and your ex is giving you problems with her care, is he the father to all 3 girls?

Angie, the pompous butt lives 3 hours away. But he has a camper which he leaves parked at a nearby campgrounds, and a large boat which he parks behind our greenhouses. He comes up every weekend to fish in the summer. So coming up here is no problem to them, when they want to. Even when they come up to fish, they don't go see mil, they still only do that once a month or so. He said if he had to take her, she'd be in a home. That is her biggest fear, she told us that for years. She didn't want to go into one. So we are keeping her out as long as we can. Funny thing too, is that the pompous butt is her favorite child and she lets everyone know this. Sad really.

Oh, well the morning I have time to post I have nothing to say.
Hello to Jane, Ellen, Jules, Connie and everybody else. I really have to take notes so I can remember what I want to reply to.. Still no new baby.

Ok, guess I'll get moving. You all have a super day.

Ginny

Good morning ladies :wave:

Just a kind of quickie for me...a busy day ahead and it started at 6:30 this morning. I am NOT a morning person at all! Had four calls yesterday for showings today and the first one was at 9:30-10:30 this morning. Didn't want to do an early appointment but we are trying to sell the house so went with it. Someone wanted to see it last night at 5:30-6:30 and called at 3:45. Ummm, don't think so. I definitely wasn't ready and we were going out, Jason wasn't home but Carrie and the dog were so...our realtor is going to call that realtor and see if they want to reschedule, if not oh well. Anyway, have an appointment for 1:00-2:00 and then another at 1:30-2:30. They schedule for an hour but usually are in and out in 30 mns. or so. They didn't seem to think that would be a problem and it's fine by me because I only have to leave once. Needless to say...I will be gone most of the day but wanted to check in and say HI!

PATCE...a BIG WELCOME to you! :welcome: Glad to have you aboard and look forward to getting to know you. I have had the same problem with 3fc since they changed servers and I too have AOL. So I go through IE and no problem at all. Haven't even tried to come to 3FC through AOL since. Again, welcome!

GINNY...we are having some weird weather also. Never really had much of a winter. HAd summer like weather and then last week apparently mother nature thought we needed some snow. Well, it's in the 60's now so I guess she decided we will have spring after all. Good deal about the lint tray.

ELLEN...there are just a few flowers that they have out now, and LOTS and LOTS of pansies are on eof them! But i like them, they ar pretty...love the purple and yellow together!

SUSAN...sorry Doug didn't do so well with raising the girls. And just because he had a terrible experience at a Catholic home doesn't mean Rachel will. I think it would be for her own good. At least try it and see before passing judgment. I would think it would help her.

Anyway, ladies gotta go. Want to read a couple of things and need to get out of the house in a little over an hour.

Have a wonderful day ladies!

Susan, your right about me being in the basement all the time...lol And I painted that basement a lighter shade then what Im painting this basement.
About Doug, that is sad for him that he was placed in an (orphanaged) but Rach isn't going into one, shes going for her to be helped.

Christina, I didn't even know there was a butterfly bush..is that what its called? Wonder if they have them here. Also I gave one of my Wedding Day *cakes/cookies* to my mom, she loved them so much she went to the store I always buy from and had them order her a case. They charged us, $1.35 each. I have paid $1.99 at linen n things. My other favorite too is Sage and Citrus. So Josh's ticket,,,does the cost come out of his pocket?

Ellen, I have only moved the lawn twice ever. I don't think I know how to...lol
But I sure do love tools, we are doing to need a mitre saw, the last time we did renovations we rented but I would like to have my own. Was thinking of doing some crown molding in my office and any other part of the house...lol (could be a dangerous thing...lol) Does your DD have alot of yard work ahead of her too?

Hello and Welcome Patce, as Ginny has said if you can save us to favorites you will be able to easily join us.

Ginny, your BIL sounds alot like my BIL. My husband is the youngest of three boys, all they grandparents have passed on, and so has both their mom and dad. So its just the three of them, the two older ones have been fighting for over 18 years...we are stuck in the middle. The oldest brother is the one I refuse to spend any of our time with. I can't even try to be nice to him. He has done one too many down right bad (evil) things.

Brandon is camping, I didn't want him camping cause this area is bad for freak snow storms, but off he went. I called him last night to check up on him,,,hes with about 15 other people...(am I being too over protective?) Anyways we had a hilarous talk,,,he was telling me about all the people in the group, most of them he didn't know.
Anyways need to go see the eye Dr. (I know there is an offical name,,,can't spell it) I was working with this one fabric that is synthetic, and one of the particles got in my eye, its itchy and swollen, thinking its got to be blocking my tear duct. But I now have 3 turbins done, a belt and the parrots feet. The rest I will have to use the machine...

Christina, just missed you,,,fingers crossed one of those viewings will be the one.

Hiya ANGIE...love the butterfly bushes! And they grow sooooo fast! They are not a really attractive shrub but the purple flowers on the them are very pretty and the butterflies they attract-wow! And yes they are called butterfly bush. About Josh...they will fly them from Hawaii to LAX and then the cost from there is totally his, to and fro. He has to fly back to LAX and get a ticket that the Armay pays for to Hawaii. But, he will be in CA for training from April 19-May 19 and I am assuming the Army will get him to LAX from the desert. Not sure about that. When he flew from GA to L.A. they paid his way from there to HAwaii and on top of it paid him travel pay from GA to L.A. even though they paid his ticket from GA to L.A. I like the citrus and sage also! I have the potpourri in a bowl on my coffee table and then freshen it up with the oil, smells sooooo good! Anyway, I gotta get going or I won't be outta here on time. Seems no matter how early I start with things I end up rushing out the door at the last minute. Have a great day girly!

Hi ladies, just a quickie here. Hope everyone's doing ok. I have a butterfly bush and it's gorgeous each summer. I cut it back each year, and it grows like crazy. The butterflies and hummingbirds like it. The hummingbirds like my tall summer phlox best, though.

Take care......

A quickie for me too!!

Jhanai has been talking about getting a butterfly bush!! How strange that you're all talking about it!

Landlord decided to down a tree yesterday.....who knew that people get up at 7:30 am to work.....so the last couple days.....all I hear is cutting and saws and piling into a truck. You know, quiet work!:D

Must get ready for work!

Hugs:hug:


Oh...can't forget: Welcome Patce!!!

Welcome Patce!

I have this horrid cough and I am sure I am on my death bed but thought until I actually expire from coughing too hard I would say hello!!!!:dizzy:

I have 3 daughters Ginny and Control Freak Doug is father to the oldest 2 (who are 14 1/2 and 13). He has basically had them since our seperation in 2000. Rachel has emotional problems, extreme anger and cutting, skipping school and perhapes smoking weed.

She refused a drug test today. She really has been raised with a pack of wolves. I was talking to her in the car today and said "how do you think it would be if we dropped you off in a cave and you were raised by wolves?? Do you think you would have the tools to live in society"....she just looked at me and said "mom, you are wierd"....lol

Her father refuses treatment. I am just fed up and ready to pack for Hawaii. He is being so selfish. My mother says to go back into court and get sole custody, he also won't give me support for them until May or "a couple of months"....whatever that means.

better get. Gaby is wanting to go see the bunnies. She got this from Rachel, I don't know why she promised her a bunny. Kind of makes it hard for me!!!!! lol

Where is Ellen??????

What you drinking down there in the basement Ang??? lol I will come down and paint with you! :)

Ho to everyone!

Hi ladies,
:carrot:
Susan, thanks for bringing me up to par on your situation. I think you should get sole custody of Rachel, if her father isn't interested in getting her the help she needs then that just proves he shouldn't have any say in it. Sounds like he needs some counceling too. Also sounds like Rachel isn't to bad, she thought you were wierd asking her about the wolves.. good luck to both of you.:grouphug:

Christina, how did the house showings go? Hope you got some offers. How is Josh's knee doing? Have you heard anything yet?:goodvibes :goodluck:

Angie, what is this about you being in the basement all the time? I take it you had a different house that you were painting.:chin:

Things went well at work today. We are getting the planting done quickly so far. Hope we can keep up the pace. The weather is finally getting a little warmer.

Josh and his fiance are coming home Thursday night until next Wed. He is on spring break. Got him an appointment with the doctor for his back. It still bothers him. IT's his back and ribs. They better take x-rays and find out just what he did. Not to confident in the doc though. I used to go to him too, but changed cause he never took any of my complaints serious. He seems to do ok by hubby, he listens to him. :stars:

Just finished riding 6 miles:ebike: and had my shower. Am nice and tired, :tired: ready for bed. But I wanted to say hey to everybody and check in to see how you all were doing.

Will check in again in the morning. It's become a habit now.:comp:

Connie, how are you doing? Last time you posted you and hubby were having some medical problems. Hope you are both doing better. You can tell us about it, if you would like. We tell it all in here. IT's nice not to hold back, we are really quite good listeners, right girls? Right!!!:cofdate:

ok, good night all.
Ginny