It's like you've watched more than one horror movie.

Kinda, yeah. Also, the basement is where the spiders are.

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yay Jilli

so sorry Maria - sending the ma~~`

Le N - re: diabetes. 1) don't fight the med s-- even if you go off them , you will go back on them . NOT YOUR FAULT. Despite EVERYTHING you read -it is a progressive disease. You can't control it, only influence it. This does not mean give up - because the better you care for yourself, the better you will feel. The better /healthier you are the better you will handle stress - all stress physical and emotion al mess with your blood sugar.

find out what kind of a person you are. some people have to deny food X . others limit . For me, I do best when counting grams of carbohydrates. I find it is easier to say no thanks to really junky food. But I get really tired of counting and can't do it all the time.

Move every day. not mega exercise - but something,the more you move the big muscles the better your body works.

pay attention. My blood sugar get crazy with pizza -- but not as bad if I skip the meat. I know some one else that it doesn't make much difference at all. Everyone is way more different than any book suggests

now, I don't love this disease. But I am healthier now than I was before it. Blood sugar control is awesome - seriously Food used to call to me from miles away ( the only reason that is literal is because food does not have a voice) 98% of the food that I ate, but didn't really enjoy are gone from my diet .

on the other hand I hate asthma

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The potato is my worst enemy and greatest weakness. I so adore mashed potatoes, and potatoes love my blood sugar. Dammit.

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What you need to do is get the real estate agent. She should have a key and tell people that if they don't make an appoint, she will simply bring you over. Of course the law varies from state to state, but in Texas that was done all the time when I lived there immediately after the Texas real estate crash.

Yeah TB, this is all through my agent. I just wanted to see the damn property. It's in a eh area, and I wanted to see if it was even worth it. They didn't post any pictures in MLS. It's 2 miles from any notable grocery store, and smack dag in the middle of no freeways. So it's far from good location. Which might explain why I can afford it. But I'm getting real close to throwing my hands up and saying screw it! I can't afford housing in SoCal, even in a down market!

Plus, all the BS in Washington right now, makes me wonder if trying to buy a home at this moment is the best of ideas.

But I need to move out of this apartment. Tired of the lack of maintanence the owner approves, and my house filling with bad pot smoke, since the neighbor loves to smoke EVERYWHERE in the building (his porch, which wafts into my apartment. The garage. The lobby. The side door by the elevator, which then wafts up the elevator shaft). Dude! Go somewhere else to smoke!!

sorry. I kinda got ranty there. I don't care if you do pot, I just don't want to smell it. And if I do smell it, please make it the nice smelling pot. Not the skunky crap.

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Yeah, your agent if she is any good ought to be able to get you a chance to see the property whether the people in foreclosure want you to or not.

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Yeah, your agent if she is any good ought to be able to get you a chance to see the property whether the people in foreclosure want you to or not.

Well, there is that too. She's a friend. Been doing it for about 5 years now, and surviving in this economy, so I thought she is good. But I dunno. This being my first time, I have nothing to compare it to. But it seems she has created an MLS search in her program, and it flags properties that fit my general guidelines. But no calls of "oh, I hear about this property that is about to be listed" like I recall the agent did when I moved in High School. But that was pre-internet MLS days in the 1980's.

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omnis,

But no calls of "oh, I hear about this property that is about to be listed" like I recall the agent did

that is not a good sign. Can you tell your friend that you'd like her to be more aggressive? If she is the person you need right now, she should step up to the plate.

beth,

you are right of course. no further comment except you are 100% correct. I would make you a badge or banner, but my art skills are for shit.

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Zen, I begin to wonder if we were separated at birth. I spent hte summer before my senior year of high school on a dig in northwestern Pennsylvania, and I still regret not having gone after it as a job. Sure, I'd probably never have gotten a job, but the classes would have made me happy.

Connie, for me it was the summer between my sophomore and junior years of college, at a dig in northwestern Washington State. I loved it, but by summer's end I was sure I didn't want to do it for the rest of my life! I like taking showers every day and sleeping in a bed. I'm soft and spoiled. I'd go on another dig in a heartbeat, though.

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Have been contacted by ex husband. It's been 10 years. I think I'm OK.

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I like taking showers every day and sleeping in a bed.

Heh, mine was a dig based out of a college, and we were bused back to the dorms every night. Comparatively posh.

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