step up family!
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beth b - May 06, 2012 6:59:10 pm PDT #12844 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
omnis_audis - May 06, 2012 8:14:31 pm PDT #12845 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I called siblings today. Left message for brother. Not uncommon. He always screens calls, and rarely picks up. I called sister, she was taking a nap. Talked to neice. Asked her to tell sister to call me when she wakes. She never did. Not sure if that's sister flaking, or neice not passing along message.
OK, brain hurting. Doing programming for ND. My notes at 3am weren't quite complete. Trying to remember what needs doing. Ouch.
Toddson - May 07, 2012 5:27:38 am PDT #12846 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
You know some of my co-workers and I were talking about Scandal and Revenge and it struck me - two very popular new shows, with action, intrigue, etc., and the protagonists are women. And women are fairly high up on the list of antagonists. Add in Once Upon A Time, where the two main characterss are women, and it's looking interesting. And they're all on ABC.
It just struck me ... so often, in these nighttime shows, women will be "the girl" "the romantic interest" but not really active. It may not mean anything, but I find it interesting.
sj - May 07, 2012 6:42:35 am PDT #12847 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So far today is not going well. I may need a do over.
Nora Deirdre - May 07, 2012 8:31:49 am PDT #12848 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Omnis, I can understand how frustrating your siblings' lack of participation is upsetting for you and your father. Just keep in mind that it's actually their issue, not yours. Just do what you can do to connect with your dad as you've been doing. It's actually kind of not cool for your dad's gf to put this on you to solve or fix. It's their decisions to not reach out to your dad, and they may feel like they need to do so for whatever reasons that makes sense to them. It's not your problem to solve. Just keep doing your own thing with him.
I know in my past I have had to step away from family situations because they were unhealthy. I had my reasons, and I also didn't always share them with my sister because I didn't want to taint her relationship with them.
Sj, I hope your day gets better! Sorry it's sucking so far.
sj - May 07, 2012 9:19:07 am PDT #12849 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Not getting better. ThE poor woman sitting next to us in the restaurant just had a massive seizure.
Scrappy - May 07, 2012 9:22:51 am PDT #12850 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yikes.
sj - May 07, 2012 9:41:40 am PDT #12851 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Luckily her family knew what to do, the restaurant staff was wonderful, and the ambulance came quickly. The morning adventure of water spurting from the washing machine and hauling wet soapy clothes to the laundromat doesn't seem as dramatic anymore.
omnis_audis - May 07, 2012 10:16:44 am PDT #12852 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Omnis, I can understand how frustrating your siblings' lack of participation is upsetting for you and your father. Just keep in mind that it's actually their issue, not yours.With my brother, it's no surprise. I nickname him "the hermit", as he rarely calls any of us. He and his wife keep in contact with her family, but not his. Dunno why. Just the way it works out. My sister. I dunno. I guess being less than a year apart, we were very tight growing up. And she was "the good one". Always doing her chores and homework. Being the responsible one. And now, as an adult, she is the complete opposite. So yeah, it is her problem. But, I'm also wanting to do as much as I can for dad. I guess part of that is "guilt" (for lack of a better word) in that I feel there is nothing I can do from all the way over here. And anger that there is tons for her to do being a few miles away. But. Well. I dunno. I reached out. I tried. Just want to keep his spirits up. I know how much that helps.
omnis_audis - May 07, 2012 10:19:18 am PDT #12853 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ION, the Pre-Qualify isn't strong enough for the selling bank. So now I gotta go through the Pre-Approval process (another $125 fee). And more time. Ugg. So frustrating. Which apparently is basically applying for the mortgage itself. So hopefully this will save hassle down the road. And hopefully this one won't fall through, so all this won't be for nothing. But. Ugg. Crazy. If it does fall through, I really have to think, do I want to even look at short sales anymore? It's about all I can afford. But. Golly, the hassle is a hassle.