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• Have to share a funny story about my parents sm - trose
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She went out on one date with him - went back to his place where he got nasty, grabbed her arm and threw her across a room and she ended up with a fractured wrist. 

My experience with online dating is it doesn't work 95% of the time - a bunch of men online who seemingly cannot  *cut the mustard* in real time are not going to change just because they are online.

Yes, I have seen folks meet up online and marry and I have seen twice as many marriages/relationships break up because of people meeting others online.

BE_VERY_CAREFUL_PLEASE!!

My best friend just returned from a trip back home by herself. There, she met up with her high school sweetheart - 20 years later. His mom and her mom are best friends and they were both there for a funeral.  She cried her eyes out at lunch today.
She learned while on her trip back home that the love of her life was divorced, has 3 kids - his wife left him for another man. My friend is married with 2 children.
To make a long story short, my friend is a true lady. She told him all about her life here and he just listened. They were near water (a gorgeous beach) on the docks and it was just the 2 of them and he began saying things to her that made her so sad. He went on and on about how he never stopped loving her and would look at her and say, "you are just as gorgeous as you were back in high school."  She said she would just laugh and tell him he was crazy.  She said she saw him on and off during the trip because she "had" to. They have families that are very close.  Every time he would see her he would give her a big hug and call her gorgeous.  She said the night before she left they were on his mother's porch swinging, eating ice cream and he cried like a baby. She cried. Nothing inappropriate happened between them.  She said it was a connection none like she had ever, ever experienced before.  She said that he made her promise that if anything were to ever happen between she and her husband that she would come back and be with him. He promised that he would wait for her, even if she were 80 years old.  My friend cried and cried.  He cried and cried.

I cried and cried.  I know this lady's husband.  The have a good relationship.  But she and I both know that we did not marry our soul mates.  I don't even know where mine is (we broke up many moons ago), but I know he was the one for me.  There was no infedelity to this story at all. I believe her.  They lost contact when she went away to college, moved on, and that was it.  She would talk about him periodically with me, but nothing real serious.

I don't know how many women (I sure haven't) met up with old flames or lost soul mates and have the experience she has.  She is a Christian and says that if she didn't love Jesus, something would have happened between them. She was able to use her love of God to witness to this man (who isn't a Christian).  She said that she wouldn't be able to live with herself if something happened between them and that his soul was more important to her than her selfish desires.

I commended her for that.  I don't know how many women in her position would have been as strong.  She cried so hard when she was telling me this story. Lunch lasted 4 hours!! I'm glad I was off today. Anyway, it just has me thinking about my ilfe, too, as a married mom and wife. My husband is the most unemotional, unaffectionate, doesn't-believe-in-soul mates-kind-of-guy. I can't talk with him about these kinds of things.  I just wish he were mine OR I was with mine.......

Layoffs in the North Pole

Story by Bill Perkins

In a press release this morning Santa Claus announced the layoff of nearly 800,000 elf employees. The announcement was completely unexpected despite the current economic situation.

Due to the failing economy, and many companies cutting costs wherever they can, including advertising, Mr. Claus has lost several endorsement jobs.

Mr. Claus is seeking government aid, requesting his own bailout package from several different governments. However, he is meeting a great deal of resistance. Many toymakers and distributors, namely Walmart, Playskool, and the Chinese government, are lobbying against the bailout. They say Santa's "Free Toy for Every Child" program is a seasonal monopoly, and it generally takes four months to recover the losses sustained from his "good deeds."

Children across the globe will feel the impact this Christmas, particularly the naughty ones. Traditionally, naughty children receive lumps of coal from Santa on Christmas. Mr. Claus has no coal to give, though, as it was part of the elves' severance packages. It is Santa's hope that it will at least be enough to keep his former employees warm through the winter.

When asked if there was any hope of the elves returning to work next year, Santa replied, "It doesn't look very promising. The elves are like family to me; I love them all very dearly. Unfortunately, illegal immigrants work for a lot less, and I don't have to provide benefits, so that's probably what I'll have to do. It was a difficult decision to make, but it's necessary if I want to keep the business in operation."

The elves aren't the only ones hurting. The reindeer are suffering a great deal more. Mr. Claus has had to auction off much of his breeding stock just to stay operational until Christmas Eve. (See related story on page 5, "McDonald's Debuts new Christmas Menu.) It is questionable at this point how much longer Santa will be able to make his annual flight.

Could this be the beginning of the end of Santa Claus? Only time will tell for sure.

I have 2 teenagers and 1 in college.  I get to work in peace most of the time.  The biggest emergency I had this spring was when my daughter drove to school early for band practice and her younger brother, who doesn't drive yet, failed to arrange for alternate transportation and then also missed the bus, so I had to stop to drive him to school. 

Seems there was a kitty loose, causing traffic woes ... see link

I was just watching the news and there is a story about a lady who won a prize at some baseball game - her prize?.... a funeral and a casket.  The catch.  She has 30 years to claim her prize.  We are just rofl.

I can hear the annoucement over the loudspeaker at the game....."And congrats to our winner Mrs. ----.  You have just won....a buriel!  

My foot pedal got stuck just now.   I got it unstuck (and realized just how dusty my floor is!), but then it wouldn't play.  I'm messing around and messing around with it and it will won't play. Crap, right?  I can't afford another one until pay day on the 5th, and at that point I've lost 5 more days into the new pay period.

Well, duh.  Somehow I've managed to close the browser window that my voice player is in.  Of course the foot pedal won't work.  There's nothing to play.

Where's the slapping the back of the head smiley when you need one??!?!

I'm a Christian... by Maya Angelou

When I say... I am a Christian, I'm not shouting, I'm clean livin'.  I'm whispering, I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.

When I say... I'm a Christian, I don't speak of this with pride.  I'm confessing that I stumble, and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say...I'm a Christian, I'm not trying to be strong.  I'm professing that I'm weak, and need His strength to carry on.

When I say... I'm a Christian, I'm not bragging of success.  I'm admitting I have failed, and need God to clean up my mess.

When I say... I'm a Christian, I'm not claiming to be perfect.  My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... I'm a Christian, I still feel the sting of pain.  I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... I'm a Christian, I'm not holier than thou.  I'm just a simple sinner who recieved God's good grace somehow.

Okay, actual statement made by my doc tonight.  Sometimes, the funniest are the most simple:

The patient could hardly stand up after I got through doing a rectal exam. 

My sister passed away in Nov.  She loved the beach so we waited until this summer to spread her ashes there.  My sister and I dug a heart in the sand and filled that empty void with her ashes and covered it with green colored popouri, her favorite color and put down candles and then the waves came up and washed the ashes back out to sea.  In this picture, hope it shows, (if it does not someone tell me how to get it to show) my sister was taking picture and I leaned down to pick up a trash tie that had washed up there and the shadow looked like the hand was reaching out of the ashes to touch my hand.  Freaked my little sister out. Was like a sign but it brought some humor to the situation.

Man A must be pretty decent to have understood the importance of being to work on time, so I'd probably share it.  Of course, if he looked like trailer trash who would only blow it on booze and cigs, I might reconsider that.

I worked at a physical rehab center for 5 years.  As another poster stated, the amount of improvement depends on a lot of things.  However, I saw people leave or return for appts with no noticeable residual, others who still had deficits but were independent.  Those who were permanently impaired learned to adapt. There are some really cool gadgets out there! One thing I learned from working at the rehab center was determination really *can* pay off.  It was inspiring working there. 

IF your dad needs extensive therapy, the hardest part for YOU may be keeping him motivated.  So, best of luck to your dad, you and the family.  Let us know how things are going.

the "club card" for our local grocery store (we only have 1 in our little town).  We accumulate the points together and usually qualify for the higher percentage off when it's time to cash in (20% off 1 bill rather than 5%).  Then we pick a day we can go together and ring our order up together.  Of course we use our coupons, too.  We just went 2 weeks ago and qualified for 15% off our total bill.  Before coupons/discounts, our total grocery bill was $550 but after our discounts, it was only $283.  We saved almost $200 ---- unbelievable but true.

Before dining out, I check the website of the restaurant we're going to for coupons.  They usually offer a free appetizer and that helps to fill us up so we can order smaller meals.  We have 3 kids and my 2 younger kids share a kids' meal since they can never eat a whole one themselves.  I also like to order water -- that always cuts about $5 off the bill.

Remember -- if you donate clothes to Good Will/Salvation Army, it's a deductible dontation, so keep track.