join me --- misery loves company
Posted By: XanaX on 2009-03-17
In Reply to: You GO, Girl! - (sm)
 Truthfully, though, no one can quit until it's their time. I just had to finally get really disgusted with myself. I owe this to my child. My best friend just died at age 54 two weeks ago from lung cancer. My father died at age 58 of the same. My sister is currently in the hospital with pulmonary emboli (even though she has never smoked). And lastly, rumor has it the price is going up to $8 a pack in my state. By just not smoking for the last five days, I already have an extra $50 in my wallet. Wow. I am the smartest woman and I know, and yet how can I continue to be so stupid? That's where I'm at mentally. I really want to succeed this time. Now, where are those carrot sticks?
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and misery loves company.........nm
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Misery Loves Company
Who has rubbed your nose in it that is now effected by the economic crisis?
For me...
Investment broker - not much call for stocks these days
Mortgage broker - self-explanatory
Realtor - again.....
All of these people were filthy rich and looked down on me, the lowly transcriptionist, who worked at home, who "really did not work", and look at them now.
I am the richest woman I know...which is not saying much.
misery and company
I'm not glad that you all suffer too, but a little relieved. Mine is a little like an electrical hum - white noise came to mind for me also. I wonder if computer error tones started mine as it happened right after I had a series of bad dictations where I turned the volume up really high and then when I hit something wrong I got a very loud tone - someone has since told me how to change it to a more tolerable sound.
All I can say is...me too!!! At least you have company in your misery!! (nm)
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mine LOVES coconut lime verbena from BABW. LOVES it
it's the smell -- just smells "clean" plus i think it reminds him of me ... weirdly, even my teen sons say it smells nice and clean and they like it too! smells bring about different calms in people... no way should you worry.
misery
The only way to be truly miserable is to think that the situation you are in is permanent....and it is not.
Thinking that bad people get away with the things they do is short-sighted. You will live long enough to see each and every one of them fall on their face.
Sounds like low pay and misery to me sm
but I have always been able to make at least $25 an hour doing transcription. I could not stand the atmosphere at an elementary school, but would have appreciated the holidays, etc, when my kids were younger. I guess it is a toss up. Either you are a great MT and can do good lines, or you get another job, and compromise on the pay.
Anyone want to join me....sm
at my pity party tonight? I'm feeling really sad. My oldest granddaughter's birthday is one week before mine, both of them coming up soon - not that the birthday itself bothers me, but I'm remembering how last year was the first year that I had been able to celebrate both with my youngest daughter. Since then, my ex and I have separated - which I think I'm handling pretty well. But being estranged once again from my baby is so hard to cope with - I had felt we were VERY close as she was growing up, and I truly don't know what I have done to turn her the other way. I'm just grateful that my oldest daughter and I seem to have become closer in the last six months, even compared to when I lived with her after her divorce to help out with her children.
Better yet, see if you can join a
credit union. I have been in one since 1969. They pay me every month with interest instead of charging me handling. Not that it is very much, still 30 cents or whatever is better than being charged whatever the current rates are.
Join the club!
I cannot get mine threaded! Couldn't believe that. Will wait until after the holidays to try again.
Let him join 4H by all means
My neice has participated in 4H going on her 5th year since she was 8. jShes' now 12 and she shows her horse, plus she does enters cooking projects, art, scrapbooking, and crafts. There are so many different interests and programs for any kid. Besides horses, there are rabbits and guinea pigs, plus all the assorted farm animals. There's archery and competetive shooting. Public speaking, woodworking, art projects, cooking, sewing, dog training, just about anything you can think of. Your son doesn't not have to have a horse to participate. Join a club that has a horse group. A lot of times the leaders have horses they'll loan a kid for the year or know someone who will. Don't let that stop you. If you're in a position to do it, you can lease a horse. That's what we did at first, we leased her horse for 6 months and then ended up buying him. 4H helps keep them out of trouble. Teaches them responsibility and gives them self-esteem. It's a family organization, so you and your husband can partiicipate if you like, they're always looking for adult volunteers. Check with the county extension office where you live or in another county, if you like. You should be able to find info online. There's no residency requirement. Tell them what you're looking for and they'll try to find a club that's a good fit for your son.
Kendra, join in whenever. You would think with all the
negative that NO one else ever heard some of these things. Now, really! I left out some really juicy ones. Guess I will have to do a part 2, you think?
I'm so with you! I did join WW, and it seems to be the only thing that works for me.
I only do it online, though. I don't go to meetings. But I do count up the points. I'm Italian and grew up eating a healthy mediterranean diet, pasta, a little bit of meal, lots and lots of vegetables and fish. But, I got away from it. Lucky for me I like a lot of good things, I just have to motivate myself to prepare them. And because I'm Italian, I just can't, can't do the no-bread thing. I think refined carbs are bad, and I struggle with sugar cravings. I like sweet things, and I've been trying to detox from them.
I have a funny video about dieting and no carbs from Lewis Black posted on myspace. (myspace.com/lellers). It always makes me laugh because I like my bread! I think that if I can stay away from the sweet treats, (and yes, exercise), I'll get the extra weight off. But, oh! I do love ice cream and pie!
I know you probably don't want to hear this - but join a church! sm
I would be homeless and helpless without my church friends/family. They are better to me than my own family.
i received numerous cards and most were from church folks. There are people who care! I wish I had your name and address because I'd send you something special. I'm serious.
1. Go back to counseling. 2. Join a SM
divorce singles group. They are all over. Many churches have them.
3. Volunteer. You get to feel good about yourself and get to meet other people.
Good luck. I've been there.
I think you do want to join you're just to shy to say so - group hug? nm
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8 things I really did not want to know about you (I will start and join in)
1) I love to smell gas, damp cellars, wet grass (the mowing kind!)
2) I love green olives but most of all I love to drink the juice also.
3) Got angry with my father, moved, changed my phone number and did not give him the new address or number for months.
4) I could never be Angelina Jolie because I would rather adopt animals rather than children.
5) Oh, no one knows this, got angry in the 2nd grade at another girl jumping me in the line before going to lunch and stuck my pencil into the top of her head in a hissy-fit. I still remember her name.
6) Had my first sexual encounter at age 15 at my mother’s home and hid the sheets, of all places, under my next door neighbor’s house. Over the many years since he and I have occasionally called each other. I still dream though don’t touch.
7) I have some different eating habits. I used to eat white rice, milk and sugar as a breakfast food (the rice bothers me now so don’t eat as much) and I also tear up white bread and put in regular milk- I know it is soggy and my family gags but have done this all my life.
8) Happily married now for 9 years but OMG can never forget about that delicious sex I had with my ex-husband. I mean, Delicious with a capital D.
I'll join you in Jurassic Park!
I'm a dinosaur, too. I don't see the need for teenagers to have their own cars. But, my eldest did inherit his grandfather's sturdy little car. He was nearly 18 when that happened, and his high school was in the next county. For the last six months of school, he skipped the hour-long bus ride and was able to drive to school and save about 40 minutes in his commute to school. He drove on the days he needed to be home to work after school at a movie theater, about 12 hours a week. He was also a great help to me in driving his younger brothers to events when my schedule was over-booked.
I have friends who gift their children brand new, expensive cars at the age of 16, and I just don't understand that. The kids seem to be using the vehicles to further their social lives, and they certainly aren't paying attention to the road. And you are very correct about so many angry and distracted drivers on the road. It's a scary thing to put a teenager on the road alone. This is why we raised the age level to 17 in our home, even though the Commonwealth of PA seems to think that 16-1/2 is age appropriate for driving.
Hey, I'll join you if you're paying ;-)
And I was just stressing over paying $500 for rental car (I'm driving), hotel, and baseball tickets for a rinky-dink 3-day trip 250 miles down the road. Still have to spring for gas money and food, but I'm feeling a little better after reading your post LOL. Of course, I'm not going to Las Vegas...
Well, have fun anyhow!! :-)
Yes, you ladies, join in with me and share your 8 things!! nm
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Please join with me in weeping over my weight and sleep issues.
Work is slow right now (and has been for a while). I am getting up earlier to get a few lines, going to sleep later hoping to get a few lines, and taking a nap in between to make up for lack of sleep. My 8 hour job has turned into 18, and my weight is trying desperately to keep pace. I eat when I am bored. I do not want to leave and go shopping just in case work should happen to appear. My house is clean. The dogs well fed. Everything is fine except for my scale. I really wish I could get a scale that lied, that way it would fit in with my job. EMPLOYER: You would only be expected to work an 8 hour day. EMPLOYEE (4 weeks later): Yeah right. Eight hour days give or take 10 hours. ME GETTING ON MY SCALE: You weigh only XX amount of pounds. SCALE’S RESPONSE: Darling, you are too beautiful, and you weigh 10 pounds less then yesterday. 
Expanded for you in above post...You're welcome to join mine...SM
With your sense of humor, you'd fit right in with the down to earth part of us!! My DD (dear daughter) would have a blast trying to make us think she was innocent enough that she doesn't understand a bunch of your jokes!! She's 13 and negotiating that Mommy's Little Angle versus Teenage Devil part of life, and tries to hold back the snickers when a dirty joke is told. The good old days were when she was reading a page of blond jokes and really didn't understand the ones with sexual inuendo. How quickly those days went by...
How to deal with compulsive liars: If you can't beat them, join them.
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I'll join you!! I agree.made me cry too, love this stuff!
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My 19-year-old daughter wants to join the Army. I'm very scared at the thought. Any advice out th
Before the Iraq war, I would have been more excited that she wanted to do something positive with her life for a change, but this thought is scary as we know people that have lost their children in the war. I know in some ways this could turn her life around and be what she needs as she is very immature and is going down the wrong road, but are there other alternatives. A lot of people tell us it's still a good time for kids. Any thoughts out there?
I tried a big company, but
I didn't like the rigidity of their plan. You want somebody who is flexible in the cleaning rotation if they rotate their area of concentration. I mean, this company wanted to waste a clean by detailing my office and bedroom and laundry area. Nobody sees those areas, so if I have company coming over, attention needs to be paid to the areas we'll be using, you know? But they had to follow their national plan.
Plus, DH and I didn't appreciate having to spend every other day off preparing for them to come. Some days you want to spend in the yard and let the house go, but when somebody is coming to clean, you need to have picked up so they can vacuum and wipe counters, etc.
Which company did you use? NM
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I went with a company...sm
We went with InCharge. The credit cards were out of hand and I was fed up. It took 1-2 months to get everything set up. We pay them $40 a month for their service, but the interest rates were knocked down to 6% so we are still saving bunches of money. We have have all the credit cards paid off in 2 more years. As for working out something with the credit card companies directly, they would not work with us so this is the route we went. Do not regret it at all.
Which company has this.
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Oh, and he SAYS he loves her dog.
Muslims aren't supposed to have dog saliva touch them. Curiously, he LOVES the dog but I have seen him raise his LEG to the dog and the dog cower. Psycho wacko freak job.
My dad has one. He loves it and so
do I. Just couldn't afford one myself.
The only man I know who loves being
He says he enjoys it..it is peaceful and quiet...when the wife and her kids and grandkids come home it is like WWF. Chaos, screaming, yelling, fighting. No wonder the boy drinks!
loves!!!!!
what is this dogster website im going to have to join! second one ive seen on here today!
beautiful
i LOVE dogs :)
unwanted company
Ditto -- Just don't answer the door. We moved to the country to get away from that sort of thing and it still happens. I hate it too.
Just because a company offers 8....
Just because a company offers 8 cpl doesn't mean they won't up that for experience. I was offered 8 and said no and now I get 10 cpl.
For what company? See, that's the thing - I
have tested for numerous companies, and passed with flying colors, then when it comes down to the job offer, they offer me about what I am making now. That is why I would like to just know what companies out there are paying 10 cpl so I can just bypass all the ones that offer low pay; otherwise, I just see myself wasting my time, taking all these tests and in the end being offered no more than what I'm getting now. Can anyone out there who makes 10 cpl tell me what company they work for?
Actually, I worked for a PC company
a long time ago supervising the commercial aspect. They always tell you that, but they can and do die in walls. We were sent out many times to cut them out after people insisted on using poison.
The best advice that I can offer is that once you get rid of them, you seal off any areas where they can get back in. If you don't do that, then you will continue to have problems.
Now rats instead of mice, I don't know what to tell you to do if they are eating through the walls!
Me personally though, I had a rat as a pet. In fact, we had to put her to sleep about a month ago.
Maybe you should contact the company...
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The big company I used was awful.
Different people every time and they used a special schedule they could not alter when I had a special request. An individual would be more flexible, but make sure they are bonded and paying taxes so you don't run into trouble with the IRS.
Would it be possible to ask the phone company--sm
to come out and inspect your line? I don't see where a lawyer would be any good at this point, until something is either proven or disproven. Good luck.
Can't Garnish a Company
You can't "garnish" a company. Garnishment only works with an employer willing to work you court to fork over money from an "employee." You're talking about a company (is it incorporated?) If you didn't go to small claims already, that's your only (best) way out. That way, the company rep MUST show up in court to answer your claim, or offer a settlement. Unless you do some strong-armed persuasion through the local press and exposing the outfit any way you can I don't see any other way out. Also, in our county it's more like $50 to file the complaint, but you can recoup that from the debtor as part of the settlement. And, don't let the small claims court clerk tell you that you need an attorney. You don't--unless you want one. They clerk is duty-bound by their oath to assist citizens in filing their own documents. They can't give you legal advice, but they can and should make sure your paperwork is okay to file the claim. Also, you can always check in with the state attorney general. They could probably work with this as a fraud case and you might have some recourse there. Also, your state--secretary of state for your state would have information on the legalities of this company, which also if you filed a claim in Small Claims Court you could subpoena documents from the company directly to find out their bank, accounting records, etc. Good luck again.
They are all one company , and out of Grenada. sm
illegal in a lot of states.
How about either you or her working for a company .....sm
that offers tuition reimbursement. My brother and sister obtained their degrees this way. It took a lot longer since they both had to work full-time but the education was free.
Some companies offer tuition reimbursement for their employees and immediate family. Might have to do your research but certainly worth it.
I think the only thing is the student would have to pass the class otherwise the company sends you the tuition bill.
BTW, the company I advise you
to avoid is
The Cleaning Authority.
They have a rigid schedule they refuse to deviate from, they mark up your walls with their tools, and they break furniture. They don't know how to properly clean a laminate floor or sinks. You have different workers each time, so tipping well makes no difference in the job they do. Complete waste of money, no matter how many times you meet with the supervisor.
This company seems very sketchy....SM
There is no way I would ever accept this type of job, no matter how desperate I was. No decent company does this to a person. It's like throwing a goldfish in with a bunch of sharks. I would strongly advise him against this.
CUSTODY not company LOL
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we had a local company that came out to
maybe you just had a bad customer service rep?
His time, not company's.
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LOL! Thanks! I'm an MT who loves QA feedback.NM
Wow! Y our son sounds like my son! He loves...
PS2 and he loves Legos!!! We got the PS2 for his birthday a few months ago and he plays it all the time!! Of course, I have to set a limit to the time because if I didn't, he would be there all day long!!! Merry Christmas!!!
My husband loves them
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