Posts by Eyebrow2

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Mom came to visit, tried sticking the elders on me!

by Eyebrow2 in

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well, my mom came down for a visit...she was her for about 9 days.

she mostly got to spend time with my kids, since i had to work, and was away for 4 of those days (she came down at this time partly so i could go away with my husband for a short trip).. now, my mom is one of the sweetest people in the world, but a die hard jw.

there is a hall about 1/2 mile away from me, so i made sure she was able to make her meetings while she was down here.

Eyebrow2

Thank you...I appreciate everyone's responses! It helps to read your answers, to know others know how wierd it seems sometimes. I picked up my husband from the airport today, and was telling him all this, and your great responses, he is glad I have a place to share this stuff, because he admits he cannot fully understand what it is like to be a died hard witness, and then not to be anymore, and what the fall out is.

My son will be 13 on Thursday; he spent almost 8 years going to the halls and out in service with me. He understands why I left, and although he was polite to the guys that came to the door, he would like to say a few things to them hahah. I think if they come I won't hide, but will open the door and say "hello, sure I know where the hall is. It is very convenient when my mother visits. Thanks for your time, have a nice day..gotta run". And leave it like that....I think if I do anything else, like hide if they come by again, I will be changing my behavior for them. I was like that when I lived in the world of fear when I was a witness...the last few years I have learned to confront things when I had to, and not stray away from confrontations if they came to me. In re reading a lot of these posts, I have come to realize that is one of the best changes I have made in my life in the last 6 years.

and Yeru, regarding your comment:

Eyebrow,

That combined with a JW background might possibly have made you the most annoying person in the world.

Damn straight!!!!!!! Even scarier...I was an active JW while an insurance agent and in AMWAY...now if THAT is not the making of a super evil villian, I just don't know what is! I realized that AMWAY is a religion, so dropped that because JWs cannot do interfaith, hahah...left insurance because my bosses wanted me to sell based on commissions instead of need, and then.....well, realized that being a JW was not a fit for me anymore than the other 2. It is funny how your friends you meet in AMWAY and at insurance meetings don;t want anything to do with you when you are out either. Hmmm....maybe I just smell.

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Waiting on Jehovah

by Puternut in

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there were so many times, when things didn't seem right in the organization or congregation, or when things weren't understood, you were informed : "just wait on jehovah, or in time jehovah will make it right".

my question becomes obscured with the fact that if in fact the elders are appointed by holy spirit, he would also direct them to make the right decisions in behalf of his congregation right?.

but if one of the elders felt he would be directed by god, and did things in behalf of his congregation, why would he be called on the carpet?

Eyebrow2

HAHAHA that is a riot...hahah

He probably would be like one of the older guys that hangs out in coffee shops, taking 4 hours to drink 4 cups of coffee, tells the waitress about his younger days ("And I Smote them all! No other god could smote them like me, back in the day!") and then leave 37 cents and some pocket lint

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Can any of you smart IT/Software gurus help me out with this?

by Eyebrow2 in

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i have an employee that needs to get a corrected w4 form with his withholding changes sent to me right away in time to make the changes on his next check.

he does not have easy access to a fax machine, i don't think he has access to a scanner.

i have a few other employees that have signed their forms right on the computer...i think the scanned their signature or something and create it as a signature font.

Eyebrow2

nahhhh...I think signing for him could be a slippery slope, if you will. The only person I ever sign anything for is my husband, and I don;t even do that without telling him hahah.

hmmm...thanks for the good info on that HR site...I still need to get an e signature made...I think the easiest would be what the other employees are doing that I mentioned, it is their signature....Maybe I can scan it email it to him if I can figure it out...if he emails me the form with his signature on it, as long as I have an email trail showing that it is coming form him I guess I would be okay.

Which brings me back to the question: how do I create it? Is it something I could do in Photoshop using layers? All the IRS forms I have are in PDF and I don't have the full Adobe software to create and Edit pdf files

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Waiting on Jehovah

by Puternut in

jw
friends

there were so many times, when things didn't seem right in the organization or congregation, or when things weren't understood, you were informed : "just wait on jehovah, or in time jehovah will make it right".

my question becomes obscured with the fact that if in fact the elders are appointed by holy spirit, he would also direct them to make the right decisions in behalf of his congregation right?.

but if one of the elders felt he would be directed by god, and did things in behalf of his congregation, why would he be called on the carpet?

Eyebrow2

I am curious, if you wait on Jehovah, will he leave a good tip?

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Can any of you smart IT/Software gurus help me out with this?

by Eyebrow2 in

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friends

i have an employee that needs to get a corrected w4 form with his withholding changes sent to me right away in time to make the changes on his next check.

he does not have easy access to a fax machine, i don't think he has access to a scanner.

i have a few other employees that have signed their forms right on the computer...i think the scanned their signature or something and create it as a signature font.

Eyebrow2

I have an employee that needs to get a corrected W4 form with his withholding changes sent to me right away in time to make the changes on his next check. He does not have easy access to a fax machine, I don't think he has access to a scanner.

I have a few other employees that have signed their forms right on the computer...I think the scanned their signature or something and create it as a signature font.

Can anyone tell me how this can be done? I would like to be able to do that for some things..not all.. but I think it would look cool. This of course won't help my guy above, since he doesn't have a scanner, but could be useful for future forms and stuff.

Any of you gurus out there understand what I am trying to ask, hahah? And can you help me? I have googled this, but I am so brain dead I really cannot figure it out.

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need to drop weight quick, any suggestions?

by ApagaLaLuz in

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i've just been informed that i have the opportunity to go to madrid spain on february 15th.

i need to lose about 10 pounds in less than 3 weeks.

i have a bad knee and cannot hit the gym.

Eyebrow2

I worked with a woman that told me she had lost 155 lbs...she was just a little petite thing, so I was amazed.

I asked her how she did it.

Her reply?

"I got a divorce."

Seriously, though...you may find that by substituting water for all your beverages helps quite a bit. Flushes the toxins, and has no calories of course. I try to drink a lot of water, that way I don't feel guilty when I get a small chocolate shake at Whataburger.

(BY THE WAY: Whataburger is the real reason I moved to Texas!!!!)

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Mom came to visit, tried sticking the elders on me!

by Eyebrow2 in

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friends

well, my mom came down for a visit...she was her for about 9 days.

she mostly got to spend time with my kids, since i had to work, and was away for 4 of those days (she came down at this time partly so i could go away with my husband for a short trip).. now, my mom is one of the sweetest people in the world, but a die hard jw.

there is a hall about 1/2 mile away from me, so i made sure she was able to make her meetings while she was down here.

Eyebrow2

I don't know what my mom told them...I thinks she is still convinced I left because I fell in love with my husband....which makes no sense since I stopped going about 2 or 3 months before I even knew he existed. I do know she knows I don't like how my mother and our family was treated at the hall by the majority growing up; she probably thinks it is just a situation where I need new "friends". Don't you love it how JWs will call their congregation "the friends"?

Nina, I never did read your whole searching...I must do some post searching this week

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Mom came to visit, tried sticking the elders on me!

by Eyebrow2 in

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friends

well, my mom came down for a visit...she was her for about 9 days.

she mostly got to spend time with my kids, since i had to work, and was away for 4 of those days (she came down at this time partly so i could go away with my husband for a short trip).. now, my mom is one of the sweetest people in the world, but a die hard jw.

there is a hall about 1/2 mile away from me, so i made sure she was able to make her meetings while she was down here.

Eyebrow2

Blondie...my god that is funny! hahah

Nina...thanks for the info...good advice...I seem to spend a lot of time up at that big mall in Frisco, so maybe I should tell them I prefer that one hahah.....I will see if my mom remembers any names. And it was, indeed, a cold rainy Saturday come to think of it....hmmmm. I didnt really think of the schedule idea...they do have a wierd schedule at that hall....who on earth would want to be at the hall during the 4th quarter of a football game? Kind of kills the whole day when the meeting starts at 3PM.. who can stay awake between 3 and 5 on a Sunday when you are sitting down? Wierd....the brothers there must be soft, hahah. The hall I grew up in they would never dream of having the meeting start after 930 AM because that would mean the brothers would be getting home too late to watch the start of the race, or football game, etc. I should probably lay it on thick about my husband being an unbelieving mate and not wanting our children to go there. (Of course he is a sweet heart, but he really is disgusted with the religion).

(On a side note...thank god for malls with merry go rounds and free play places in them....so much more fun for the kids on a Sunday than the hall hahah! )

We should plan a huge gathering at the park that is right next door during the Sunday meeting so none of the JWs can park in the spaces that are for the park hahah.....even better, we could have a huge Apostafest gathering this spring right at the park....right next to the hall with big banners and signs MUAHAHAAHAHH!!! That just might be worth getting df'd, teeheehe...after all they have not seen me yet.

I don't know which is more disturbing to me, the fact that I would have to have a confrontation with them and I could get Df'd or the fact that I care so much about getting Df'd....it is a strange thing.

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I Am a Published Novelist !!

by SanFranciscoJim in

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as many of you know, last year i wrote a science fiction novel.

this past weekend, the fulfillment of a dream i've had for many years came to be a reality.

my novel has been released!

Eyebrow2

YOU ARE LIVING ONE OF MY DREAMS, BABY!!!
Good for you!
=) I will check it out in the near future....send me a PM if you make it to the Dallas area for a book signing

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When a JW parent dies

by Lady Lee in

after almost 5 years i spoke with my mother yesterday.

i wanted to know if she wanted a copy of the picture i recieved the other day.. she was nice and polite and even asked how i was (a big surprise when she asked).. but it seems she has some heart and respiratory problems.

and that got me to thinking.. not one of her five kids is still a jw.

Eyebrow2

I would let them have their JW thing at the hall or funeral home, especially if that was want you think she wanted.

Then, have your own thing for family and friends. I would let the JW siblings know, and even have someone pass the word around to those that were he JW friends...they would probly enjoy listening about your mom, and not just the standard talk.

That is exactly what I will do when my mother passes away (wow, this is one of the few times I did not write if instead of when). I am sure there will be several witnesses at both services for her.