i hated mine.. long story.. don't ask.. just glad it's over and glad stores are open again.
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i always feel isolated and 'insecure' when civilization has ground to a halt because of a holiday.. i'm just ranting, need the stress relief.. hope your holidays were alot better than mine.. i am not looking for pity here, just needed to rant, thanks for listening.. .
I feel sad that it's over. I think I've been operating on adrenaline for weeks, and today I am just exhausted. But a little sad. It was so much fun and the grandkids opening their presents was just the best.
I wish I had witnessed the same with our children while they grew up. I missed so much and so did they.
12 months until next Christmas. I may need that long to recover.
i just woke up on christmas morning to see what santa brought me.
i would have been happy with a lump of coal.
but alas, not this year.
A digital picture frame from our daughter and family, loaded with photos
A great new coffeemaker that grinds the beans and even gives the weather forecast.
Two cashmere sweaters.
New makeup brushes and powder that I've wanted for ages.
A beautiful Pashmina, cashmere and silk.
Candy from several people.
A few Christmas ornaments.
Our daughter's mother in law got me a beautiful gold and tiger eye set, earrings and bracelet.
More gifts when the kids get here for dinner
So far, it's been great, but the best is still watching others open the gifts we got for them
greetings from the other side of the street,.
i just loved having you guys proselytizing on the other side of the street when we were tracting.
i am a recovering mormon with a believing spouse / family.
Figure this one out. One of my former JW friends, age about 58 became a Mormon. When she called me to tell me, I laughed outloud, thinking she was kidding me. But she was dead on serious. How is that possible?
My husband's birth mother and entire family are Mormons (she died shortly after he was born in 1943). I've met several of them who found us for their genealogy stuff, and they are lovely, warm people, who would do anything for us. I feel for them because they are so misled, but it seems to be working for them, and they are a happy family. I am not inclined to mess with that.
dear maturing friends,.
one day, not so many years back, i read that guys like me were "aging young men.
" i laughed and went on with the day's affairs; however, i do recall that i was drawn a little more often to the looking glass, semiconsciously mouthing those immortal words:.
We trusted wrongly. Yes or no?
Yes, we sure did.
Just for the record, my JW mother is 95, looks about 75 and also has unlined skin. I do think oily, olive complexions age very well. I have her skin, thankfully.
for example yesterday here was the official forecast at 11am.
1057 am cst sat dec 22 2007 ...winter storm warning remains in effect until 6 am cst sunday... a winter storm warning remains in effect until 6 am cst sunday.
snow will increase across the warned area this afternoon from southwest to northeast.
I live in the Seattle area and the weather here seems pretty easy to predict. They are usually right on with it.
Especially predicting rain.
dear maturing friends,.
one day, not so many years back, i read that guys like me were "aging young men.
" i laughed and went on with the day's affairs; however, i do recall that i was drawn a little more often to the looking glass, semiconsciously mouthing those immortal words:.
I think we all feel gypped that we have to get old, after hearing we wouldn't.
I was 30 in 1975 and was so glad I would "never get older than that".
Now I am 62 but feel like I am aging well, at least in looks. I've worn glasses since high school (could never get used to contacts) so that's no biggie, just life. I've colored my hair for years, but not because of gray, although that's there now too, but not much. My skin has no wrinkles, thankfully, and I enjoy good health.
I weigh more than I want to, but I've felt that way all my life, even when my weight was fine, so nothing new there.
I wish I slept better. I long for the years when I wanted to sleep 10-12 hours and couldn't. Now I could do that, but can't seem to sleep more than about 7 hours at a time................often it's about 5 or 6.
I don't have the energy I had even 10 years ago and my back aches a lot of the time, but life is good.
edited to remove my book of bs quote.
here are the ten plagues:.
1: water turned to blood.
I recently read a book called The Memoirs of Cleopatra. In it they described the effects of the Nile flooding, which they depend on it to do every year, to nourish the soil for their crops. If it doesn't flood, and recedes too much, the water turns a brownish red, they get frogs all over the land, flies, gnats, locusts etc.
There isn't enough food for the humans, and the animals are dying all over the place. It made me wonder about those plagues.
And then there were the eclipses.............that would explain the darkness.
Just my musings as I read it.
lakota indians withdraw treaties signed with u.s. 150 years agothursday, december 20, 2007. .
washington the lakota indians, who gave the world legendary warriors sitting bull and crazy horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the united states.. "we are no longer citizens of the united states of america and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time indian rights activist russell means said.. a delegation of lakota leaders has delivered a message to the state department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the u.s., some of them more than 150 years old.. the group also visited the bolivian, chilean, south african and venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.. lakota country includes parts of the states of nebraska, south dakota, north dakota, montana and wyoming.. the new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their u.s. citizenship, mr means said.. the treaties signed with the u.s. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the lakota freedom activists said.. withdrawing from the treaties was entirely legal, means said.. "this is according to the laws of the united states, specifically article six of the constitution,'' which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land, he said.. "it is also within the laws on treaties passed at the vienna convention and put into effect by the us and the rest of the international community in 1980. we are legally within our rights to be free and independent,'' said means.. the lakota relaunched their journey to freedom in 1974, when they drafted a declaration of continuing independence an overt play on the title of the united states' declaration of independence from england.. thirty-three years have elapsed since then because "it takes critical mass to combat colonialism and we wanted to make sure that all our ducks were in a row,'' means said.. one duck moved into place in september, when the united nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples despite opposition from the united states, which said it clashed with its own laws.. "we have 33 treaties with the united states that they have not lived by.
they continue to take our land, our water, our children,'' phyllis young, who helped organize the first international conference on indigenous rights in geneva in 1977, told the news conference.. the u.s. "annexation'' of native american land has resulted in once proud tribes such as the lakota becoming mere "facsimiles of white people,'' said means.. oppression at the hands of the u.s. government has taken its toll on the lakota, whose men have one of the shortest life expectancies - less than 44 years - in the world.. lakota teen suicides are 150 per cent above the norm for the u.s.; infant mortality is five times higher than the u.s. average; and unemployment is rife, according to the lakota freedom movement's website..
we've lost so many of our rights, and haven't been a Democracy for many years.
common mistake...............we are not a Democracy............The U.S.A. is a Democratic Republic. Mainly a Republic. Big difference.
I think Democracy is the goal, but I don't think it's ever been that.
lakota indians withdraw treaties signed with u.s. 150 years agothursday, december 20, 2007. .
washington the lakota indians, who gave the world legendary warriors sitting bull and crazy horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the united states.. "we are no longer citizens of the united states of america and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time indian rights activist russell means said.. a delegation of lakota leaders has delivered a message to the state department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the u.s., some of them more than 150 years old.. the group also visited the bolivian, chilean, south african and venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.. lakota country includes parts of the states of nebraska, south dakota, north dakota, montana and wyoming.. the new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their u.s. citizenship, mr means said.. the treaties signed with the u.s. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the lakota freedom activists said.. withdrawing from the treaties was entirely legal, means said.. "this is according to the laws of the united states, specifically article six of the constitution,'' which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land, he said.. "it is also within the laws on treaties passed at the vienna convention and put into effect by the us and the rest of the international community in 1980. we are legally within our rights to be free and independent,'' said means.. the lakota relaunched their journey to freedom in 1974, when they drafted a declaration of continuing independence an overt play on the title of the united states' declaration of independence from england.. thirty-three years have elapsed since then because "it takes critical mass to combat colonialism and we wanted to make sure that all our ducks were in a row,'' means said.. one duck moved into place in september, when the united nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples despite opposition from the united states, which said it clashed with its own laws.. "we have 33 treaties with the united states that they have not lived by.
they continue to take our land, our water, our children,'' phyllis young, who helped organize the first international conference on indigenous rights in geneva in 1977, told the news conference.. the u.s. "annexation'' of native american land has resulted in once proud tribes such as the lakota becoming mere "facsimiles of white people,'' said means.. oppression at the hands of the u.s. government has taken its toll on the lakota, whose men have one of the shortest life expectancies - less than 44 years - in the world.. lakota teen suicides are 150 per cent above the norm for the u.s.; infant mortality is five times higher than the u.s. average; and unemployment is rife, according to the lakota freedom movement's website..
As for the Lakota situation, I'm curious to see how it plays out but unless they create their own self-sustaining economy I don't know how it could succeed.
Just exactly my thought too. Maybe they have big casinos.
I am 1/8 Montauk but didn't know it until about 12 years ago. I do feel for them, but the Native Americans in this area are trying to get rights that seem ridiculous. They want to be able to hunt whales. Why???? They were given a permit a few years ago and killed one whale, with speed boats and machine guns. Mighty hunters, right? If they want the rights of their ancestors, they should be required to hunt the same way they did. Then they had a giant mammal to dispose of. I think it's just bizarre that they feel the need to do that. Those are the Makah Indians on the Pacific Coast.
Closer to home, we have the Tulalip, Muckleshoot and Swinomish tribes who do have the best and biggest casinos. They get preference for any jobs at the casinos, and each tribe member gets a percentage of the haul. I think that's great. Driving there, through the reservation (Tulalip) we see broken down mobile homes that should be torched, but people live there. There's one large house that's been covered by a huge blue tarp for years. The whole house looks like it's going to collapse, but you can tell that there are probably 5 or 6 who live in the house. But the schools are being rebuilt and most of the houses are very nice and well kept.
just let me start out by saying i am unable to give certain details of my life as i have learned very quickly this can cause a lot of problems.
i was born into the 'truth' as my mother had been studying with a few sisters on and off at a local congregation.
my father was never a jw and came in and out of my life for many years..to this day i do not give him much time.
Mulan, Please read my post...I agree with you about attending all games. You Stated:They attended all the games.This fellow attended apparently few games....or was even part of the team...
Gotcha. I understand what you mean. I still think he is legit!
