(((Sandy & Jim))) I'll keep you both in my prayers. No Sandy, we will not ignore you for the next 2 weeks. Silly girl. I hope Jim starts feeling better soon.:hug:

Kelly - I hope you enjoy your visit with your sister. Maybe she can take you with her to Atlanta for a relaxing vacation. That would be fun.

Barb - I hope your mom has her electricity back. I can't imagine it being 86 degrees, humid, and no electricity - in other words, no a/c.:eek:

Hi Soxmom! Hope your doing well.

Renee - I ditto what Kay said. It is so hard. When I left the ex, DD18 was 2 and DD17 was 1. It was so hard to let them go for visitations. However, in my case, he couldn't handle it and only had visitations for 24 hours every other weekend. It still was really hard as the girls were so young. I do think the courts need to rethink how they grant visitation to kids that young.

I will keep the three of you in my prayers.:hug:

Fin - I hope you are doing well. Hey, our boy won yesterday but your boy did a nice interview after the race. I thought of you as they were interviewing him.

Frank - That bird looks like me when my balance is off. LOL Whoaaa! LOL

Vonn - I am envious!!! That is perfect weather. I am so waiting for summer to be over with. It is still in the upper 90's here.:mad: The mornings are cooling off some and soon, I hope, I will be able to start my morning walks back up. I really do miss them.

Good morning everyone else! I hope everyone has a great day!

Today I am off to the printers. I have a meeting there at 8:00. I need to get some pricing so that I can do my balance sheet and projections, etc. for my business plan. I have given myself 1 year to get everything up and running.

DDs will be (we hope) out on their own in 1 year. Child support and their disability benefits will stop and if I don't come up with something, I will be living in my car.:eek::D Well, not really. DBF and I will move in together as planned but I refuse to be financially dependent on a man. That does not make for a good situation.

Well, I better get my butt in gear.

Have you tried selling any of it on Craigslist? I just did that with a couple of pieces of furniture that were just taking up space. They were gone in a day and I got several responses. The nice thing too was that the people that bought it did the moving of everything. It was great.

Show up for the meeting anyhow. If DH doesn't show, you can have a nice venting session with the pastor. Sometimes just letting it all out like that helps. And yes, you will be much stronger once things settle down and you are back on track. :hug::grouphug:

Just found out that about 400,000 people in Ohio are without power, including my family. I am worried about by mother. She is 80. I called and my brother was checking on her. Unfortunately all the stores are closed and they were not prepared for this. They were not supposed to get hit with Ike. I read a few articles on line and they said it may be several days before they get the power back on as they sent all of their extra crews and equipment to Houston.

It is ironic as my sister in Texas was all prepared with extra water, batteries, candles, etc and they did not get anything.

Has Jenn checked in?

I haven't seen Jenn yet. Barb, I am praying for your family and anyone affected by the storm. :hug:

Weave, :hug: I think you should go to the meeting. It may help you gain the perspective you need.

Just read the Columbus, oH paper and it says that 1 million are without power and it may take a week to restore it.

Barb have you been able to reach her or other family members, these generators wont run a central air unit but will run a window unit, just a thought what about a motel or a quick visit on train to see you? praying all is well there and for our Finnie girl too, she is without power or she would of said hello by now, hope all works out real quick, been an interesting weekend, this dam IKE what he did down south is horrific, and what it did up here plus that other storm been a wierd A## weekend that's for sure:hug: barb barbs mom and finny

Trish I love the bird he or she is cool looking, howdy howdyhow you doing well? how is dd17 how she been? besides grounded lol just kidding, i think thats dd 18 thats walking that fine line if I remember correctly, hope everything is well with you and your loved ones:hug:

Kelly have a good day with sis, dont over do it ok you were up early, ok :hug:

Sandy ignore you for a week or so, be still my heart there is no way we can ignore you, your wit charm and caring are so needed:hug: JIM :hug: yeah i give jim a hug too, sandy sorry if this is wrong to say, I feel so bad for jim, i dont mean to insult him with pity, just wish he would get a break soon like barb with her med situation, something has to fall in place soon right?

Kay mia amigo:hug:, my friend I would never insinuate anything, worse thing is at one time I knew that cool looking birds name, thats what sucks, I thought you might know per chance, cause my audubon books are pretty thorough, and couldnt find it in them, Y'all got to admit that bird is so lol funky looking

Kay:hug:

vonn howd y :hug how you feeling, well I hope.

Reneee hope your monday went well now that doc is back in town:hug:

soxmom AFH? did we add an adjective between a compound word? :grin: how ya doing see you in the world series:hug:

anyone I might of missed like speedy gonzales aka sarah howdy howdy PACE yourself:hug:

Last and not least weave:hug: pretty sure I speak for a more than few folks here, I wish I could help you so much more, its apparent there is more to what happened then we know, so this is your choice, but dont let it gnaw at your insides, there are many of us who would hug u to death in a heartbeat, yet i dont know, just wish I could help ease your hurt so much more then my iconic :hug:, you are cared for and there are many ears here for you, please dont despair and lose hope or faith:hug:


everyone have a safe and great Monday


DD if you show up howdy howdy enjoy our chat:hug:

I just talked to my mom on her cell phone. Actually she talked and I listened. She wears a cochlear implant for hearing and can hardly hear on the phone anymore Some areas are getting power back so maybe they will still get it back on today. She said there are several trees down on her street. My brother has made reservations at a hotel for tonight for all of them including my mom if the power is not back on. They will probably have to make her go with them. She was really bitter that she missed the Steelers/Browns game. LOL! It is no longer hot there either.

Have to go teach another class!:OuttaHere:

good glad to hear this barb tell her she didnt miss anything but a few cheap shots by each team and it was a miserable game, tonights game at the hotel will be a better game, I hope lol

feet burning like crazy, calves zing-zoinging, toes standing upright, blurry and double vision, headache, backache, dizzy, blah blah blah!

:eek::(:eek:

think I'll go back to bed for a few days.

:p:D:p

Frank, Ah wuz jes' teasin'

:grouphug::hug::grouphug:

Here are some pics of the lake I live at. These were taken a few minutes ago by me at our lodge. Now, although it may seem pretty minor, and it is, the water has taken half of the beach out and the green area, as well as one neighbors yard. Look at the flag pole. The rest of the area is Ok but there are docks floating around with nowhere to go and not sure if they will get back to the rightful owners. Thank the good Lord up above that the rain stopped because if it kept going we'd be flooded for sure.

Community walk on docks broke and floating away:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...ef951c20b5.jpg

Neighbors flag pole:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...1a98dbff8f.jpg

Half of beach gone:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...4f27c0031d.jpg

I think this tree will get watered, what do you think?
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...c021ddc7c2.jpg