I have to work today, on Sunday. Will miss my nieces and the rest of my family...whose love would come in very handy today.

Eh, I volunteered for our state association's yearly event to help people fill out their FAFSA, at my old place of employment. If my best friend weren't program organizer, I might have skirted my responsibility.

You're doing a good deed and just may enjoy yourself. :cool:

me three *sigh*

Aw, shawnee, I'm sorry that you seem so down recently. I hope you see an upward turn soon :)

Thanks guys.

@ Griff: I did enjoy myself. As much as I can't stand humans, I'm good at what I do and people loved me and were very appreciative of all our efforts. ;)

@ monster: thanks hon. This too shall pass. Perhaps I'm having a mid-life crisis? I'm getting all self-examiny. I don't like it much.

I'm not going to cry on VD threads anymore!

Just an update, I got home and he's not here, but he didn't take any of his stuff with him either. I hope he's planning to stay at his sister's house tonight.

My note was thrown off to the sink, and the pen was in the cat dish. And I'm trying to read these things and figure out if he got that I meant it.

With the help of my support here, I feel strong about holding my ground.

This too shall pass...

You might consider changing the locks.

He doesn't have a key. That's one thing I "never got around to."

So, if he does come here later what do I do? Tell him to take his (probably) drunk ass elsewhere? I don't know if I can do that. For the record one of us always takes the couch...so that's not an issue.

Every car door I hear...

Bag his stuff and put it in the front yard/on the sidewalk.

Yeah...so he tried to come home tonight..I told him it was a no go.

He blamed me for everything...I told him he had to go.

He threatened my life...I told him I'm not afraid of him


He left...not without telling me how much I suck. Not a problem I know I don't.

:) You make me proud. :)

I'm proud of myself. I did it. I'm not sad I feel elevated.

:)

As well you should, you're in charge of your life, and you win.:cheerldr:

Yay. I win.

You rock!

Great job, Shawnee!

You're FREE!!!!!

Congratulations, girl!

I keep going back and forth from feeling great to crying...it's like fast-cycling manic depression.

It will pass.

Thanks for the kind words! :)

I think what you did is probably best for HG, also, though it might take him a while to realize that.

I know. The guy may never grow up but I wasn't helping him there, either.

I'm not surprised. Emotions can be that way. But the good thing is you know on an rational and intellectual level that you made the right decision and things will be better now. Even if it's painful now at times.

Bloody well done Shawnee. It was never going to be an easy thing to do, and it was always going to come down to this.

He had nothing to say about anything that transpired between me and him...so he drug up my marriage as a way to point out how much I suck. wtf? Ancient history and irrelevant much?

Rats...now there's some anger creeping in. I'm going to get nothing done today.

The hurt will pass Shawnee. Look at it this way, the worst is over.
I assume he took his stuff, right?

Back to me, anyway.
Once again, taking the thread title literally - my system is very unhappy at my fruit lunch.
I had fruit for lunch every day for about 4 months a while back and it was fine (or was there a period of alarm that I haven't remembered?). But this is sucky. It's grumbling and mumbling and giving me off tweaks here and there. I'll have to bring it into line. Fruit for lunch every day!

Lie - am out of money til Thursday so I'll be having stuff from the freezer and cupboard. But after Thursday, belly had better learn that brain is in charge these days!

Way to go, Shawnee!

Just to be on the safe side, could you perhaps ask the cops for a neighborhood patrol for a few days? Or at least let them know what's going on. Better to have it on record that he already threatened you once, if they catch him prowling around or something.

He's all talk. I really don't believe he would ever hurt me physically, but I'll have my phone at the ready just in case. I won't go through that again, I'd kill him first.

I'm feeling sick. :(

bag up his stuff and get it out of there. you did good.

It will pass. Tattoo it backwards on your forehead, so you can see it in the mirror. You know you did the right thing, and it will get easier as time passes. In the meantime, enjoy your steak!!

Thanks! :)

I luvz you guys!

Two unassociated analysts I've known and followed for years have each reiterated their belief we won't see any meaningful recovery until late 2011-early 2012. I like these guys because they've always been cautious and don't jump on bandwagons.

A third has continued his statements warning about a swift change/collapse in our currency. effectively the US filing BK on our national debt.

:(

On the upside my lunch was really good.

What practical applications would this have on daily life? All imports more expensive, but domestic items still relatively affordable? Or would we start paying $30 for a loaf of bread?

You had lunch at Burger King?

Shawnee-

I'd keep an eye out for him Shaw but I wouldn't be too nervous. Like you said, he didn't love you, and you didn't love him. If I were you, I'd stop talking to him entirely for awhile. When the cell rings, don't answer it.

Your marriage has nothing to do with it. He's just trying to hit you with anything he can, don't let it effect you.

Once again, I am proud of you!! :)

Thanks hon...

It freaking hurts.

I wish...never mind. :(

What is it Shawnee? :)

My pm box works if you need it. Oh and I also just got msn messenger. ;)

Check your pm...lol.

Well that depends. Do we have the infrastructure to be independent for some time? Is our military strong enough to take on some very pissed off countries who currently hold our debt?

There really is no answer because while possible, it hasn't been considered probable so it is only theory at this point. It could range from a measured gradual move to a new currency with an established conversion rate such as they had while transitioning to the Euro. Of course, the other end of the spectrum is that we have a ridiculous deflation/inflation swing and they just start printing new money tied to the gold standard. Take your pick.

As long as Mr. Clod starts getting little bags of gold dust instead of direct deposit, I guess that's okay.

Oh, oh, does this mean you're on the rebound and all vulnerable and shit?:love:

Good on you for keeping your cool. You're a much stronger woman than me--I'd be in jail right now if a fucker like that tried to threaten my life.

I haven't decided yet. ;)

Pete lost an Uncle this week. We're headed for New Hampshire for the funeral etc.. He had open heart surgery and appeared to have come through, but had massive bleeding two days later. He was the proto-typical Main Street Republican, Navy man, short run with IBM, built a small business, raised a couple good kids, and was active in his church. He loved to argue politics, was open-minded, had a libertarian streak, and was at heart a solid conservative. He was a damn fine man who was liberal with his scotch. He and his kind will be sadly missed. :(

I'm sorry to hear that Griff. :(

I have WAY too much to do. Two exams to study for, a take-home quiz, a paper due next week, and two client projects, plus a filthy house and several loads of laundry and my son's wrestling meet tomorrow and fifteen banners to sew for the cub scouts. And, dammit, it's valentine's day so my hub probably expects a little sump'n too. (sigh)

So why am I here? :eek:

Shawnee, WTG. You go girl!

Sundae, have some yogurt along with that fruit and your belly will feel better.

You're addicted, like the rest of us! ;)

Hey, so now guys can use VDay as leverage in gettin' a little sumpn sumpn? Hmmph. I thought they were supposed to kiss our butts on this very special Hallmark holiday.

I had a phone like that once. It was a bakelite one from the 40s or 50s. It weighed about 8 pounds, you could drive nails with the handset.

(BTW, I'm really pysched for you on this one Shawnee!)

Thanks, foot.

tasteless hamburger patties at restaurants since they now have that "cook until it's dead and DEADER" thing. I ordered one "pink" the other day, as per the menu.

No pink. Give me back juicy hamburgers!

There was a small town in the US somewhere (I can't remember where) and apparently they had just the one butcher and he used to provide hamburger meat for the whole town pretty much, and apparently the whole town used to eat the hamburgers pretty rare.

When the whole town (just about) ended up with thyroidosis, they found he'd been including cow thyroids in the makings for the hamburgers, and because they were generally served rare, the thyroxin (I think that's the name of the chemical) wasn't being destroyed.

Anyway, they stopped eating thyroids and they all got better.

The moral of the story is: Always cook your hamburgers well. ;)

Years ago my friend's boyfriend would tell them, when ordering a steak, to just "run it under the heat lamp a couple times."

I like a medium rare to medium nice steak, but I don't want pink in my hamburgers. Cooked just beyond that, fine...but no pink. It's raw meat.

I like my steak rare, but not things like hamburger meat. You just never know what else besides hooves and entrails have gone into the mix. ;)

lol...exactly. A cut of meat is one thing. Ground up "parts is parts" is another thing entirely.

I like medium rare burger. But if I'm any place that asks you how you like it cooked (and has it thick enough for you to notice the different) I figure it's probably pretty good cuts anyway.

That is true. Certainly wouldn't want a rare burger from MickeyD's!

Mildly irritating:

Mean people.

My brother likes steak thus:

A good vet should be able to get it back on its legs.


And, agreed, do NOT eat undercooked hamburger. Burger = mince = bits = brains and spinal cord = abnormal prions = vCJD = your brain turning into a sponge over the next decade or two.

For this reason I don't eat mince products. On the rare (geddit?) occasions I eat meat, I want a slab of muscle, not bits. I could never understand why anyone would eat kidney. Thats the toxic waste processing facility! Would you picnic at the gabage dump?

This quote is mildly irritating me =)
abnormal prions would NEVER happen in the USA unless one is gutting their own cattle that are over 24 months of age because cattle younger than that cannot get mad cow and, brains and spinal cord are not included in any meat processed in the USA and they have not included for years. The only cases of CFJ in the USA in humans originated in England and those people came to the USA. Mad cow cases that were in the USA originated in Canada and Mexico where they still feed animal by products[not supposed to] to their cattle a practice that was banned in the USA almost 20 years ago. The reason not to eat uncooked hamburger has to do with e-coli a bacteria as abnormal prions are not affected by cooking.

Why I came to this thread before I digressed, I hate when someone steals the graphics off my page and uses them on their page. I have no trouble dealing swiftly with those in the English speaking countries because they generally understand, remove my copy written work or I will have your SP remove your web page for infringement, its those say in .. Russia that are such assholes about it!:eyebrow:

Prions are relatively unaffected by heat. Therefore, cooking your burger to kingdom come will not affect its ability to turn your brain to mush. (See also: network television)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_(microbiology)
Nirvana, not to pick a fight, but what about "downer" cows in the US? I remember there was quite a fight about that a few years back.

Hi Pie! There has not been a downer cow in the USA that has tested positive for mad cow.[ two cows that were on diagnosed on their farms here in the USA not at a processor, that were born and raised in Canada and Mexico] One of the biggest reasons a cow cannot stand is because the nerve in the pelvic rim was damaged during calving. Other reasons are old age and pneumonia. It is also illegal to process downer cows for anything even dog food. Has been that way for at least 6 years. That's why that California processing plant was in such big trouble.

Sorry to dissect your post Zen but PETA scare tactics are the norm here wrong information about processed meat is a pet peeve of mine.
Oh another mildy irritating post from me this time! :P