Good morning. Not feeling motivated at all, so I better check in. :closedeyes: Work laundry vacuum a little yard work bathrooms cleaned-delegate to dd transfer money cook dinner cleanup kitchen

I am so sorry for your loss. Grief has no timetable and it has only been six months. Do not let anyone make you feel you are doing it wrong. I could understand the train of thought that people grieve and show grief/emotions in different ways. However, you told him what you needed from him and he outright refused to do what you need??? No, I can't overlook that. Not acceptable. All I can add is that I have had losses too and it has taken years to get better with some of them. What helped me is that I finally realized I will never "get over it". All that happened is that I learn to live with it. Decades later, I think of the people basically daily still, but I am not despondent anymore. And, my losses have not been due to crime. so that adds another , very painful layer for you. Your dh need to accept that this is going to be a long haul, IMO. :grouphug:

This! This very thing is what inspired my thread a couple of months ago where I asked what benefits there are for believers in THIS life.

Well this past week was really something. :huh: I got two new larger ticket items in one week. I got a new (refurbished) laptop that arrived from Amazon. My old one finally gave out for good. It had lasted for around five years, so I can't complain. My new one is a shiny red refurbished HP. I got thirty dollars off from opening an Amazon card, so it came to 249.00 with free shipping. So far it works fine and we are getting used to Windows 8.1. My washer died also.We ended up getting a new one. This one had some issues for a while. So, now I have a new washer also. In better news, I am about to pay my final car payment. :hurray: I am glad your dd's party went well, Quill. Good job, everyone.

I am enjoying the series and find him to be quite good as a host of the show. I have not perceived him as arrogant at all.

:grouphug: and yes, I have.

I want to do a whole lot of nothing.

Thank you for checking in ! Glad you are home and recovering well.

We sound a lot alike in this thread. :001_smile: I am one of those people who actually-wait for it........follow speed limits. Apparently this is a very annoying thing to many other drivers. My dd is learning to drive now and I am teaching her to follow speed limits also. I don't let annoyed drivers and tailgaters push me to speed. I tell her that those people are not going to pay my speeding ticket for me. They can go around when we get to a place where they can pass. We had a horrifying experience with a psycho tailgater a couple of months ago. A guy in a truck was tailgating while dd was driving and I was in the passenger seat. He was so close on our bumper any tap on th brake would have meant he ran into us. We went over a high bridge and as we came to the bottom, he went over into the other lane, in a non passing area. He zoomed and flew around us and barely missed getting hit by an RV but the RV turned right before it got to him.. Then he almost got hit by a school bus. He almost got killed right in front of us. He had a company sticker on his truck with a phone number . I called the number and reported him. I never do that kind of thing, but that company would face some serious liability. Now, I too get irritated at drivers going 20 in a 45 and things like that. I just get around as soon as I can. Nothing is worth getting in an accident or getting a ticket to me.

Good for you. :hurray:

Yes, I always say that I know not to go to Walmart if I am in a hurry. Last week I let someone go ahead of me in line there and I even told them that. Not the place to go when you're in a hurry, so I didn't mind letting them go ahead.

Yes to Tracfone. They run on a variety of networks. I live in a very rural area and the only thing that really works out here is Verizon. My old Tracfones did not really pick up out there. With a little research I learned how to identity the Tracfone models that are made to run on Verizon networks. They have a certain letter in the phone model #. So maybe you can google that info. Our current Tracfones are smartphones and they work great out here where we live. I made sure they run on Verizon before I bought them. They came from QVC.

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We have a Garmin also and have been satisfied with it.

I am very excited for you! I have been following along and wish you the very best.

Well, I went to Walmart and got a meter. I had to get strips seperately, but they were only nine dollars. So the meter and strips came to less than thirty dollars. I will test in a couple of days when I can be home most of the day to time it all out. Thanks again everyone.

My dd is doing a feminine version of Crowley and Sam from Supernatural.

Oh my goodness. Thank you all so much. You don't know how helpful your responses have been. Some of your stories are really scary and you all have been through a lot. I am so glad you all are taking care of yourselves. Some stories sound just like what I am dealing with. Frequent trips to the bathrooom, thirst, and vision issues. I would never have thought of buying a meter and testing at home. I am totally going to do that. Thanks for those instructions. Very helpful. Thanks again.

Wow,Katy. It is good that you were going for regular checkups. Sorry you were pushed over the edge. :( It is very prominent in my maternal side of family. Very prominent. So getting tested is probably a good idea for me.

If you feel like sharing, I am interested in what circumstances led to your diagnosis. Did you have symptoms and decide to go get blood work done or to see a Dr. and get checked out? Or did you find out during a checkup and you were not suspecting it? I am just wondering because I have a few symptoms and am considering bloodwork. On the other hand, I don't want to spend the money and feel silly if I am fine. Most likely I will order my own labs online and then if there are abnormal results , I will see a Dr.

Thinking of you. I hope you feel better soon.

I used them as Algebra 1 with my non mathy dd. We are now going to review the basic cocepts with Mathtutor dvd and move on to more advanced work for Algebra 2.

Don't even get me started. There are reasons why I am stepping down from leadership in my hs group. This is just one of numerous similar issues.

I spent some money on paint and painting supplies. This is one of the project that I had planned on tackling this year, so it is a planned expense. I bought two gallons of primer and a gallon of paint as well as rollers and paintbrushes and trays. I am painting my living room and dining room. The primer should be plenty to do both rooms and maybe have some left over, but I will need more paint, rollers and brushes. I am proud of myself for not spending much on clothes for myself. Since I have lost a little weight, I am getting back into a couple pairs of shorts and capris that had been too snug. So, instead of buying more clothing , I am "shopping my closet" and making do with what I have.

I have not tried the Hard Candy Foundation, but I bought their primer and I really like it.