Weekend Chew & Stew - April 5 & 6, 2008
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. That's especially true if you're one of the many who suffer from an invisible illness. We have whines and rants about pains, medical professionals and prescriptions, just to name a few. Perhaps our families listen; perhaps they don't. Even if they do, they get tired of our complaining, even if they claim to understand our constant struggles. Or if they don't get tired of our "negative energy" we think they do or will.
Whatever you're chewing on or stewing about, you cn post here. (Well, except for naughy words.)
Are you pondering?
Ranting?
Celebrating?
Any and all of the above are welcome here. Whether you're shouting, "Oh shuckie darn!" or "Yippeee Skippy" your words are welcome here.
Food for thought:
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. ~ St. Francis of Assisi
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Bert, congrats of working 8 hours yesterday. More power to ya. Just the thought of that makes me hurt. :-)
Its getting ready to rain again here, just came inside to drink coffee. Hope everything is good with all of you......
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I try not to complain, but you hit it on the head when you note that we have the need to let things out sometimes and I'm glad to know you understand.
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My "whine" today is that my Fibromyalgia has me in a fuzzy fog that is making everything I try to do take WAY longer to do because I can't remember what is I'm attempting to do.
Just a little bit ago, I neede to check one of off-Gather email accounts and as soon as my hand got on the mouse, I couldn't remember "what" it was that I was wanting to do. Then I remember the email, but couldn't figure out how to get there to check it.
Then read the same mail 3 times because I would read it, get read to delete it, then couldn't remember what it had said so I read it again, got ready to delete and AGAIN had to re-read it to be sure I wasn't deleting something I shouldn't.
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Eeeeee....
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It drives me crazy!
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About the site? I think you had to respond to the email I sent a while back for me to get the referral. That's okay. We can still connect as friends there and get something.
This weekend was interesting and blessed, but also challenging. I feel like I came out successful, though everything did not go my way. I put myself out there and for what it's worth, came back a better person.
We got a card from a major retailer noting that everything was 30% off. We assumed this meant 30% below the prices shown on store tags. Nope. We complained and got 30% off everything we bought there today.
I saved the receipts. Sure, WE got a break but most people would not. I say, WRITE CLEAR ADS and yes, I'm still mad about it, imagining people going in and just lining up like sheep to spend their money. We saved $75.00. How many others would have wanted to do the same?