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One step closer---feel so terribly guilty!
Comments (34)Thanks for all the support. He is still with us, the appointment is for this coming Thursday evening. Tim and I both have Thursday off so we'll spend the day with him. I am going to make him an ice cream cone, his favorite treat. I will post a photo of him later, I am at work now. It will be the hardest thing ever, but I am hoping/assumimg that the vet will have a discussion with us and offer some insight before administering the injection. If it is not the right time, we can cancel/postpone and pay her for her time. (Deep breath) One day at a time. Linda...See MoreAnyone ever feel homesick for their previous home?
Comments (58)I have been married now for 15 yrs and have lived in this home we custom built for 10 yrs. The first 5 yrs we lived in a 2 BR, one Bathroom, tiny apt where we shared many precious times. We moved there after getting married in our early twenties. Prior to getting married, we struggled to scrape together $7500 for a down payment on 9 acres of land. While living in that small apt, we payed off they land, saved money, and had our first child, a beautiful baby girl. We also made many special friends. During that time, we also started building a 2400 sq ft home that we contracted ourselves. Not to mention the countless hours my DH and Dad spent plumbing, painting, doing trimwork, etc. We did not see each other much over the yr it took to build our home. When we finally were finished and able to move in I remember the excitement I felt moving the boxes and all the toys from that small apt just a couple of miles from our new home. But once we moved here, I felt isolated. No more neighbors to visit everyday. Only though it was only a couple of miles away, it seemed like 1000 miles, because my life had taken a drastic change. I cried for a couple of months. My DH even offered to sell our home and move back to the apts we loved so much our first 5 yrs together. I knew we had worked and planned so hard for this home to be perfect. We stayed and had a son about 3 yrs after moving to our new home. Now I would never dream of going back to the life I had before, but memories are securely attached in the back of my mind that I will never forget. Our family of 4 would have never made it in the small apt. I find myself now lurking on this website everyday that I discovered while remodeling my kitchen. My husband thinks I am crazy that I spend so much time looking at others visions and dream kitchens. He often makes the comment that I should be thankful for the home we have which will be payed for in just a few years and our kids are still just 8 and 13. I do see things on this website that I love and sometimes even makes me dislike the home I have. I have gained much knowledge on this website, but I also have become more critical of every detail I see. I am glad to read this thread that reminded me to be thankful for the things I do have. I know there are people from all places and walks of life on GW, but you never know what kind of situation they are in. My aunt and her DH have no children and make plenty of money. She has a brother who is basically homeless that moves from motel to motel just to survive. She does help him tremendously, but he lived with her for awhile while she was in the process of remodeling her kitchen. When she got a new frig she cried because it was not what she had envisioned. He just looked at her and said "you can't even be happy with a brand new frig, and I don't even own a frig or place to put one." That opened my eyes to the real world. There are so many people who have lost there life savings in these terrible times we live in. I hope this thread helps everyone on GW realize how thankful we all are to have the homes we live in. I could dream all day of something bigger and better or changed, but I still would not be any happier in life than I am today! Thanks Creekylis for the thread. In time your heart will heal and you will have wonderful memories of your other home!...See MoreDo you ever feel guilty and how do you get over it?
Comments (23)Thank you all for your advice and pictures. I just LOVE them! After a weekend of being laid up again (fell off a machine at the gym and totally wrecked my back but am finally feeling a bit better now), I am hopingto get out there and prune this coming three day (can you say YEA!) weekend! Still on the fence about my climber as she is throwing out all sorts of laterals right now so this could be a good bloom year unlike prior years. She may have just had to have more time to come into her own. However, I am seeing that there are all sorts of little oak trees and other plants coming up through my rose bushes due to the mulch and birds. UGH! I may have lost my Sharifa Asma because of it if I can't pull them out. I have a feeling my garden is going to be very sparse this year due to a bunch of new roses going in to replace my old ones. Evelyn and Ambridge are reverting back to rootstock, so out they go. I have oak trees growing up in my Sharifa Asma as well as Evelyn, Mary Webb and now one of my Brother Cadfaels! I also have another unidentified bush growing up in my Peach Blossom. So it looks like I pretty much get to start from scratch all over again. Looks like an expensive year!...See MoreI feel SO Guilty for saying No
Comments (29)I HATE these fundraiser and with a son who plays three high school sports, he is "required" to participate in them each season. His football team did the discount card - he was supposed to sell I think 15 or 20, but when I looked at the card, even I, a mom of four, would not use most of what was on it. I think he sold five total and then one guy outside of church (he goes to a parochial school) donated to it. I refused to let him go door to door with it and he didn't want to anyway. His other two fundraisers are a much easier sell thankfully - his basketball team sells poinsettias before Christmas and his lacrosse team sells mulch. The mulch is a HUGE moneymaker. They made $30K last year. He is in the middle of that fundraiser at the moment. The girls' lacrosse team does purse bingo. They have designer purses and wallets as the prizes, plus a few other donated big ticket items, like luxury box to a Caps game. I don't know how much that one made but it is also very successful and fun. It sells out every year. The neighborhood kids sell the typical fundraising things like wrapping paper, candies, etc. We all buy from each other. I can usually find at least one thing I will use, but if not, I just donate. I don't buy anything from people I don't know but we also are a "no soliciting" neighborhood so when outsiders come to try and sell stuff, I don't even answer the door. My huge barking dog at the glass front door is enough for them not to stick around long. When my kids are selling things I only let them ask a handful of neighbors and only if it is something that I think they might use. I don't ever want to make any of them feel obligated to donate or buy anything so we sort of have an unspoken agreement to buy from each other's kids but I certainly wouldn't care if they turned one of my kid's down. I also agree that learning how to deal with rejection is a valuable lesson but I strongly disagree with making kids sell things by going door to door if they don't want to. It also sucks for the disadvantaged kids who don't have parents who can afford to just donate vs. participate in the selling. For example, it's not easy for a kid to sell mulch when he lives in an apartment vs a kid who has neighbors/family who live on large properties and use a lot of mulch. Families can get out of selling by donating $400 instead, but these same kids most likely don't have the $400....See MoreUser
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