Do I expect too much?
Jennifer Lynn
2 years ago
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Was I expecting too much?
Comments (19)Sounds to me like you went back in time when you stopped by that market! Was gas $1 a gallon too? We went to the St Paul market Saturday. Of course I took in lots of info on everything! Prices were generally higher than our local market but some things were even. Scallions and radishes seem to always be $1 a bunch. Their asparagus and rhubarb were a dollar higher than ours and some bunches were smaller. $5 a bunch there. It is funny that someone like my MIL didn't notice prices or bunch size or how stuff looked. She bought asparagus and plants at what I thought were the worst booths to choose- higher priced and crappy looking stuff. I guess that is how some of these vendors keep up with better vendors when they really shouldn't. Eggs and meat were very pricey. Plants were standard and there were plants everywhere! No one had much high tunnel produce. All the high tunnels seemed to be growing bedding plants to sell. Lastly, the Asian vendors were, as usual, way cheaper. Not much unusual stuff as I thought. I did buy ramps, but no Napa, bok choy, not that many greens. I bought 2 huge bunches of mint for $1 each and they also had pea shoot bunches which I talked my MIL into buying....See MoreSomeone please help me...
Comments (11)Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. As sad as it is to hear how common this sort of problem is with other families, I now have a sense of peace over me knowing that if others can deal with it, so can I - God willing. It is sheer torture when you go through something like this with not a soul next to you to talk some common sense. I finally calmed down enough to call the local police department asking for some guidance. Bottom line - he's only 16 and considered a minor so no matter what happens I am responsible for him. It was suggested that I file a police report (for having unwanted people in my home) and if he did not come home that night, I would then proceed to report him as missing. However, the officer (bless his heart) was kind enough to referred me to our local family crisis intervention program. The pain is my heart is no longer as sharp for I sincerely think serious and effective help is on the horizon. I took my son to meet the counselor that same day and he turned out to be a very wise and approchable street-wise man. I could not only see but FEEL how much my son connected with him. Wishful thinking? I pray not. After nearly three hours of non-stop talking and answering questions, I walked out of there knowing more things about my son than I ever did in all his 16 years put together. How sad is that? I was told that my son is an awesome kid and that whatever problem he has is not so deep ingrained in him that cannot be repaired. He has been messing with weed since the age of 13. Alcohol has also been in the picture, but, thank God, was decided it "wasn't for him" because it made him feel horrible. Cocaine and all sorts of pills have also been offered to him (mostly in school!) but he claims that to be "crazy stuff" and wants no part of it. Claiming every living body that gives him the time of day as his "new best friend" is smply a way to fill in the void I left when my fiance came into the picture. He feels utterly confused because though he's happy that I'm finally happy with a good man in my life, he also feel neglected and cast aside. How could I not see this? Or did I just refused to see it? At times he is so wise beyond his age that I get speechless. I've seen him trying to talk sense into some of his friends and he sounds like a darn preacher! So what is the problem here?! I don't know but I'll try my hardest to get to the bottom of it all. He will be going for drug testing and treatment as soon as next week. His counselor will be in touch with his school every week to check his progress and attendance. We will both be going for counceling together and individualy. My son needs help. I'd like to think that in his own way, he gave me a swift kick in the butt to get moving and help him. That's how I choose to look at this nightmare. I have faith that the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel will someday appear. Right now? This early Saturday morning? I peeked into his room and caught him reading "Chicken Soup for the Teeanger". Be still my heart......See MoreAm I expecting too much?
Comments (2)I have a Canon S3 IS and also a Nikon Coolpix L14. The Canon does more, of course, but I find myself grabbing the little Nikon more often. It's tiny so I carry it around in my purse all the time. I love the pictures it takes and often think they are equal in quality to the Canon! Before the Nikon, I had the Canon A85 and loved that too. I would still be using it if it hadn't been stolen. If you aren't getting quality pictures from the little Canon you might want to have a local dealer look at it to see if there's a problem....See MoreAm I expecting too much???? ('new' floor photos)
Comments (23)Thanks for all the sympathy everyone - I know you all know how I feel :) Kateskouros: that's funny, but looking at it, it does seem as if ice skates would make those scratches - haha! There's little ice skating around here right now though since it's in the 80's and 90's, so I guess they'll have to come up with another excuse :) Kat: I know you realize exactly how I feel since you've heard all my rantings through email :) Maybe I'll have some GOOD news eventually! Remodelfla: yes, we've decided that it practically has to be a sanding issue. The scratches are hard to describe and actually look a bit different in person than in the photos. The kitchen photos do look as if the scratches were sunken in, therefore maybe didn't take the stain, but in person look a bit raised - I know that sounds crazy, and it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen!! I don't know much about woodworking and definitely not refinishing floors other than what I've read, but we're wondering if the reason it became so apparent once the poly was down is due to the waterbased Bona opening the grain of the wood - does that even sound possible?? I posted a question on the floor forum but have gotten no replies - it doesn't seem to be very active compared to this one! Anyway, I'm putting one more photo below of the scratch in the bedroom (which we KNOW was there before the sanding started) because it does look slightly more as if it's raised. Picture a scar - you know how once scar tissue forms, there's a raised area. That's kind of what it looks like in person! I have no idea why the one in the kitchen looks as if there's no stain at all because it does have some on it - but the more they tried to "fix" the worse it became. Desertsteph: we saw the floors after every process dried, so we first saw the stain and there were no scratches, then one coat of poly, and that's the odd thing I was referring to above - only after approx. the second coat of poly did the scratches emerge. So I saw the floors one morning when I was leaving for work, and then we didn't go up until later that evening when the poly dried. We IMMEDIATELY noticed that and contacted the floor company. The "coordinator/scheduler" said that he was out of town, but would send the guys over to look at it the next day. That's when everyone said they had no idea how it could have happened but it couldn't possibly be from their equipment. So...we began investigating and found everything I wrote above to Remodelfla. We haven't moved anything back in and weren't planning to for several days just to make sure we gave the floors plenty of time to "cure" or whatever. Unfortunately, everything is in storage which we are also paying for much longer now! Seaglass7: thanks for agreeing that it's unbelievable that the company would try to blame us for the scratches and that I'm not just being picky! I was honestly beginning to question whether we were just expecting way too much and if anyone else would think it looked fine (as the floor company tried to say!). We asked them if since they think it looks fine, if they are OK with us posting photos everywhere as a reference for them - see what they say about that - haha! Rubyfig: we do know that the refrigerator was pulled across the floor, but it was well BEFORE the floor company started. And we didn't worry about the fact that we could see scratches in the new unfinished wood because we thought they would be sanded out!!! And none of the appliances were moved after the floor company started - they simply stained around them. It would have been impossible to move the huge refrigerator and get it back in without completely messing up the floors after finished, so we just elected to stain around it. Not the best option, but oh well. Lukkiirish: Yep, that's the "profesisonals" we were lucky enough to choose. You'd never believe this company has been around for at least 5-10 years and isn't just some one-man operation with a hand sander or something - haha! They seemed fine until we had issues - that's when you find out what companies are TRULY like! I'm beginning to REALLY regret not going with prefinished :) Floor in bedroom - scratch corresponds to one that was there BEFORE sanding. It was a fairly deep scratch made by the bed which we just ignored knowing that we'd eventually refinish them - little did we know we'd have the scratch forever - haha:...See Moresmalloldhouse_gw
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