tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57893152545846086322024-03-05T00:57:08.242-05:00MartyrMomI'm a good girl, I amYarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-28627878410190334462012-06-06T01:30:00.004-04:002012-06-06T01:49:13.749-04:00WHERE I'VE BEEN AND WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TOI read in this book that the things people most want to change about themselves are sometimes not done because they have different connotations. Good and Evil counterparts. For instance....I am an enabler. The meaning of that is that I help too much. My helping could be a means of controlling too. That's the bad part of my "being". On the other hand the good part is that I AM an enabler. Another word for that might be a nurturer.......a caregiver.......a help mate.<br />
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I've decided that you may call me an enabler if you wish but I do not do it to control. I do it because I love.<br />
and YES, I could love you to death so be careful!<br />
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Well I hardly know where to begin it's been so long.<br />
I think I'm just now coming out of a depressive state.....I think.<br />
I'm not quite sure cause I still have a hard time concentrating and staying still.<br />
I have my nights of no sleep and my days of crying.<br />
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I know that basically the last time I wrote my friend had died. I think for me that was the beginning of the end. My depression set in full force.<br />
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Other things have happened. Triple D has been gone for almost a year now. She lives south of us about 2 hours away. Her daughter went to live with "dad" and the control freak who if she ever gets divorced will become the wicked step-mom. GRRRRR<br />
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Triple D is doing ok for the moment. She has had a couple of relapses since she has been gone but she is taking care of her shit for the most part. She has a job, lives in a half way house, and goes to more meetings a week than I care to count.<br />
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My boys are ok too, although, the Musician can't quite decide how he is going to make a living.<br />
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The Lemon, my oldest granddaughter, still lives with me. She is the sweetest most considerate person I've ever known. She worries about the craziest things. She attends high school and college. This time next year she will graduate with her high school diploma as well as her AA. She is truly amazing but like anyone else she DOES have her moments.<br />
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The other grand girl went back home to mom back in January......geesh....was it last year? 2011? Hum.....where have I been? She will be 14 in a couple of days and she has pretty much decided not to talk to me unless, of course, she wants something.<br />
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I've been knitting and knitting and playing tennis and playing tennis and studying for the exam for the IRS (which I've passed!!)<br />
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I have 2 shawls, a size 48 Aran sweater, 2 pair of socks, a soap sachet, and a pillow all on needles right now. This year so far I've completed 2 sweaters, 3 shawls, 1 pair of socks and a partridge in a pear tree (not really but I thought that sounded like it went along with all that!).<br />
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So we are all caught up..........now to go try to read some blogsYarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-27169425097161767432011-07-05T21:45:00.000-04:002011-07-05T21:45:34.794-04:00Our Judicial System At WorkI don't really care if anyone agrees with me or not.<br />
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I have not had much faith in our judicial system for a long time. I've always thought that you are NEVER innocent until proven guilty.......you are guilty until you prove your innocence.<br />
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The media takes over and they put people out to dry before the trial even begins. They create hysteria. The general public sometime appear to be small sheep ready to be led . People develop biases and begin to chant "Hang Her High". I swear it was like a witch hunt with <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/07/nancy-grace-says-the-devil-is-dancing-at-casey-anthony-verdict.html">Nancy Grace </a>at the head of the pack.<br />
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Believe me when I say that I'm sure <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-guilty-murder-caylees-death/story?id=13987918">Casey</a> had something to do with her child's death...but possibly so did her parents or that meter guy?? I don't know...........all I do know is that there were too many questions that were not answered.<br />
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There was a reasonable doubt............which makes it impossible to convict someone.<br />
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I'm not much on fighting about all this.........I just know what I believe. I see all the post on face book wishing her death and damnation. I wonder if those people could be trusted to be on any jury.........<br />
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My faith in our system was given a bit of a boost by not convicting her. She may be guilty as hell.....so might OJ or Michael Jackson......I don't know. I only know what the facts said..........and the facts created reasonable doubt.<br />
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The mistake I think that the prosecution made was to have all the possible charges lumped into one case. I'm not sure if they could have seperated them.<br />
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She was found NOT guilty of any serious charges. Thursday the judge will pass down sentencing. <br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-guilty-murder-caylees-death/story?id=13987918">She was found guilty on four counts of providing false information to law enforcement, which are misdemeanors. It's possible she could be released from prison later this week.</a>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-4604016590522736672011-07-03T10:03:00.000-04:002011-07-03T10:03:10.154-04:00JosieShe and I shared so many times I don't even know where to begin but I will tell you before her illness she was my best friend. I didn't meet her as a young woman. She was not my childhood friend. We met on the tennis courts.<br />
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Our friendship just evolved like so many friendships do. We hung out a few times. I thought she was out of my socio-economic group but she was a down to earth person. I don't know if Gina is attending her service but I remember when she told Josie, "you could drive my car." Gina was a young girl just starting off... not much money...two kids ....really struggling. Josie on the other hand.......well, lets just say she wasn't hurting for too much.<br />
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We joined a team later on and that was the beginning of the Royals. <br />
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Back in the day we had lots and lots of parties and more than a few had to have some sort of theme. No event was too small. A party was always needed.<br />
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Josie and I became fast friends when our sons began to "misbehave". We swapped war stories and played tennis like there was no tomorrow.<br />
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As our children grew so did our friendship. Our friendship was made of more than just our mutual love for tennis and our children.<br />
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We shared a love for travel and adventure. We became travel buddies for the short trips that I could take. She was
always ready to 'hit the road'. If I said "Josie, let's go." She would
be ready in a flash. Our farthest trip was Germany. We spent a week there with friends. Some
of our shorter trips included a week in West Virginia skiing, a week in San Francisco, a quick "save the children" trip to NC to pick up my grand girls, a week long visit from her and her hubby to our beach cottage and a few long weekend "girls only" trips for
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We shared a love for the books and history. . We could concoct the some pretty good stories ourselves....together we were a pretty good team!<br />
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We loved to joke around. There were times that we would be laughing so
hard we'd really be rolling on the floor nearly (and yes a few times
actually) peeing our pants. The silliest things could sometimes set us
off and just looking at each other would send us into giggles again.<br />
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I remember the time she came to the courts with a nose ring in her nose. I was mortified. I wondered how I was going to keep her as my friend. She knew how I hated them. She continued the farce until we went out to lunch. At that time she was going to remove it so I would not be bothered. I started to yell "don't take it out" as the thought of watching her take it out was already making my stomach queasy..........then viola........it was a magnetic nose ring. I could have killed her..........we laughed and laughed and then I set the senerio for the party that was happening that night. I got on the phone like any good Royal and started the grapevine gossip.........."OH MY GOD.....Josie got her nose pierced" I told everyone. The stage was set.......everyone tried to pretend they didn't notice cause I told them how proud of it Josie was. In the end Josie brought the attention to herself and started telling them how upset I was at lunch and how much she loved it. As she proceeded to ask people what they thought and they began to hem and haw, she came clean. Their expressions (as well as mine I suppose) were priceless. She had a good time with that practical joke.<br />
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We both loved to talk on the phone and would spend hour after hour talking about everything from raising children to the what really caused the Civil War. There were many afternoons that our husbands would come home and find us on the phone.<br />
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She felt giving back to the community was an obligation not a choice. She spent much time on her charities.<br />
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We would have hard core discussions about controversial subjects and our disagreements never led us out of friendship. She had a strong sense of right and wrong. She was a stickler for etiquette. I think she must have had a
Ms. Manners guide by her bedside.<br />
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I didn't visit her when she went to the nursing home the way I felt a friend should and if I had been the friend that was ill, I'm sure Josie would have visited me a lot more. I really couldn't bare to watch her deteriorate. I'm sure if she had had the least bit of her faculties in the end she would have forgiven me that.<br />
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We discussed what we wanted in life as well as in death and although I can't be there for her family at this time I know she would forgive me that too. What she wouldn't have forgiven me for would have been to not acknowledged that she really existed. She would have wanted me to let everyone know that she was a part of my world....that she made me smile.............that she made a difference in my life.<br />
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-5093542793295052472011-06-30T08:28:00.000-04:002011-06-30T08:28:45.556-04:00Trying to Prove Who I AmWell it's almost time for me to renew my driving license. Because of 9-11 I have to REALLY jump through hoops to get it renewed.<br />
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I think it is discrimination against women. The question asks, "have you ever gone by another name?" I've been married 2 times and of course I have my maiden name. I have to have my certified marriage certificate to prove that my name now is what it is. I have to prove that I got a divorce. I have to have my certified birth certificate and a social security card and two pieces of mail addressed to me showing my address.<br />
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I've never gotten my marriage certificate so I pull up the application on line.......I decide that I'm going to "Virtually" order it since ordering it from the court takes a lot more time and effort.They only accept money orders and I have to send a self addressed stamped envelope (basically I'm lazy).<br />
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I get to the payment part and all is well. After I pay, I'm told I have to fax in a copy of an affidavit notarizing that I am who I say I am........<b>WHAT????</b>....geesh.....<br />
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I go to print out the affidavit to prove who <b><u>I</u></b> am and whose name is on it?? The Engineers!?!?! <br />They are now asking for him to prove who he is and that we are married. um.....Ok !?!?!<br />
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<b>GRRRRR</b> .........<br />
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In the mean time, we have to send off to renew our passports so we can go to the Galapagos. I got my passport in 2000. They requested a birth certificate. I can't remember that they asked for anything else. For the renewal they ask for nothing except my original passport and a new picture. <br />
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Why can't I just show my passport to the license bureau? The government trusts who I am but my state doesn't ??<br />
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Go figure??<br />
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-44875119106185402532011-06-19T02:36:00.000-04:002011-06-19T02:36:59.470-04:00Triple D and StuffSigh.........it's happening again. I often wonder if she will stop before she kills herself.<br />
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She was doing ok after her arrest. We decided to bail her out. I'm of a firm mind set that drug addicts do not belong in prison. I'm not sure where they belong but prison is not the place.<br />
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I thought pretty much she was using again 2 weeks ago. I always get this feeling of impending doom.....call it gut instinct. We've been testing her regularly and randomly. We did not get any positive results. I asked The Engineer if he knew of any drugs that wouldn't test out and he couldn't think of anything.<br />
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So last night I found her stash. A bunch of syringes and spoon with Roxy residue and low and behold.......a few pawn shop receipts.<br />
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We may be out 22K if she doesn't show up for court. I may try to get her bondsman to revoke her bail........don't know yet what this future will hold.<br />
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On a positive note.......I've been knitting my brains out. Here are just a few of my completed projects<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabled Knit Cap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raglan Sleeve Sweater (I look like a wooly mammoth in it!)</td></tr>
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I find that this activity is stress relieving. Too bad I couldn't knit me a river.....it would flow for miles and miles. I don't want to add up the cost of my endeavors but I'm sure I've not spent as much as a therapist would cost.<br />
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I had arthroscopic (good thing for spell check. I thought you spelled that surgery with an "O") surgery on my knee back in May and am almost good as new. I'm back out on the tennis courts with a bit of swelling and stiffness but soon.........it'll be all good.<br />
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I'm leaving next week to go home to take care of mom. She had a total knee replacement last Tuesday. So far she is not home because she is running a fever but hopefully she will get to go home soon. I don't want to stay there if she is still hospitalized. The nurses are saying she may have to go to a rehab facility if she doesn't get her strength back quicker. I don't get it. Of course her strength is bad...she has just spent 3 days total bed rest and they are feeding her a healthy dose of morphine........what do they expect???<br />
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The Engineer and I are planning a trip to the <a href="http://www.galapagosisland.net/cruises/anahi-first-class/index.html#it6">Galapagos Islands</a> in November. This, I can't wait for!!! The Anahi is the boat we plan to take. It's and 8 day cruise and then we will spend a few days in Ecuador.<br />
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I'm knitting this wrap to take with me since it will be a bit chilly. I'm using a cotton and bamboo yarn that feels really yummy!!<br />
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Out of here for now.Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-78854503398149155612011-03-24T14:13:00.000-04:002011-03-24T14:13:05.679-04:00Tax SeasonAs tax season is nears the "MAD RUSH" to complete a return, I have a second to come on here and say hello.<br />
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Life is going ok with a few minor glitches....but hey...if it weren't for bad times how would I recognize the good?? Hum......<br />
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I think about writing every day and just don't have the the time or inclination to do it...........but soon.<br />
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I await the end......................Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-3091341560158385042011-02-15T22:37:00.000-05:002011-02-15T22:37:20.171-05:00Black Mamba<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-32623574658558445412011-01-30T09:31:00.000-05:002011-01-30T09:31:30.031-05:00Sunday Smiles<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1.How Do You Catch
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">2. How Do You
Catch a Tame Rabbit?</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Tame
Way..</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">7. </span></i></b></span><i><b>What is Atheism </b></i><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">?</span></i></b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">8. What Do You
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">Frostbite.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;"> 9. What Lies At
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">A Nervous
Wreck.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: black;">10. Why Don't
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Support bacteria.
They're the only culture some people
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;"> </span></i></b><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: blue;"> <b> If</b></span></i><b><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> you're feeling down and wondering why you might have been placed on this earth , remember.......</span><u style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">YOU</u><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> were the sperm who made it; there's gotta be a reason!! </span></span></i></b></span></div>
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Anne died when she was 11 years old. She had leukemia. She was the last of the children the Engineer's mom would have. There were 4 boys and 1 girl. Anne was brilliant as Nonna is still known to say. She was wise beyond her years as I've always known dying children to be.<br />
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I've been with the Engineer for almost 32 years. We've been married for 28. His mother has always been a source of support, humor, and wisdom. She has been where my mom could never be.......there for me.<br />
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Some of her words of wisdom are as follows:<br />
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When the <a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-criminal-investigation.html">Criminal</a> was sentenced to 5 years in a federal prison, he was 20. Triple D and the <a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/unknown-musican-contributes.html">Unknown Musician</a> were 8 and 5. I became depressed. I told the Doc that although I wouldn't kill myself, I wouldn't move if someone came across the yellow line. The Doc deemed me suicidal and gave me medications to help. When I called Nonna and told her what was going on she parted with these words of wisdom........."WHAT?? You want to die?? If that happens, the Engineer will just marry some slut and <b><u>she'll </u></b>raise your kids??? Do you want that to happen??"<br />
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I don't think the meds would have worked any better......<br />
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Another time I remember is when the Engineer and I were having (well I guess I was just having) marital problems. I would call Nonna all the time. I couldn't talk to my mom. All I got from her was, "Why can't you be thankful? He works and supports you really good. What more do you want???" So I would vent to Nonna. Nonna's favorite saying for any problem I was having was "he learned from the Master" (<i> his dad</i>). Grumpy Gramps could/can be arrogant in his knowledge of things and feels that there are many who know <u>much less</u> than he. This mostly means Nonna. He never believes that she might have some sort of ability to read and decipher what she's read. He will say stuff like, "where did you read that at? National Inquirer?"<br />
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Back in her younger days Nonna would have created quite a scene. Sometime she still does but, hey, at 84 she has mellowed a bit.<br />
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At one point my complaints were more along the lines of loneliness because the Engineer traveled so much. The kids were small and I couldn't go out to play tennis too much. I would call and whine about not having any adult companionship and when the Engineer was home.......well, what can I say, he<b> is</b> an Engineer.<br />
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Finally she says to me, "Lucy, what you have is a case of the housewife blues. Now there are many ways I can think of that can help you get over this. One way would be to go back to school. You could take a class or two in the mornings." I thought this over for a bit and I told her I thought that it was a really good idea. In the next breath she said slyly, "or you could just have an affair. It doesn't cost very much and that would definitely get you over your blues!"<br />
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I had been near tears when the conversation started......after that........AWWW, LAWDY!!! There were tears but they were from laughing so hard. Later I told the Engineer what his mom had said. It didn't "straighten" him out...after all, he learned from the Master.<br />
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Over the years she has always been there to give me her advise and offer comfort. She loves my kids for who they are not who she thinks they should be. It's truly an unconditional love.<br />
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The Engineer didn't want me to call his mom and tell her about Triple D. He was afraid she would worry too much. He was gone this week and I called anyway. I had no one to talk to and I surely wasn't going there with my unsympathetic mother.<br />
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In between my sobs of sorrow she cooed and consoled and offered all she had. In the end she gave me this bit of wisdom that stopped my tears.<br />
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She said, "Lucy, there is always hope. Triple D, even the Criminal, may come around and eventually do something good. There is always hope of this. Do you know why Lucy? They are alive."</div>
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Nonna still has close relationships with her ex-daughter's in laws and I know if anything were to every happened to the Engineer and I, I would still have a friend in Nonna.<br />
<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-30309409631836941362011-01-17T21:35:00.000-05:002011-01-17T21:35:15.389-05:00"O" is My Favorite Letter<div style="text-align: center;">
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You are an opiate;</div>
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I am obsequious.<br />I am an obstacle.</div>
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We are obsessed.</div>
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Orgasm cums to mind! ha! I made a joke!! </div>
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Origami....Opal...Original......probably a lot more but you tell me.....</div>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-90494480817732634982011-01-17T07:35:00.029-05:002011-01-17T07:35:00.108-05:00Samurai Warriors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Playing checkers in the park with the old guys, has never been as
competitive as playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong_tiles">Mahjong</a> in a field of lilies with the <em>Samurai!</em></h1>
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<em><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I did it! I did it!! 137 characters!!! </span></em></h1>
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<em><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></em><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Susan over at </span><a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/" style="font-weight: normal;">"Stony River" </a><span style="font-weight: normal;">hosts Microfiction Monday. The idea is to use Susan's picture she posts
then compose a story up to and including characters, punctuation marks,
etc adding up to 140.</span></span></h1>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-60956297795556137072011-01-16T07:27:00.000-05:002011-01-16T07:27:20.568-05:00The Saga Continues<span style="font-size: small;">No matter how bad things are, I still love Triple D. That's the strange thing about having a kid. You want to hate them but you just can't. Your heart breaks and you cry until you're dry but no matter how hard you try....you just can't hate them. </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">Yes<a href="http://pleadignorance.blogspot.com/"> Robert,</a> my grief is so heavy I feel I can hardly breath sometimes.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I tried to hate the Criminal. I spent many years kicking myself....questioning ..........I know it's not my fault my children have fallen into bad behaviors. I raised them to be better than this. We aren't "white trash." We don't live in "crime town." We are not in the low socioeconomic group. I'm not, nor is the Engineer.....an abusive </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"></span>parent, a drunk, a drug addict, or mentally ill. (well not that we know of anyway! sigh......my try at humor!)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;">sorry <a href="http://missedperiodsandothergrammarscares.blogspot.com/">Missed Periods</a>...how in the hell do you punctuate a sentence like that??....and thanks for your support too!<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Why all this has happened I can't say.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">In my previous post I mentioned that the police were unwilling to help and I'd find out if they were just lazy or what. In the state of Florida you have to evict a person from your home. If you tell that person to leave and they have lived in your home for a period of time (like a kid or a friend), you have to evict them. The police can't search their room because everyone, even our grown children, are given a right to privacy. <span style="color: #741b47;">So <a href="http://psychocarnival.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a>, even though it's not as drawn out as a real tenant, you have to go through legal proceedings. Yeah the state of Florida has some strange laws. The cops aren't lazy.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">So here we go with what went on......</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><u style="color: #990000;"><b>Wednesday, January 12th, continued </b></u></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><u style="color: #990000;"><b> </b></u></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">When
I first get to the court house, I check out the law
library and get an eviction notice to put on Triple D's door.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"> I
spent the better part of today in the court house getting the
Marchman Act set up. I also request a restraining order in case the
Marchman Act doesn't go through. As it goes, you have to have
documentation stating your case. After I finished my blog , I
spent a few hours writing a 2 pages summary of what has happened in the
past year. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I'm relieved that I have done something to help Triple D but distressed that the restraining order, if approved, may get her in jail. I'm confused over what I want to happen.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I want her to go back to detox. I don't want her to come home. I'm willing to set her up in a half way house for a month but she has to be clean in order to go there. I don't want her in jail........cause I hate that thought.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">As it turns out, I may not have any choice. What happens next is just crazy......</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">A police officer who is the investigating officer on a robbery that Triple D "witnessed" on Sunday night wants to stop by and ask her a few question. I tell Detective Smith that she is not here. She starts asking me about the car that Triple D drives...."do you drive the car too or is it just her?"......"how often do you drive it?"......"would you say you and Triple D share the car?".... </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Triple D wrecked the car on Sunday night too but the story I got from that was she hit a parked car. My first thought is SHIT....she was the get away person........NOOOOOOOOO</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">The cops come over for a third time in a row. Det. Smith is very pleasant and when I ask her questions about the car she just says she wants to look inside of it. She has to determine that I use the car too, otherwise, she has to get Triple D's permission to search it. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">We sit and talk for a while and as it is turning out.......Triple D may have helped set up this robbery. There was a girl who had her purse stolen from her home buy a guy who had a gun...........not looking good is it??</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Anyway.......they search the car and take a few things. In the process of looking they find a spoon under the carpet in the trunk that clearly indicates Triple D's drug use. They can't use that against her because ... I could have put it in the car?!?! Ok well......um............whatever....... </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">They tell me they have caught one person and they are looking for another one. I take that to mean that there are 2 robbers. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">After the cops leave, I call Triple D's boyfriend, Mighty Man-Man. He asks if Triple D would do such a thing.......sigh........</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Drug addicts are like vampires......vultures.......they steal from those who "have" so they can get their supply replenished. When I ask the cops if drugs are involved the answer is "YES." The girl who was robbed was someone with a supply.....she also had a bit of money. I've known that this stuff happens amongst the drug crowd but they never call the cops. They just chalk it up to stupidity of not knowing who they are dealing with.......so this gal didn't care. Can you imagine?? "HELP!! I've been robbed!!! Someone just held a gun to my head and stole my purse and all my pills!!!" um........yeah..........whatever...... not that it makes it right but in my opinion they all get what they deserve. This is why I had no problem allowing the cop to search the car.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"></span><b><u><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: #990000;">Thursday, January 13th</span></span></span></span></u></b><b style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span> </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I wait for the most part of today for the judge to make his ruling. Finally the Marchman Act is approved as well as the restraining order. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">The Detective last night told me when Triple D came home she would question her and then set the Marchman Act in motion.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I go down to the court house to pick up the papers and just as I pull into the parking lot Triple D calls me from a pay phone. I tell her that she needs to call the Detective. I hang up and call the cop with the pay phone number that my phone showed. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I find out that the person in custody is her "friend" who was also a "witness." She has been charged</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">with, home invasion with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery...........geesh........... I'm a bit scared but if Triple D has had anything to do with this crime.....she needs to go to jail.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><u><b style="color: #990000;">Friday, January 14th</b></u> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Mighty Man-Man calls first thing this morning and tells me he has talked to Triple D on facebook. He has told her she needs to come in and talk to the detective. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Triple D calls me and I tell her her "friend" has been arrested. She is screaming at me that I've incriminated her. I tell her calmly that if she didn't have anything to do with the crime then she will be ok. She says she didn't . I tell her that if she hadn't lied so much, I would be able to believe her. I would know that she didn't do anything.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br />I tell her that the cops think she is a part of it. I tell her that they've taken 'stuff' from the car that may prove that the robber was in her car. I tell her that if she knew this person was going to rob this girl that she will probably be in trouble too. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Triple D tells me that she should probably have a lawyer. I tell her that she probably should. She asks who am I going to hire. I laugh.........she starts to cry and asks if that is why the Criminal is in jail. I laugh again and say the Criminal is in jail cause he committed a crime. I tell her to ask for a public defender. They have to have a lawyer present if she asks. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">She says she will think about all this..............in the mean time Mighty Man-Man is calling and upset and wanting to go find her. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Short story long? Mighty Man-Man finds her, brings her in, she gets arrested. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Soooooooo</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://japingape.blogspot.com/">Gorilla Bananas<span style="color: black;"> </span></a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">I didn't need the Marchman Act after all.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://sapodilla.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">GG</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;"> and <a href="http://petzoldspracticalprose.blogspot.com/">Monkey Man</a>, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Hopefully this IS the rock bottom. It can't get much lower.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">Thanks <a href="http://karelianblonde.blogspot.com/">Blondie</a> for your wishes of strength. I have a feeling. I'm gonna need it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="color: black;">I hate that it's come to this but I guess it was bound to happen. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></span>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-8337245326104463862011-01-12T10:04:00.000-05:002011-01-12T10:04:13.491-05:00Triple D Adventure<u><span style="color: #990000;">Monday January 10</span></u><b><br />
</b><b>The snot nosed, punk cop with the bug-eyed glasses falls in love with the brown eyed sweet talking drug addict.</b><br />
<u><span style="color: #990000;"></span></u><b><br /></b><br />
<b> </b>He talked to her first. She told her tale of woe. She said all she wanted to do was use the car to go pawn her culinary knife set. She spoke of the mother who accused her of drug use daily; of how her life was a piece of shit because her mother was always on her case. She swore she had no drugs and told him she thought that her mother had lost her mind. She even offered for the cop to look into her purse for the imaginary drugs her mother thought she had. I saw from a distance how he leaned towards her and looked in her purse and knew she had him "hooked" on her charms. Her demeanor was so calm; reserved; quiet spoken.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOPzrxw3ozpwnrtu0C9qqJTPCeCw0CGnY4I5JKHccJJdH9JdY1g-sp1eR1SUcx3OYhQ8oBEuz8L58Wgn5AHTwxq3nUWlrbx8jQpDPHDXGqPPHN9lvJpoTwhhoCUibM3xhueFK9BPqmUpY/s1600/cop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOPzrxw3ozpwnrtu0C9qqJTPCeCw0CGnY4I5JKHccJJdH9JdY1g-sp1eR1SUcx3OYhQ8oBEuz8L58Wgn5AHTwxq3nUWlrbx8jQpDPHDXGqPPHN9lvJpoTwhhoCUibM3xhueFK9BPqmUpY/s1600/cop.jpg" /></a>I yelled something to the effect "Tell him what you did," and he asked me if I needed assistance with a stern voice. I said no and he instantly walked over to me. In his bug glasses I could see my reflection. It was a face of a distraught woman, one who had been threatened; one who had been stolen from; one who was at her wits end trying to figure out how to get out of this hell. He asked me what the problem was. I began my tale of woe.<br />
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I told him she was using drugs and had been in and out of rehab for a year now. He said, "sorry ma'am I didn't find any drugs on her." I told him she stole my credit card and had just come back from probation saying she had used. He said the probation officer had not violated her and I told him I already knew because I had called him too. I told him she was trying to take the car. He said she could (even though her name is NO where on the title) because she has had use of the car in the past. I told him I wanted her out of the house. He told me file an eviction notice. I told him she had a small child. He said call the Department of Children and Families. I told him she threatened to hit me. He said she didn't. I said.........am I suppose to wait until she actually hits me or does some harm before you'll do anything?<br />
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This is when he turns ugly. He leaned towards me too but I can see the furrow above his bug eyes. He says "DON'T. YOU. BE. LITTLE. ME." I look at him like he's insane and all I can say is "huh?" He tears into to me then and tells me how he saw that I was rolling my eyes at him when he was talking to Triple D and how I looked at him with disdain each time he told me what the law said. I told him he was wrong and if I did roll my eyes it was out of frustration. I told him I would never belittle anyone (especially a cop, I'm not crazy...for real). That's when he said I should be more aware of how I look at people. I start to cry. (I REALLY hate when that happens).<br />
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He walks away from me without saying another word. He stops to talk to Triple D before he leaves. I suppose he told her not to take the car because she goes in the house.<br />
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Later, when dinner is almost ready, I hear a light pounding in her room. We sit down to dinner. When she comes to the table, I realize the pounding was probably her crushing a pill since she is glassy-eyed and smiling.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #990000;">Tuesday January 11</span></u><br />
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I talk to Baby's dad and tell him he has to keep Baby until I get Triple D out of the house. The situation is too volatile and I really don't think any child should have to see what is going on.<br />
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It appears that she has called a detox center and is waiting for a bed so pretty much I wait too.<br />
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As the day progresses, she gets up and wonders around. I hear her calling people trying to find money. I go on the net to see if I can find the judge that has her case. I am thinking that if I call and plead, he may expedite a violation. I can't find it anywhere.<br />
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Evening is nearing and Triple D asks if I'm going to buy her cigarettes. I ask if she is kidding me. She says no and I tell her she has to earn a pack. I'm not buying a carton........no way Jose`.<br />
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She jerks the phone away from me and says she understands why <a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-criminal-investigation.html">The Criminal</a> destroyed the house. Of course that was my fault too because I'm such a "cunt bitch."<br />
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I hear her screaming at, I'm guessing , her dad. Probably asking him to buy her cigarettes. The Engineer buys NO cigarettes, anytime, anywhere. She throws the phone at me and storms into her room, slamming the door.<br />
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I hear a loud crash and grab the phone, fingers ready for 911. I yell Triple D's name and I continue to hear crashing sounds. I dial the number. <br />
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She comes out of her room. I step back and she shoots me the bird as she walks out the front door.<br />
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I'm talking to dispatch and she is trying to get into the car. <i>The Engineer disabled the car the night before.</i> I tell dispatch, "Oooo this is really gonna piss her off, I hope someone is gonna be here soon." She comes back into the house and trashes a few more things in her room. She tells me I'm next. She fake charges at me and I jump back. She laughs and leaves again. The whole while I'm on the phone with dispatch.<br />
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We live on a dead end surrounded by water so there is only one way off our street. I watch her go around the corner and am assured that the police are just on the next street and will probably pick her up and talk to her first.<br />
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The Engineer's car is the first car that comes down the road after this. Guess who's in the car? Yeap....Triple D. She gets out of the car and calls me a few names and leaves again. The Engineer looks clueless so I fill him in on what has happened.<br />
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Finally the cops get here. We go through the whole song and dance all over again but he is much nicer and can figure out all my eye rolling and sighing is from frustration. <br /><br />I ask him if dogs can sniff out Oxy? He tells me "yes" and he has his dog in the car. I ask him to search her room and he says he can't do that. I say it's my house and he says it's her room. DAMN?!?! Nothing about this makes any sense what so ever. I tell the cop Triple D has told me she has a place to go until detox calls. (We've been through this before too. How can detox call her? she has no phone?? yeah right) I ask if this means we don't have to let her back into the house. He says "no" we have to let her in if she comes back. Ahhh, well, hell...........FML......<br />
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<u><span style="color: #990000;">Wednesday January, 12 </span></u><br />
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As I write this story, I'm hoping I don't see Triple D today at all. She usually will stay gone for a few days and come home all beat up from partying. I don't have any reason to believe that it will be different this time.<br />
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I found the name to the judge. I'm calling him this A.M. I'm headed to the court house at 9 to see about a <a href="http://www.marchmanacthelp.com/">Marchman Act </a>being done. The cops are useless without an order. I don't know if it is the state of Florida or if the cops don't want to waste their time. Who knows.......I'm about to find out.<br />
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-53888802685460105192011-01-09T23:49:00.000-05:002011-01-09T23:49:49.356-05:00Planet Da-roo<br />
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After trying to get her to leave and not having any proof that she had drugs, I'm told that I must present an eviction notice to get her off my property.<br />
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Her second counselor has quit and suggested she attend an out patient program instead Club Rehab. Time and time again, I've been told she needs to grow up. And time and time again, I tell myself "yes, she does." I say it so often, I think, I'm beginning to believe it??<br />
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So we set up the appointment to go to<a href="http://www.brevardoutpatient.com/"> BOAT</a>. <i>I hope no one I ever know needs these services but if you do... I'm the gal to ask!</i> She takes off the night before, after promising she is ready to quit again. She returns home right after her scheduled appointment.......imagine that?<br />
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I tell her if she is not serious about quitting she will be leaving a lot sooner than the contracted time because I'm ready to make her life miserable. She is without a way to contact her dealers, but somehow they know what and when she needs to get a "fix."<br />
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She goes to the initial meeting at BOAT and is asked to come back the next night for a group meeting. She's been told that she is to have no unsupervised contact with Alexa and if I want I can call the Department of Children and Families. They are already involved because of the older grand girls.......so ........<br />
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Before the group meeting Triple D has started to act suspicious. We are in the car. I tell her I KNOW she is shooting up and if she can't get rid of her needles then I'm going to assume she is not serious about this and I'll call the cops and let them search the house. She says she doesn't have any paraphernalia but as it turns out...after a few minutes, she takes her needle out from hiding and throws it out the car window. I keep driving but my sense of ??? I don't know why I turned around . I didn't want dirty needles laying around my neighborhood for some kid to find? I didn't want her going back and picking it up? I wanted to dispose of it properly??? I don't know but I did go back and get the needle and I cut it up and put it in my needle bin.<i> (I have to take a shot, that's why I have a needle bin)</i>. She runs to her bed room crying.<br />
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A bit later I'm trying to get dinner ready, cause LL is coming back from her 2 week trip to LA, and I hear Triple D calling me in a frantic voice. I walk into her room and she is shaking so much I think she is about to have a seizure. I ask her if she's got something bad and should I call 911. She says she didn't take anything. I tell her I know she is not going through withdrawals that quickly, so I walk out of the room.<br />
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I hear her calling me again and I walk in and she is shaking and sweating and can hardly talk. I tell her I'm going to call 911 but she tells me she has done a cotton wash and she thinks she has cotton fever. Now, I'm thinking, I'll just run to the computer and look it up. I look up cotton wash and am unable to find anything on that. I walk back into the room and she says she is going to throw up but she can't get out of bed. I tell her I don't know what she has done but if the shaking doesn't stop, I'm calling the ambulance. <i>(this is all taking place in the time it is taking you to read it....)</i><br />
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She starts to scream at me that she has cotton fever and it's about a bacteria that cotton has in it and it gets into your body when you shoot up. So...........I go to the computer and look up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_fever">cotton fever</a>. It's not very serious but evidently it is common amongst those who shoot up. After reading the out come of what will happen. I feel like walking in her room and saying GOOD! GOOD! YOU IDIOT!!! I HOPE YOU STAY SICK FOR THE WHOLE 24 HOURS!! <i>I restrained myself.</i><br />
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This is what happened in a nut shell. When you shoot up Oxy/Roxy or anything else, I guess, you have to filter the liquid through the cotton ball to get whatever "stuff" is in it , out. She thought she could take water and shoot it through the used cotton ball and possibly get a bit of the drug left and get a small high. Approximately 30 minutes after she shot up, the effects of cotton fever came on. Evidently there is some sort of bacteria that is in cotton that can cause the symptoms she had.<br />
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She has been clean now a week. I can only hope it continues.Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-7549391623714033802011-01-04T11:27:00.001-05:002011-01-04T11:29:17.627-05:00FYI<br />
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Not quite Tax Day but I like that both parties are involved .....As tax time is nearing, I probably won't be coming on my blog that often. I'm hoping to just keep up with the other blogs I watch.<br />
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Nothing but problems on the fore front for filing season this year. To start things off right the IRS has announced that anyone using Schedule A, claiming education credits for students, or teachers claiming the $250 educator expense should wait until the end of February to file.This is due to the late changes in the forms.....<br />
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<li>Taxpayers claiming itemized deductions on <b><a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sa.pdf">Schedule A</a></b>.<span style="color: #990000;">
Itemized deductions include mortgage interest, charitable deductions,
medical and dental expenses as well as state and local taxes. In
addition, itemized deductions include the state and local general sales
tax deduction extended in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance
Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted Dec. 17,</span> which
primarily benefits people living in areas without state and local income
taxes and is claimed on Schedule A, Line 5. Because of late
Congressional action to enact tax law changes, anyone who itemizes and
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<li>Taxpayers claiming the Higher Education Tuition and Fees Deduction.
This deduction for <span style="color: #990000;">parents and students — covering up to $4,000 of
tuition and fees paid to a post-secondary institution — is claimed on </span><b><a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8917.pdf" style="color: #990000;">Form 8917</a></b><span style="color: #990000;">.</span>
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<li>Taxpayers claiming the Educator Expense Deduction. <span style="color: #990000;">This deduction is
for kindergarten through grade 12 educators with out-of-pocket
classroom expenses of up to $250</span>. The educator expense deduction is
claimed on <b><a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf">Form 1040</a></b>, Line 23, and Form 1040A, Line 16.</li>
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A <span style="font-size: large;"><b>BIG</b></span> problem for me is that my tax program didn't convert over all the information for last year's returns......like.... carry over losses and depreciation. <b>GGGRRRRRRR</b> The company that has the program hasn't updated the alternative minimum tax form (6251) either. Better known as AMT....not ATM cause you sure as hell don't get money back from this ..........you pay outta the ass. If you should be so lucky to make over 113K, you might get to fill out this form.<br />
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It makes little sense that the IRS has to approve part II of this form every year or that they wait until the last minute to reinstate expiring tax breaks. The above said form makes little sense in my opinion. I've been doing taxes for about 25 years now and I've never figured it out. I'm pretty sure anyone doing taxes doesn't understand it either. Not even the CPA's of the world. But who ever said IRS forms made any sense. Even Albert Einstein said,“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.”<br />
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The IRS has also lowered the amount that <b>we</b> will pay in Social Security taxes. A neat little<a href="http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp"> gadget</a> I found can help you see what your withholding from earnings will be. You'll be seeing an increase in your pay check this year. The IRS says this reduction will not affect anyone's Social Security earnings. I suppose in the end those of us who max out the SS taxes will still wind up paying the total amount. I just don't understand how you can be running out of $$ for Social Security and then lower what is collected. Again a government puzzle to try and figure out. Sigh................ As Arthur Godfrey so eloquently put it, "I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is –
I could be just as proud for half the money.”<br />
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A place called <a href="http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=118506,00.html">1040 Central</a> has a lot of information for those "do-it-yourself-ers." Did you know IRS offers FREE e-filing? Yes, yes they do!!<b> Beware though</b>.......I've only used TurboTax for this free service. Somewhere in the middle of doing your taxes, the program will ask if you want to "maximize" your deductions. If you say yes then it bumps you over to the next level and will charge you for the tax return. You have to start all over in order not to pay.<br />
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The one good thing that has happened this year....the IRS has implemented an act that will require all those preparing taxes to be tested and registered. As of January 1, 2011, anyone being paid to prepare a tax return MUST be registered and have a <a href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=229602,00.html?portlet=7">PTIN</a> . I'm not sure what the penalty will be if you're not registered but you should know your tax professional. The testing requirement gives us until 2013 to complete but the test will be out by mid year and I plan to take it ASAP.<br />
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I'm not a CPA and really, I have no credentials. I just have my experience and my word that I am up to date on all tax laws. My continuing education equals up to approximately 50 hours every year. People always ask me if I'm a CPA when I say "no", they want to know what I am? I'm sure the IRS will give a cute little title like??? Registered Tax Professional ?? I'm not very inventive maybe the IRS is better?? Either way it is a good thing! There will be accountability for all and required continuing education. This will make it easier for the tax payer to find a reliable tax professional. <br />
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A little known fact....CPA's hire regular ole tax people (like me) to prepare taxes each year. Technically the CPA office is responsible for that preparation. The CPA reviews the tax return and will probably be the one who signs it also. Mostly I say this because of the prices people pay to have their taxes done. <b>Know your tax professional.</b><br />
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Last buy not least.......do not ever expect the IRS to send you an e-mail. Don't open it or reply to it. Should you receive an e-mail, <b>KNOW</b> that it is a scam. You can <a href="http://www.irs.gov/privacy/article/0,,id=179820,00.html">forward this e-mail to the IRS</a> to help them stop the phishing.<br />
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I've always said reading the tax law is like reading the Bible........everyone has their own interpretation. Don't believe me? Call the IRS 3 times with the same question and see if the answers all match.......it's NOT really that bad....I'm just saying............<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">Si Senor, dis star stands fer Texaco! Come in fer yer lube
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Susan over at <a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/">"Stony River" </a>hosts Microfiction Monday. The idea is to use Susan's picture she posts
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<span class="me"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">I may not be much on grammar but I do love the English language. I love the play on words that some people use and I love finding the meaning to words. <a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/08/student-life.html"> Bob</a> studied Latin in high school and since then, I've also been interested in the origin of a word.</span></span></span> To find a new word and actually be able to use it daily, makes my heart sing.</div>
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<span class="me"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">The words.... <b>slut, whore, and prostitute</b>... has always given me cause to go back to the dictionary and rethink their use . My girlfriends and I have had many conversations on them. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="me"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">According to <a href="http://dictionary.com/">dictionary.com</a> the meaning of these words are as follows:</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">1. a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">dirty,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">slovenly</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">woman.</span> </span></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">2.</span></span></span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> an</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">immoral</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">dissolute</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">woman;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">prostitute.</span></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">1.</span></span></span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">woman</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">who</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">engages</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">promiscuous</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">sexual</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">intercourse,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">usually</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">for</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">money;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">prostitute;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">harlot;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">strumpet.</span></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">1.</span></span></span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"> a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">woman</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">who</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">engages</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">sexual</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">intercourse</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">for</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">money;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">whore;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">harlot.</span><div class="dndata">
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">2. a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">person</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">who</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">willingly</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">uses</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">his</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">her</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">talent</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">ability</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">base</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">unworthy</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">way,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">usually</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">for</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">money.</span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><span style="color: black;">I can remember when I first met The Engineer, my mom said to me, "you'll never make a good prostitue.". I looked at her in a puzzled, but not surprised, fashion and asked her why not. She said, "because you give it away." Well, we all know what "it" is and I was never sure that was true, but......</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><span style="color: black;">Probably a year into our relationship, a friend of mine was moving to Germany and couldn't take her 2nd car. It was a 65 Mercedes. It was old and beat up. She only wanted $300 for it. The Engineer bought it for me. So when my mom asked why he had done that I casually said "back pay!". She gasped.... hey! What do mom's know anyhow??? I know, I know.....300 dollars is a small amount for a year's worth of sex. What can I say....I'm cheap!! Right?</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><span style="color: black;">In my humble opinion the real meaning should read:</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><b>Slut:</b> </span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">one who will have sex with anything. </span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><b>Whore:</b></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><b> </b>one who has sex for pleasure and may sometimes get paid.</span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><b>Prostitute:</b> </span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;">what we all are in one way or other (definition 2)</span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><span style="color: black;">There are other words I could throw in here like, you hussy, you strumpet. Why you, you harlot, you tramp....</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default;"><span style="color: black;">But none of them sounds so good as <b>YOU BITCH! YOU SLUT! YOU WHORE!! </b>Ever been to the <a href="http://www.howlatthemoon.com/the-show">Howl at the Moon Saloon</a>? You'll hear this chant when they sing different songs. When we went to the one in Miami, I won a bumper sticker (for MY bumper) for doing a line dance to New York, New York!!</span></span></span></div>
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-27438080779370774742010-12-03T10:02:00.001-05:002010-12-04T08:56:11.033-05:00SecretsChaMy life is pretty much an open book. I don't have too many problems "airing the dirty laundry."<br />
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I've often wondered about people holding secrets. I can remember when <a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-criminal-investigation.html">Clyde</a> was diagnosed with rapid cycling <a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtml">bipolar disorder</a>; the doctor asked me if there was anyone in the family that had experienced depression. I told them that my older son was always depressed. The psychologist asked if there was alcoholism in the family. I said "yes sireee, yes indeedy." He asked if anyone had a thyroid problem. I told him not that I knew of . <i>As it turns out, when most people having bipolar disorder track the family history they find a common ground with these 3 things.</i> <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chattahoochee-Gary-Oldman/dp/B00009Y3QG?ie=UTF8&tag=mart04-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Chattahoochee" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B00009Y3QG&tag=mart04-20" /></a>I remember calling mom later that day and asking her questions about the family. I asked if there had been any depression or mental illnesses in the family. She said no one was ever diagnosed but then she relayed all sorts of information about my dad's side of the family. For instance, my Uncle Jerry had been admitted to a Psych Unit after dangling his, now ex wife, out the 3rd floor window of their apartment. Then the story was told of my Uncle Vannie who spent time in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chattahoochee-Gary-Oldman/dp/B00009Y3QG?ie=UTF8&tag=mart04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mart04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00009Y3QG" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mart04-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00009Y3QG" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> after going into DTs. She didn't relay any information about her family.<br />
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I didn't even ask about my dad's family and drinking. We all knew that my dad's mom and dad were alcoholic and so were all 3 of his brothers. My dad and his sister were the only 2 in the family who were able to drink sensibly. I knew my mom had had a drinking problem in her younger years.My sister and I had our fair share of drinking episodes too. <i>(Little did I know that my brother and my oldest son would soon have their own drinking problems) </i>When I asked about my mom's side of the family, she just said that her dad had drank in his early years.<br />
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I questioned her about thyroid problems and no one had any problems as far as she knew (later both my sister and mom were diagnosed with hypothyroidism, completing the "3")<br />
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The Engineer's mom and I would have all sorts of discussions about depression and alcohol use. The Engineer's paternal great grandfather had committed suicide. There was no "alcohol abuse" noted in his family. There were no mental illnesses beside what the great grandfather may have had.<br />
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Several years later my mom's brother committed suicide. I asked my mom if she had any idea that he was depressed. She told me about his attempts at suicide and his alcoholism in prior years. He had been in a sever state of depression since his wife had died <i>(at this time I don't remember how long she had been dead before his tragic death)</i>. <br />
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I asked her why she never told me when I first asked and she said, "I didn't want to air the family's dirty laundry." She didn't mind airing dad's but she wasn't going to tell her family's secrets.<br />
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So now we are in the present day and I have no problems telling anyone anything about my family.My philosophy is: the more who know the more likely you'll be informed if they see something.<span style="color: #990000;"> Example: If I </span><strike style="color: #990000;">pretend there is no problem</strike><span style="color: #990000;"> keep the secret of Triple D's drug abuse, then my friend who saw Triple D coming out of crack town might not want to be the first person to tell me they saw her.They know I know and tell me immediately if they see her.</span><br />
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My older grand girls have been raised to<strike> keep secrets</strike> not air the family dirt by their mom and their mom's side of the family. What I'm finding out at this time would make your straight hair kink up like your pubes.<br />
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I think it comes down to a matter of trust for the girls. Can they trust me with the information they are giving me? What am I going to do with the information when I find out? <br />
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<br /></div>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-25503891701968358972010-12-03T08:44:00.001-05:002010-12-04T09:01:57.227-05:00Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean They Aren't After Me<br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>"They" think they will make me crazy and I'll forget what really happened.</b></span><br />
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<b>NO SIR-EEE</b>...... I will not forget. </div>
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We've never locked our doors. The only time there has ever been a break in or things stolen was whenever "<a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-criminal-investigation.html">Clyde</a>" lived here or in the area. When he came home in 2003 things happened again.<br />
The neighbors had their car broken into and things were stolen. Our truck gotten broken into and an old tennis racket and some home made CDs were stolen. Clyde wasn't even at home the night it happened but my first thought was "he's keeping his hand in it." <i>(we never found the robber)</i><br />
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Strange things are happening again. Triple D has been good (I think?). I've got the older grand girls and they are good (I think?). Of course, there is the Engineer (he's gone a lot?) and Baby (she's too young?). Oh yeah, and me (I didn't do it? Did I?)</div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Case of the Missing Credit Card</span></div>
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This morning I get to the check out at the grocery and go to use the card and it's
missing. I gave it to Triple D to put gas in her car on Sunday night. It was returned promptly and I checked my account on-line to make sure there was only one charge. I call Triple D and ask her if she still has it. She says she thought she gave it back to me. I tell her it's not in my wallet and she says she doesn't know. I head home. In my mind, I retrace my steps trying to remember what happened. I remember I gave the card to Triple D to put gas in her car on Sunday night. She sent a text to me and told me she put it on the counter. Sometime after 12:30 a.m. Monday, I get up and check the counter. It is there. I take the card and for what ever reason
put it into an envelope that the Engineer has left on the counter.
Monday morning around 7:30 a.m. I take the card out of the envelope and insert $20, then
seal the envelope. I put the envelope and , I thought, my card in my
purse. Something isn't right??</div>
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I get home and check the on-line account and it still says the same thing. No pending charges, No new charges. I ask Triple D again. She says she gave it to me. I tell her again I don't have it. She says it might be in her car. I say where?" Then she says or it might be right there in the top dresser drawer. I open it and say "just laying on top?" She says, "Maybe under some stuff." After shuffling papers, I find it buried under a tray. </div>
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I give her a puzzled look and ask why she took it. She says she didn't take it. She says she guesses she never gave it back. I shake my head and leave the room. When I get into the kitchen, I realize that what she said didn't make any sense, since I had just done the "retrace in my head." I go back into her room and ask her why she took my card. She covers her head and says, "I don't know." The suspicion hackles come up immediately and I start watching her like a hawk.<br />
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Tonight I came home from tennis and asked again why she took my card. Her excuse was she was afraid that I wasn't going to give her anymore money for gas. I asked her if she took it out of my purse. She smiled sweetly and said, "no mom, you left it on the counter. " I probably did leave the card on the counter but I think she is just trying to keep "her hands in it." Damn kids......<br />
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Case Closed</div>
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<i style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">I was distressed over this and talked about it with a counselor friend of mine. According to </span></i><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="color: black;">the counselor, Triple D will have these fleeting moments because her brain is still not back to "normal." "Picking up" the card was not right but she stopped short of using it for other purposes. Her drug abuse caused her to lose her moral values and then the stealing and lying became a habit. I don't really get it but , I suppose, I'll take the counselor's word on it.......</span></i></span></div>
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</div>Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-69303836147029761062010-12-01T09:34:00.001-05:002010-12-01T09:35:25.867-05:00Creative Juices? NOT!I wish I were more creative. I've sat at my computer for more hours than I wanted and I've read what others have posted and I can't think of a thing to write about.<br />
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I thought maybe I'd write about the ridiculous dress codes that middle school has and how sometimes certain things are allowed because of body shape and size and not the length or lack of covering. I can't because it's too aggravating.<br />
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I thought I'd write about the time I went to Germany with my long time friend,<a href="http://martyrmom.blogspot.com/2010/06/usual-suspects.html"> Ethel.</a><br />
I can't. I miss her too much to reminisce. <br />
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I thought about writing about the TSA. It's already been done and frankly Scarlet I don't give a damn.<br />
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I thought about doing <a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/writers-workshop-directions/">Mama Kat's</a> Workshop this week but nothing on this list inspired me <i>(because I have no creative juices)</i>. Here's what it is this week.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis06DansYbrpeefsU9kDchxcAZUsx3W3hjBgLLpn-AfjMK9qCDOfFqepcFRhxJ3Wdo1q8BL97miSy0d1EfIH-0HJVFnS8BKZw-b7vvrKl4r3CH7MIIxyl72h0E7fUFXdPikT3e0zCeo0p1/s1600/poodle4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis06DansYbrpeefsU9kDchxcAZUsx3W3hjBgLLpn-AfjMK9qCDOfFqepcFRhxJ3Wdo1q8BL97miSy0d1EfIH-0HJVFnS8BKZw-b7vvrKl4r3CH7MIIxyl72h0E7fUFXdPikT3e0zCeo0p1/s1600/poodle4.jpg" /></a>1.) Have you ever had a fight with a long time best friend and never
made up? Do you think about her from time to time and think about
contacting her? What would you say? What if it didn't work out? What if
it did? <span style="color: black;">I never fought with a friend that I didn't apologize immediately</span><br />
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2.) The perfect fall photo...share a picture that defines fall for you in your neck of the woods. <span style="color: black;">I need to call <a href="http://picsforkicksbykelly.blogspot.com/2010/10/stony-frog.html">Kelly</a> or <a href="http://wwwtheothersideofparis.blogspot.com/2010/11/fall.html">Dumdad</a> . I don't do photos.... at least, not good ones. OH! Plus I live in Florida and there is NO fall.........blah.............</span><br />
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3.) CONTROVERSY! Are the new security measures performed by the TSA really that bad? Take a stance! <span style="color: black;">See above paragraph about not giving a damn</span><span style="color: black;">.</span><br />
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4.) What inspires you to write?<span style="color: black;"> Problems? If there are none at the moment.......well........there are none at the moment.</span><br />
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5.) "If you could relive any moment in your life, what moment would you choose? Write about it." <span style="color: black;">That is also above about Ethel and if I knew what I know today, I'd have done more traveling with her. Shit! Now I'm depressed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I see posts about all sorts of things that are funny and I can't think of a single thing to write about that that would make someone laugh.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: black;">I could have written about the drudgery of household chores.....sweep....mop....dust....Boring!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I could</span><span style="color: black;"> have written</span><span style="color: black;"> an essay about what I'm having for dinner.....put chicken in the oven...</span><i style="color: black;">VOILĂ€</i><span style="color: black;"> ..Baked Chicken......Boring!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I could</span><span style="color: black;"> have written </span><span style="color: black;">about how awesome I played tennis last night....sigh....I won......too bragg-y.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I could </span><span style="color: black;">have written</span><span style="color: black;"> about how wonderful it is to have a husband out of town every other week......NOT!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I could write about what the IRS agent says to me this morning when I go to work....If I go to work...hum....maybe later.</span></div>
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-33941437573688987182010-11-29T15:45:00.001-05:002010-11-29T15:45:57.739-05:00My Never Ending StoryThe Engineer is out of town, once again. He was gone for 2 weeks and home for the Thanksgiving Holidays.<br />
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When he comes home, he can't figure out why no one is relying on him to take care of things.<br />
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The household runs with or without him. It is a finely tuned ship.<br />
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The laundry gets done. The trash gets down to the road. The dishes get in the dishwasher. The house gets locked up at night. Pick up and drop offs are all arranged before hand. Times are coordinated with synchronized watches.<br />
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-School for the Grand girls starting at 7:30 a.m. each morning and finishing up at 5 p.m in the evening.<br />
-The older grand girls sit down to do homework at 8:00 p.m. sharp. <br />
-Tennis for me Monday morning at 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.<br />
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-Tennis for me at 7 p.m. <br />
-Wednesday Doctor of Triple D at 9 a.m. and Lemon Lady at 3 p.m.<br />
-Work for me on Wednesday somewhere in between doctors' appointments.<br />
-Probation for Triple D on Wednesday in the afternoon.<br />
-Thursday Tennis for me at 8 a.m.<br />
-Friday meal planning then shopping for it all. Bills are paid this day too.<br />
-Saturday is the fun day.......house keeping has been put off for more days than not. Laundry, cleaning, yard work (if The Engineer is home...I don't do yard work)<br />
-Sunday is Tennis for the Engineer and I at 9 a.m.<br />
-Football is watched with great gusto!<br />
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Somewhere in between all these activities, I find the time to delegate chores for a nominal fee (allowance),cook, love, and get on the computer to whine about it all. Secretly my life is full! I HATE empty nests.<br />
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This is my purpose in life. I am happiest when my plate is OVER full. I leave no scraps.<br />
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Am I bragging that I can do this all again? Maybe just a bit...<br />
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Am I wanting someone to look at me and say WOW!! Probably......<br />
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Isn't this what being co-dependent is all about?? ME???<br />
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<br />Yarnladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11725221617624220867noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789315254584608632.post-59805462899221471452010-11-28T22:36:00.000-05:002010-11-28T22:36:39.234-05:00Touch<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One touch is all it took</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000;">
<span style="font-size: small;">To take me back in time.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The time when our bodies were </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Young,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Strong,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Impassioned,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Insatiable .</span></div>
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