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"Alex" wrote in message news:kegKd.9485$8Q.2205@okepread06... "CME" wrote in message news:V9bKd.51435$Qb.40781@edtnps89... "Alex" wrote in message news:8L1Kd.8949$8Q.6191@okepread06... Welcome back Alex. So what's new? Thanks Christine, I remember you also . Well the kids are older now, 13 & 16, and so it is much easier than it was 3 years ago (as I'm sure some of you can relate). I met this wonderful woman about 2 years ago and we are getting married soon. She has no kids but does want at least one..soooo, about 3 hours in surgery under the knife this past monday will hopefully reverse the vasectomy I had done several years ago. (By the way, if any of you guys are pondering this procedure, keep in mind your scrotum will swell to about the size of a baseball or larger--no I'm not kidding--for at least 3 days before it kindly decides to begin shrinking.) I'm still in the military and have 2 years to retire. Hmm...let's see...I've started collecting 19th century oil lamps and antique history books--I just bought a fully leather bound copy of the 1866, 4-volume "History of the United States" whixch is pretty fascinating considering it was published within 1 year following the civil war. Other than that, just doing the single parent thing (and preparing to get remarried after almost 7 years). So what's up with you? Alex Christine Don't you think that's quite the invasive surgery for someone you're not even married to yet? Granted you've been together for 2 years already but that's still not alot of time to make that kind of decision, which you originally made for a reason... Christine |
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"Alex" wrote in message news:zggKd.9491$8Q.5069@okepread06... Yes I remember you too. I'm sorry to hear about Didi... You mean Cici? Didi married a doc..... her and I had it out a few times but she was okay by me. Who has not had it out with Didi? hee hee.... Pat...hmm...wasn't she somewhat of the matriarch of ASSP?? I am mistaken about Pat....It was Cici who passed away.... Pat just has not posted in ages....anyone can find out for us? snip How are things with you? Don't ask...lol...I am close to a nervous breakdown....kidding... All three of us, the kids and I have been suffering with allergies, prolly mold growing somewhere from the hurricane.....it pushed our door in.... and I bet the mold is growing....with the bouts of the heat and cold....and the long wait for repairs. I am still in college, last year of criminal justice...then want to go to law school if this stupid auto immune stuff would allow my body to do what I wanna do dammit! I still volunteer as a crisis counselor for domestic violence and rape. I love working for victims and that is what I will continue to do in the future. I have that bulldog spirit. J has high spectrum autism, but still doing good mainstreamed and is such a smart little dude. We take hours for checkers and trivia games....and C has a drama problem, but she is doing well, too and gosh, so beautiful! Our cat is now 20 pounds and we all have allergies to her, but do not have the heart to let her go.....our dog is getting old and takes more meds than I do...lol...she is a good watch dog though. .... let's see...love life is up and down....(sucks basically) and I have no time for it anyway, so I keep telling myself. I have quit smoking and want to lose 30 pounds, hence been walking my sick ass everyday...feels good , though. ahem... You know, I saw a man on the side of the road today begging and I thought, that could be me! I am feeling pretty blessed to have such a supportive family, even if they are dysfunctional..hee hee. That could be any of us eh? Take care. V, who is rambling (sorry!) -- Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. -- Ronald Reagan |
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:32:40 -0800, "Alex" wrote:
Hello all, First of all I'd like to preface this by saying it's been a long time--three years I think--since I've posted to this NG. It has been awhile, now folks can start confusing us again :-) I've skimmed over the last 200-300 messages and I do recognize some names such as Joelle, CME, Karen, and Kate. (I think Kate lives in Houston if my memory serves me right). There was a very popular poster on here (well not everyone liked him) that passed away...I do remember that many posters were deeply saddened at his passing. I want to say his name was Peter but I can't remember for sure. There was also a poster who fought bitterly with him (I think her name was Lorian)--she had some form of social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia. I posted originally as Alex until "Peter" (if that was his name) and I had a few offline problems. I then started posting as George1984. At the end I resumed posting as Alex (my actual name). Some of you may remember me as Peter and I fought constantly and I was always defending Lorian (again if that was her name). Can anyone refresh my memory (Joelle, CME, etc.) with names, etc. Does anyone know what happened to Lorian? If nothing else, can someone tell me where I can find archived ASSP messages? Try dejanews.com Actually this takes you to a Google Beta Group ( I'm getting seriously annoyed with Google, but that's a topic for another time ) Hunt & Peck from there Thanks, in advance. Alex No prob Alex |
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"'Kate" wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:01:44 GMT, "V" wrote: "Alex" wrote in message news:zggKd.9491$8Q.5069@okepread06... snip let's see...love life is up and down....(sucks basically) and I have no time for it anyway, so I keep telling myself. I have quit smoking and want to lose 30 pounds, hence been walking my sick ass everyday...feels good , though. ahem... YEEEAAAAAHHHHHH for you! You did quit and your allergies will be better this year. Let me know how the walking is doing for you. I may switch to the treadmill. Butting in (so to speak) just for a moment here........ Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your own health, and that of the people you love - I quit 6 months, 8 days ago (not that I'm counting or anything), and found out after the fact that my daughter is highly allergic to cigarette smoke. All those years she used to go to see her dad, come home and end up sick, visit after visit, and it turned out she was allergic to the smoking (he still smokes something like 2 packs per day) as well as allergic to his feather pillows and down comforters. No WONDER she kept coming home and getting sick! Walking is one of the best ways to start getting your body to heal itself - but I would caution about a treadmill - if you have any problems with your knees, this is likely to make it worse. You may want to try an elliptical trainer, instead - 1/2 hour workout daily will lose you about a pound a week without having to make any other changes in your life - the long term effects will be a faster recovery of pulminary function, slow and steady weight loss, lowered blood pressure, a reduction in stress, and if you work out at your local YMCA or something similar, you'll enlarge your circle of friends. Ok, butting back out now :-) You know, I saw a man on the side of the road today begging and I thought, that could be me! I am feeling pretty blessed to have such a supportive family, even if they are dysfunctional..hee hee. That could be any of us eh? It could be. That's very true. And how sad that we can't take care of everyone in this country. Take care. V, who is rambling (sorry!) :-) It's nice that you did. 'Kate |
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"'Kate" wrote in message ... snip Mind if I butt in? No? Good. :-) Oh never! snip You do! You do! You are most definitely tenacious. I've noticed that. I'm so proud to know you. Thanks! I am proud to know such a smart lady myself! snipV's rant YEEEAAAAAHHHHHH for you! You did quit and your allergies will be better this year. Let me know how the walking is doing for you. I may switch to the treadmill. Oh honey yes.....I have possible Sarcidosis...so it was necessary......I LOVE walking. I live in the country and as soon as hunting season is over I am back walking outdoors! snip It could be. That's very true. And how sad that we can't take care of everyone in this country. I know. It breaks my heart. I always try to help where I can. V snip- |
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"Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... snip Butting in (so to speak) just for a moment here........ Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your own health, and that of the people you love - I quit 6 months, 8 days ago (not that I'm counting or anything), and found out after the fact that my daughter is highly allergic to cigarette smoke. All those years she used to go to see her dad, come home and end up sick, visit after visit, and it turned out she was allergic to the smoking (he still smokes something like 2 packs per day) as well as allergic to his feather pillows and down comforters. No WONDER she kept coming home and getting sick! Walking is one of the best ways to start getting your body to heal itself - but I would caution about a treadmill - if you have any problems with your knees, this is likely to make it worse. You may want to try an elliptical trainer, instead - 1/2 hour workout daily will lose you about a pound a week without having to make any other changes in your life - the long term effects will be a faster recovery of pulminary function, slow and steady weight loss, lowered blood pressure, a reduction in stress, and if you work out at your local YMCA or something similar, you'll enlarge your circle of friends. Ok, butting back out now :-) snip Well hey there wuman! Glad you butted your butt story in too. It seems we are all getting very smart of those dangers and concentrating on our health. I have great knee, btw, and my sis has bad ones and still is running. She is a nut yeah? Miss you Moon. Post more darnit! V |
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"V" wrote in message ... "Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... snip Butting in (so to speak) just for a moment here........ Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your own health, and that of the people you love - I quit 6 months, 8 days ago (not that I'm counting or anything), and found out after the fact that my daughter is highly allergic to cigarette smoke. All those years she used to go to see her dad, come home and end up sick, visit after visit, and it turned out she was allergic to the smoking (he still smokes something like 2 packs per day) as well as allergic to his feather pillows and down comforters. No WONDER she kept coming home and getting sick! Walking is one of the best ways to start getting your body to heal itself - but I would caution about a treadmill - if you have any problems with your knees, this is likely to make it worse. You may want to try an elliptical trainer, instead - 1/2 hour workout daily will lose you about a pound a week without having to make any other changes in your life - the long term effects will be a faster recovery of pulminary function, slow and steady weight loss, lowered blood pressure, a reduction in stress, and if you work out at your local YMCA or something similar, you'll enlarge your circle of friends. Ok, butting back out now :-) snip Well hey there wuman! Glad you butted your butt story in too. It seems we are all getting very smart of those dangers and concentrating on our health. I have great knee, btw, and my sis has bad ones and still is running. She is a nut yeah? Miss you Moon. Post more darnit! Yes, Ma'am! Updates on us, in case anyone is interested - and if you aren't, skip on down to the next post, and fergit about giving me grief about me posting about me (That means you, Fritzy boy) Daughter is a teenager, and I'm SOOOOOOO not ready! We had the open house at the high school, to where she is headed next year (Did I mention I'm SOOOOOOOO not ready?) - and for now, she's balanced between honor roll and high honor roll, defying all the dire predictions about children raised in single mother homes when they have no relationship with their dad (his choice, long story, don't bother asking). Son is that double digit age thing (10), which means he doesn't let me decide how his hair gets cut anymore - I'm lucky if he agrees to a haircut at all, actually - he also had grades sufficient to qualify for honor roll, though they don't do that at the elementary level. Actually, he'd m uch rather skip school entirely to spend time on his roller skates (anyone know what Jam Skating looks like?), his skateboard (and mountain board, also an odd creation), and his latest 'want' is to join the junior football team in the fall...... I think I'm SOOOOOOOOO not ready (did I say that already?) He, too, is defying all the dire predictions about children raised in single mother homes when they have no relationship with their dad (his choice, long story, don't bother asking). As for me...... well, ya know I quit smoking, and I've been working out for about 15 months now..... feels good, except for the metacarpal I broke in my left hand (apparently a LONG time ago) that I've recently re-injured... so its been interesting. There have been some challenges, of course - both my dads have Cancer, my mom has Parkinson's and I try to help take care of things from a distance, since we can't go jet setting all the time. For now, the dads seem to be holding their own, my mom's decline is very slow, which is encouraging, and I thank the powers that be that of all the challenges out there, we got some that were manageable. Guess that's about it - I joined that flylady.com site, and yes, some days the flurry of emails is a bit much - on the other hand, people can walk into my home any time, with no notice, and it's ok, so it's been a HUGE improvement - my kids even got jealous of how orderly and calm my bedroom is, and started working on their rooms as well.... So life isn't too bad - just bought one of those Ron Popiel rotisserie ovens on eBay, so that I, too, can 'set it and forget it' - will be a nice change from the crock pot dinners. That's all, folks...... hope I haven't bored anyone to tears.. Moon :-) V |
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"'Kate" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:24:18 -0600, "Moon Shyne" wrote: Butting in (so to speak) just for a moment here........ Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your own health, and that of the people you love - I quit 6 months, 8 days ago (not that I'm counting or anything), and found out after the fact that my daughter is highly allergic to cigarette smoke. You're awesome! Congratulations on your quitting too! All those years she used to go to see her dad, come home and end up sick, visit after visit, and it turned out she was allergic to the smoking (he still smokes something like 2 packs per day) as well as allergic to his feather pillows and down comforters. No WONDER she kept coming home and getting sick! Walking is one of the best ways to start getting your body to heal itself - but I would caution about a treadmill - if you have any problems with your knees, this is likely to make it worse. You may want to try an elliptical trainer, instead - 1/2 hour workout daily will lose you about a pound a week without having to make any other changes in your life - the long term effects will be a faster recovery of pulminary function, slow and steady weight loss, lowered blood pressure, a reduction in stress, and if you work out at your local YMCA or something similar, you'll enlarge your circle of friends. Ok, butting back out now :-) :-) Thank you for posting the encouragement & advice. I do belong to the Y and it is usually the same group week after week. If you belong to the Y, some classes you might want to look into (Assuming that the Y's all have approximately the same programs available) Pilates and Flexlates - these work flexibility, and core strength (translation abdomoinals) Scult & Stretch, which used to be called Pump-It - weight training class, but you can start with really light weights - this will take care of things like those wobbly tricepts (I have muscles there now), biceps, quads (front of thighs), hamstrings (back of thighs) If they have any BOSU classes, try them - BOSU is like 1/2 of one of those big exercise balls on a platform - and you use that instead of a step for some step aerobics type stuff - my Y offers BOSU Cardio and BOSU Fusion (strength training), either way, keeping your balance on the BOSU is great for that core again (translation abdominals) When I first started at the Y, I took one class a week - HABIT (hips, abs, butt and intense thighs). Another 3 days a week I'd use the machines - elliptical, stair stepper, the weight machines up in the weight room..... gradually I added more classes so that by now, I take 5-8 classes per week. My daughter joins me for the ones she likes, my son plays basketball with his friends, so it's mostly a family thing, which strengthens our family. As for the quitting? It was actually far easier than I had hoped for (ducking so no one throws things at me). Finding out your kid is allergic is probably the strongest deterrant to un-quitting...... 'Kate |
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"Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... "V" wrote in message ... "Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... snip Butting in (so to speak) just for a moment here........ Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your own health, and that of the people you love - I quit 6 months, 8 days ago (not that I'm counting or anything), and found out after the fact that my daughter is highly allergic to cigarette smoke. All those years she used to go to see her dad, come home and end up sick, visit after visit, and it turned out she was allergic to the smoking (he still smokes something like 2 packs per day) as well as allergic to his feather pillows and down comforters. No WONDER she kept coming home and getting sick! Walking is one of the best ways to start getting your body to heal itself - but I would caution about a treadmill - if you have any problems with your knees, this is likely to make it worse. You may want to try an elliptical trainer, instead - 1/2 hour workout daily will lose you about a pound a week without having to make any other changes in your life - the long term effects will be a faster recovery of pulminary function, slow and steady weight loss, lowered blood pressure, a reduction in stress, and if you work out at your local YMCA or something similar, you'll enlarge your circle of friends. Ok, butting back out now :-) snip Well hey there wuman! Glad you butted your butt story in too. It seems we are all getting very smart of those dangers and concentrating on our health. I have great knee, btw, and my sis has bad ones and still is running. She is a nut yeah? Miss you Moon. Post more darnit! Yes, Ma'am! Updates on us, in case anyone is interested - and if you aren't, skip on down to the next post, and fergit about giving me grief about me posting about me (That means you, Fritzy boy) Daughter is a teenager, and I'm SOOOOOOO not ready! We had the open house at the high school, to where she is headed next year (Did I mention I'm SOOOOOOOO not ready?) - and for now, she's balanced between honor roll and high honor roll, defying all the dire predictions about children raised in single mother homes when they have no relationship with their dad (his choice, long story, don't bother asking). Son is that double digit age thing (10), which means he doesn't let me decide how his hair gets cut anymore - I'm lucky if he agrees to a haircut at all, actually - he also had grades sufficient to qualify for honor roll, though they don't do that at the elementary level. Actually, he'd m uch rather skip school entirely to spend time on his roller skates (anyone know what Jam Skating looks like?), his skateboard (and mountain board, also an odd creation), and his latest 'want' is to join the junior football team in the fall...... I think I'm SOOOOOOOOO not ready (did I say that already?) He, too, is defying all the dire predictions about children raised in single mother homes when they have no relationship with their dad (his choice, long story, don't bother asking). As for me...... well, ya know I quit smoking, and I've been working out for about 15 months now..... feels good, except for the metacarpal I broke in my left hand (apparently a LONG time ago) that I've recently re-injured... so its been interesting. There have been some challenges, of course - both my dads have Cancer, my mom has Parkinson's and I try to help take care of things from a distance, since we can't go jet setting all the time. For now, the dads seem to be holding their own, my mom's decline is very slow, which is encouraging, and I thank the powers that be that of all the challenges out there, we got some that were manageable. Guess that's about it - I joined that flylady.com site, and yes, some days the flurry of emails is a bit much - on the other hand, people can walk into my home any time, with no notice, and it's ok, so it's been a HUGE improvement - my kids even got jealous of how orderly and calm my bedroom is, and started working on their rooms as well.... So life isn't too bad - just bought one of those Ron Popiel rotisserie ovens on eBay, so that I, too, can 'set it and forget it' - will be a nice change from the crock pot dinners. That's all, folks...... hope I haven't bored anyone to tears.. Moon :-) V I am so sorry about the dads and mom thing. It is hard, especially being at a physical distance. I am not shocked about the defying stats about single parents blah blah kids going to prison blah blah.....they have had one hellofa mutha! I am proud of you for the quit. Hell, I am proud of me! We quitters are so damn cool and smell so great. My CK perfume is illuminating when my sinuses are not inflammed..hee hee Missed you, and glad you posted. Good luck with the kids growing up...that means we are too, eh? HUGS V -- Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have. |
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"V" wrote in message ... "Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... "V" wrote in message ... "Moon Shyne" wrote in message ... snip I am so sorry about the dads and mom thing. It is hard, especially being at a physical distance. Well...... yeah - my parents are in Florida and New York, and I'm in Wisconsin..... which makes it a bit tricky I am not shocked about the defying stats about single parents blah blah kids going to prison blah blah.....they have had one hellofa mutha! Well...... I'm not any better than any of the other moms, single, married, living with someone or whatever...... we all just do the best we can with the tools we have available, and hope to not be harrassed by people who have nothing better to do, right? I am proud of you for the quit. Hell, I am proud of me! We quitters are so damn cool and smell so great. LOL!! True, true..... My CK perfume is illuminating when my sinuses are not inflammed..hee hee Missed you, and glad you posted. Good luck with the kids growing up...that means we are too, eh? Beats the alternatives, that's what my mom always says HUGS Thanks............ (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( V ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) to you as well! V -- Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have. |
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