BethFromVA

LOL, the threat could backfire. I might be considered dead weight. I swear, when we went through this the first time and he wasn't doing anything, and WAILING for me to find him a job (and then wouldn't do anything with the info I found him), I asked him one time, "WTH?? Do you expect people to just come knocking on our door for you?" His reply? YES! :w00t: His mom has enabled him so much it's just not funny (note to slim... :blushing:). He said IF he ends up without a job, he's sure his folks would help. WTF?? I'm sorry, but if you're a MAN, you just don't look at things that way. Am I wrong??

ROTFLMAO! Could be!

He didn't say anything, but I know he knows I'd do it. He's got a good idea how mad I was last time. And my rage is building. If he messes this up... And the economy is so much worse right now! Unfortunately I already see him as a p*ssy for the first time he did this. To me, to act like he did, whining and wailing for people to do things FOR him rather than doing WHATEVER IT TOOK -- I can't even tell you how much my respect for him dissipated back then. I feel that's his one job -- to take care of his family with a job. And to make matters worse, his mom wussifies him. Last time, she asked why I couldn't get another job (I was already working one) while she stroked and "poor babied" him. I think because his folks have money, he thinks they will come to our rescue AGAIN... and I'm just not all about that. BE A MAN AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS! Omg, as I write this, he's turning his computer on. Wow...

Okay, so I just ask him if he's done anything with the card I got him, and he said yeah, he kinda checked over the site but wasn't sure how big the company was. Uh, CALL THE GUY, you idiot!! So then I ask him if he's got a plan, and he says yes. I ask him what the plan is, and he says, "To go on unemployment and collect benefits." Okay, SO not funny. I just told him if he does this to me again, I'm outta here. Asshole.

Morning everybody. Will go back and read but just did a skim. Slim - didn't know you had/got braces. OUCH! I got mine in my 20's and had them for three looooong years. VERY painful, and what didn't help was that my bone was spongy (back off, Plain! lol). The dentist would pull on one side to get stuff aligned, and the reaction would occur on the other side of my mouth. PJTP: Hubby is alarming me. Long story short (I hope), his contract ends on the 25th. He's been home since August 25 due to his surgery. So, he technically has no job after the 25th of this month. He thinks the bosses can get him some part-time work, but even at that, we lose our insurance. Past history - in 2001 he was laid off from a job he had had for 11 years. He sat around for TWO YEARS without a permanent job, though he got a couple short-term temp jobs. He sat around and moped for FOUR MONTHS before he ever even opened the computer to LOOK. He got a severance when he was let go that was over $10,000 that would have been GREAT to put away, but we went through all of that and then a chunk of our retirement/savings. The way he handled himself was atrocious -- he'd wail and cry that "I" needed to find him a job, but when I would try to do my part and get him numbers and business cards for potential jobs, he'd do NOTHING with them. They'd sit there, not called, not checked on, nothing. When I would ask about them, he'd fuss at me and get ugly. I'd also suggest that he look and see what the majority of the companies were looking for in computer knowledge and then go out and get the certificate(s) for those programs. Again, he'd let his anger flare and the conversation would shut down. In the end, it resulted in him taking a job in Kuwait right before the war started. He was gone for a year while I raised the kid and kept the house running. He was home for three months and then got the job here in Virginia, which had us separated/apart for another 15 months. Okay, so Friday of last week I'm told that there was an e-mail for him that wanted him to interview the day before (it was sent earlier in the week but he hadn't checked his e-mail). So I asked a couple times over the weekend if he wrote back, and he hadn't (and this was one he's interested in because it's a LOT closer than these others). Tuesday he doesn't get up until nearly 2:00PM, but before he woke up the motorcycle shop called about working on his bike. He calls THEM right away when he woke up but hours after waking up he STILL had not written back about the interview. I finally swallowed my anger and said to him that I'm worried about this job situation (he said he is too... sure...), and I said I'm most alarmed because he is already acting like he did in 2001-2003 and not doing anything. I got a business card over the weekend from the neighbor's father who works for a contracting company that does stuff that DH does, and IT sat there all through the weekend too! As it is, I have no idea if he's done ANYthing with that card. He started getting all fussy with me, raising his voice, and I told him don't DARE do that -- I'm talking reasonably and respectfully, and I have the right to express my concerns, especially after what he put me through years ago. I told him I'm not going to be his mama here, but I reminded him that his JOB right now is to FIND A JOB. Waking up at 1:00 or 2:00 and sitting around watching TV is not cutting it -- he's been "recovering" for two weeks now. It's not so hard to get on the computer and look for work. Y'all, I just can't tell you how my stomach is knotting up over this. As I type this, he is sitting here watching TV. Again. I don't think he did a damn thing yesterday at all. I'm just getting so pissed about this. I told him that if he does this to us again, I'm done. I told him that it took me a really, really, REALLY long time to not hate him anymore for the way he handled himself last time. But the more I watch him sitting here watching TV, the more I want to punch him in the face. :w00t: Okay, sorry this is so long... but honestly, this IS the Reader's Digest version.

I sent Crown Royal to DH when he was working in Kuwait in 2003 -- double no-no. Shipping alcohol, AND shipping it to a dry country. :thumbup:

News to me... All I know is they ask if you're sending anything liquid OR flammable (among other things), and wine would be both. :thumbup:

Sorry to hear it. Tell me where you'll be and I'll bring you a cake with a file in it. :thumbup:

Well, where's the fun in that!? :thumbup:

LOL, it was simply wishful thinking. And obviously by more than just Fanny and myself. :thumbup: YESSSSSSS!!!!! Well, since it was in PM, you have it, riiiggghhhht? :sneaky: :crying:

Wear your white power suit. :thumbup: Seriously, here's to more good vibes tomorrow, even if the result is negative. They can't take your spirit or who you are. And though they seem like they have all the power, it's all an illusion. They really only have whatever you choose to give them. Never forget that.

That was my thought. Then again, I don't swear to know anything about unions other than my grandfather was a union man.

Wow, then what's the incentive to join and pay dues?

*snorkle* :blush2::hurray:

That's bullsh*t!!! Can't opt out, but they do nothing??? If this isn't yet more proof that lack of competition (or choice) creates apathy, I don't know what does. They collect their pay and don't have to do a damn thing for it. Nice. :mad:

The heat is usually determined by how well you clean out the pepper. THe membranes with the seeds has the capsaicin in it and that's where most of the heat is stored. If you clean them well (and DH cleans mine more than his because I do NOT like too much heat), then you're usually okay.

Oh, Ebony, I'm SO sorry, hon... I hate those people, and I don't even work there. Which lends the question -- what is the BENEFIT in paying some of your paycheck for a group such as this who doesn't do sh*t for you???

Hubby makes a great substitute. He gets jalapenos (and here lately poblanoes) and cleans them out (saving the cap), then stuffs them with Cracker Barrel sharp white cheddar (or the cheese of your choice), replaces the cap (secured with toothpicks) and grills them on the bbq! Slightly chars the skin of the peppers while softening the meat of the pepper and the cheese. SOOOOO GOOD!!

Happy Birthday, Ms. Awesome! :mad:

Wondering if I can be a forensic scientist without taking science. Hmmm.... Okay, must..... tear...... self............ away.................. (screechy nail sounds as reading tears Beth away)

Yeah, but if they're using a Word document, it underlines it for them. :mad: Yeah, I keep thinking that too. :sad: (I know Heartfire said this but I don't multi-quote! lol) I keep trying to tell myself that, then I get on the scale this morning and still no budge. But, okay, as I think about it... I had some tom kha gai this weekend (Thai soup) and they use a "fish sauce" in it as a seasoning that I bet is very high in sodium as well. So... to be fair, I've probably had a lot of high-sodium stuff this weekend (some without knowing how much [steak and chicken]). I'm supposed to go in for a fill eval (won't need a fill) on Thursday, but I'm considering rescheduling -- partly because I have a lot to do, but also partly because the weigh-in won't show what I've really done.

Kat, sorry to hear about the situation with your son and DGS. I hope the right situation for them -- and you -- comes about.

Yes, so true. You know what's causing me some indigestion? So far I'm studying criminal justice, but what I REALLY thought I would LOVE to do (but am not studying for -- mine's more general CJ) is forensics. I have said forever that I thought it would be SO cool to be a forensic scientist. However, I am SO not prepared to go to school until I'm ready for retirement.

Jumpin' Jehosephat! I have spent all afternoon reading 90 freakin' pages. And that's just for Wednesday's class!! Okay, the reality is hitting me that I will not have a life for a very long time.

You'n me both!