52 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 8-28-15”

  1. Good Morning Everyone. Going in to work today to face whatever consequences there are of blowing off work to take care of my child. I managed to have my stomach in complete knots last night. BG was upset, Mr P was upset, Guy was I guess upset, and when I talked to Ex husband about BG and told him I was sending her to the endrocrinologist today by herself HE lost it. It is too important of a doctor visit for her to go by herself. I explained that after not being available to Guy that afternoon because of BG I couldn’t take off again to go to the doctor with her. He huffed and puffed and lectured he is moving his WHOLE day around to accommodate HIS daughter (read he is the better parent).
    I am going over to the prayer thread to post a prayer request.

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  3. Hello all!
    With the cooler weather, I want to be outside more. But my collection of mosquito bites reminds me that it’s probably best to stay inside.

    I hope to see War Room this weekend. I rarely go out to see movies so it will be a treat. Is anyone else planning to see it?

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  7. Good morning, rkessler.
    Hope for better morning, Kim.
    Miss Bosley ate and did a little vomit which I need to clean up so one always hopes that nothing will be worsek than that for the rest of the day.

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  8. Morning all. It is time for the weekend. I will begin with some sleep. Someone is coming by in the morning as they are buying the woodstove/fireplace that I have never used. My place is so small and this should give me a little more space.

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  10. It’s FRIDAY!
    You know what that means?

    😦 Everybody in the world is mad at Kim, but me.
    🙂 I’m having plum jelly and toast with my coffee this morning.
    I’ve already had breakfast, but one of my women at the Y made some plum jelly and gave me a jar.
    You/she are in my prayers, Kim. But what is an endroconologist?

    I suspect the plum jelly may be the return of a favor. Once she mentioned that she loved Eddie Arnold. Some time later, I came across an Eddie Arnold CD and thought of her. So, I copied it and gave it to her.

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  12. I am not mad at Kim either. Hang in there, Kim! The more she pulls away, the more you pull her back. Let God take care of the exes foolish way of seeing things.

    Not happy to lose part of a wisdom tooth last night. This tooth was next to one that just had a root canal done on it. (my first) I am waiting to get a crown on that one. The wisdom tooth will have to go, but who knows when I will get in? 😦

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  14. Oh Kathaleena you didn’t mean to make me laugh but you did. Once, my father and I were having lunch at my grandparents. My grandmother had cooked all of his favorites (he shamelessly manipulated her into cooking his favorites). We were sitting on the back deck eating when suddenly he stopped chewing and pulled half of a tooth out of his mouth. I started to throw up. I couldn’t swallow the food I had in my mouth. I sat there stunned. I had heard the stories of my grandmother’s “bad” teeth. I immediately thought she had lost a tooth as she was cooking and tasting. Yuck isn’t a strong enough word. Turns out Daddy had cracked a tooth and part of it came out. It was his OWN tooth NOT my grandmother’s. Being Blacks (the surname not the race) we finished our meal, because not much comes between us and food.

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  16. Kim, I am not mad at you. My phone gave out of power so I have not been to the prayer thread.

    Your funny, ha, ha story reminded me of a black lady who told me how she had seen an elderly lady eat cornbread and then take out her dentures to eat the cornbread stuck in them. She was contemplating dating a guy with dentures and could not get past that memory.

    I am out of power again!

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  17. How can you be out of power in “lana? In Northern Virginia, Dominion Resources were usually quick about restoring power when ice brought them down.
    Linda is going to remind the world of that next time I run for President. The Republicans don’t have enough choices yet.

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  18. Apparently, Linda. I had to laugh when a relative told me she bootlegged a cd my daughter and husband made. She made it to give to her mom. We didn’t mind, but we don’t make a living from it, either.

    Funny stories today. We just switched dental offices, although this dentist practiced at the one we just left. This office is closed Fridays, so unless I end up in real pain, I will be waiting until at least Monday to even get in. I am sure it will be longer than that. Appreciate all prayer, even if it is not on the ‘proper, (said in a snooty voice) thread.

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  19. Janice–I only get hand me down phones, so mine is an Iphone 4. I had to buy something called a ‘Mopie” for about $20, that is an additional battery case that goes around the phone. That doubled my capacity and is the only way I can travel and take photos plus use the phone.

    Other tip is when you’re not using it, put it in “Airplane mode” in settings and it won’t roam. That helps, too.

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  20. Kathaleena I don’t know if you know this old wive’s tale trick for tooth pain but take a tea bag and place it between your cheek and gum on the sore tooth. It helps with the pain.

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  21. I’m not as busy as AJ, so over on my blog, I’m only celebrating the publication of bost #500.

    Here’s the scoop:

    I’m having a blog party this weekend to celebrate the publication of my 500th blog post! If you have read my blog (and if not, why not?), please, stop by and jot down your favorite one to enter a contest.
    Six winners–worldwide if they’ll take an ebook outside the US–will get a copy of one of my books. Story and information, available here:http://bit.ly/1F2JlxX

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  23. Chas isn’t bootlegging CDs since he didn’t sell it to his daughter. But I think copying and giving away is also illegal.

    Oh no! A scandal in Chas’ life! So much for running for anything in this electoral climate. Now if he ran as a Democrat, no one would blink an eye.

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  24. Glad it’s Friday, but I need to find an easy story today — I’m meeting with someone at the end of the day over the homeless issue so I’ll have to leave work early for that.

    We’re having a couple of 90-degree days (yesterday and today) but it’s supposed to cool off a little this weekend. It’s our weekend to cook casseroles for the mission so I need to get the shopping done for that hopefully today, too.

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  25. Hi, all. I’m so sorry I’ve been gone so long. I do think fondly of y’all and sometimes check the prayer thread and then pray for you guys. I’ve been having kind of a rough go of it psychologically and haven’t felt very social. However, finally, after about six weeks, I’m beginning to pull out of the funk and rejoin society. I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t even been reading the blogs, so I have no idea what’s going on with all of you. Bare with me as I get reacquainted with your daily lives….

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  26. I’m super excited as one of my best childhood friends is coming to visit for the weekend. She will arrive about two today. She makes me laugh harder than anyone on the planet–and is just about the kindest soul one’s ever known. We had a heart-to-heart phone call a few weeks ago, and she offered to come visit. I guess she could tell I would benefit from some old friend therapy…

    We got a puppy a couple of weeks ago. I really wish we hadn’t. She chews everything and doesn’t seem to be very smart. Fortunately, she’s pretty darn cute–so that helps when I’m cleaning up after her for the fifth time….

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  27. School is off to a good start for both my girls. Becca’s in fourth and Lindsey’s a sophomore. We’ve been looking for used cars for Lindsey. Her birthday is Sept. 12–but she can’t get her license until November–so we don’t plan on getting one for a couple of months. It’s bizarre to think she’ll be driving soon. Ugh! I love the saying, “The days are long, but the years are short” in parenting. SO TRUE!!!

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  29. Yesterday I commented that I had a coupon for a free photo book and considered “summer photos,” but decided that would be way, way over the 20 pages that are free. I decided on “insects” and thought I could keep that to 30 pages. I’m down to 42 and I’m not sure if I can go any lower. 😦 That’s why they give me the free coupons, of course. 🙂 Actually, that would be a 40-page book at half the price of a 20-page book, so it’s still a good deal. But . . .

    Anyway, this summer I’ve been working hard to get as many photos of insects as I can, for a different project I’m working on, since pretty much if you want photos of insects you’d better take them in summer. Well, I counted, and I have approximately 57 species in there. (I’m not sure how many different species of bees or grasshoppers I have, but I might have around 60 total species.) A few species, like crickets and aphids, didn’t make it into the book, and I didn’t include photos I didn’t take this summer, so ladybugs aren’t going in there even though I have some decent photos of them.

    How many women do you know who would photograph 60 species of insects (hundreds of photos in all) over the course of a summer?

    In my defense, about a dozen of them are butterflies, some are dragonflies, a few more are moths, and most women like praying mantises and honeybees too. But still, I did feel a little bit like a tomboy looking under leaves all summer to see what bugs I could find. 🙂

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  30. Cheryl, because of my son’s love of bugs, I love them, too. I’d be looking with you if we were on a hike together.

    I went to Walmart this morning and bought a new charger. The others had all fallen apart so that has been a big part of the problem.

    My friend who I wanted to see War Room with is not well and has to keep seeing doctors and may need to be hospitalized if no improvement by next week. Bummer. I also have tried a number of times to be in touch with a friend who needs to let me know if the same ladies who went to last year’s fundraiser dinner will be going. I can’t get her so if I need to invite others then it will be last minute which is not good. I know I should not let such things get me down, but they do. And when husband got home early after the end of his IRS conference and I thought we could at least go out for ice cream, he was to tired to even do that so I went by myself to get some to bring home from Cjick-fil-A. We had been out to eat the night before at Outback which was nice. Then later I spoke with my brother who has been put on 2 month notice with his employer and he needs to get a lawyer over an issue. And, lots of noisy work is going on all around the neighborhood with lots of big trucks and heavy equipment so I can hardly think straight. So sorry to share my woes. I just truly need to pray.

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  31. We had an, apparently, good meeting this morning with the principal and superintendent. They heard us and could speak to what we were saying. They do have a computer using school system and I did tell them, if they are unable to meet our requirements, we have other options. They are going to reiterate to all of the teachers that our younger children are not to be on or watching the computers. The teachers thought they could just sit and watch the other students do their stuff. Not good enough. We are trying to get our children thinking with the front of the brain and that takes stimulating the connections. We have seen enormous progress and we don’t want to lose that just because computers are easier for the teachers.

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  32. I have another nomination for Joan Crawford Mother of the Year. The endocrinologist is concerned that BG;s BMI is only 20/ She is 5’5″ and weighs 108# Her Vitamin D is low and she held out her hands and showed the doctor how her hands shake so she is being referred out to a neurologist. Waiting for a call back now. I am thankful that G went with her. I just feel guilty that I felt guilty and worked today instead of going with her myself.

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  33. Kim, I understand that BG does have a genuine thyroid problem, but I would suggest that the specialist may be overreacting. I have encountered several people who have similar thyroid issues, and they all tend to be tall and thin. Low Vitamin D is a common problem in North America. My hands often shake slightly doing certain tasks, like handwriting. I know a young man, perfectly neurologically healthy, who has a familial tremor in his hands which causes him difficulty in doing fine motor tasks. It’s part of life for a larger part of the population than people realize. As for the neurologist, when I had that near fainting spell a few weeks ago that caused my arms and legs to twitch, nobody suggested a visit to the neurologist.

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  34. Kim, I’m 5’6″ and I didn’t get past 108 till I was 25 or so. My older stepdaughter is about the size I was, and she too is in her twenties. That’s thin, but not skinny and not (by itself) a cause for concern.

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  35. I did a little research. The tremors can run in families. My mother’s hands shook but I thought that was because she was an alcoholic. My hands sometimes shake but I figured that was because my mother fried my nerves at an early age. It seems that it may be hereditary. It can also be caused by her thyroid issues. She has also had a very stressful week.

    As far as weight. Well she certainly didn’t inherit being underweight from ME. It comes from her Pop and her Aunt it runs along that C gene she has. They are/were all small people.

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  36. I still don’t see how a young woman in Southern Alabama can have a vitamin D deficiency.
    When I was that age, young girls wanted a tanned look.
    Go easy on the sunscreen. The sun is your friend if you don’t abuse it.

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  37. Because it is Friday and we all deserve a good laugh. One of these is a little off color but the rest are FUNNY

    HOW DO COURT RECORDERS KEEP STRAIGHT FACES????
    These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.

    ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
    WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’
    ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
    WITNESS: My name is Susan!
    _______________________________
    ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
    WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
    ____________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
    WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
    ____________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
    WITNESS: July 18th.
    ATTORNEY: What year?
    WITNESS: Every year.
    _____________________________________
    ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
    WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.
    ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
    WITNESS: Forty-five years.
    _________________________________
    ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
    WITNESS: Yes.
    ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
    WITNESS: I forget..
    ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
    ___________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
    WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
    ____________________________________

    ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
    WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.
    ___________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
    WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
    _________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
    WITNESS: Yes.
    ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
    WITNESS: Getting laid
    ____________________________________________

    ATTORNEY: She had three children , right?
    WITNESS: Yes.
    ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
    WITNESS: None.
    ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
    WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
    ____________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
    WITNESS: By death..
    ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
    WITNESS: Take a guess.
    ___________________________________________

    ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
    WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard
    ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
    WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male.
    _____________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
    WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
    ______________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
    WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
    _________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
    WITNESS: Oral…
    _________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
    WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
    ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
    WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
    ____________________________________________
    ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
    WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?

    ______________________________________
    And last:

    ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
    WITNESS: No.
    ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
    WITNESS: No.
    ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
    WITNESS: No..
    ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
    WITNESS: No.
    ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
    WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
    ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
    WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

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  38. On bootlegging CD’s: My father used to make listening copies of cassette tapes he bought, I think so that the master wouldn’t wear out. The funny thing is, that most of the tapes and their copies are now aged beyond use, but his much older records and 8-tracks still work. I think it is all right to make copies of a CD you own for personal use – you can certainly rip songs off a CD and play them on your MP3 player. It is interesting, because the songs you buy on places like iTunes can be burned on CDs as well as used on several different computers and MP3 players.

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  39. Kim, I was laughing. The exchanges between the doctors and attorneys were hilarious (and I notice the doctor always gets the punchline), but I love the exchange about who the surviving member of the first marriage was.

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  40. Since we are doing jokes, how many giant trucks and pieces of heavy eqipment does it take to replace a drainage culvert on a street? About 10. That is not the joke part. The joke is trying to get out of the driveway and down the street over some long giant hose to go to the post office and bank to pay bills.

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  41. I did manage to interupt one of the workers in a truck while he was having a carry-out box of what looked like Chinese food. I went to ask if I could roll over that hose.

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  42. Resumes and job-seeking: Was reading a column written by a source today (who’s hiring for a customer service position at his small print shop) and he had this to say (in part):

    “Virtually every resume indicated that the candidate was a team player, self-motivated, hard worker, reliable, a problem solver, efficient, detail-oriented, fast learner, multi-tasker, energetic, organized, accurate and responsible.”

    He decided there must be a website that has lists of these things that job seekers merelycopy and paste.

    And this:

    “A great cover letter can be more important than the attached resume. Candidates who used a cover letter to show their personality, flesh out their experience and background, explain why they were seeking a new job and/or express how they thought they could benefit their prospective employer, definitely stood out from candidates who did not use a cover letter. Telling a story elicits more interest than a list of skills and job titles. It is not wise, however, to use it like the candidate who, in her cover letter, claimed one of her primary strengths was her company loyalty, and then attached a resume citing 8 different jobs in the past 9 years. …”

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  43. When I went out to the post office I saw an older woman out on a rather tall ladder trying to trim a tall bush by her driveway. I have seen this lady for years out in her old fashioned housedresd walking around with her dog. I always thought she might have dementia so I was surprised to see her on the ladder. I had gone about two blocks and decided I better go back and check on her. She could not quite reach the top while on the ladder and said she thought her SIL would be by to do the rest. She seemed a bit more with it than I expected. I did drive on to the post office after telling her to take care.

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  44. Kim’s examples were funny.
    It reminded me of an event that wasn’t funny, but it gave me some insight into the workings of the system.

    I was called to jury duty here in Hendersonville.
    I showed up as part of the jury pool.
    They started selecting jurors. I wasn’t selected, they filled the jury before they got to me.
    But I wouldn’t have been selected because I had this case figured out before they went into trial.
    But I noticed the questioning of the prospective juniors.
    Such trivia. After about an hour of this, it occurred to me;
    These guys are on the clock. They’re making billable hours.
    That sort of thing causes the trivia and stupidity of the above examples. These lawyers were so engrossed in keeping the clock going that they weren’t thinking.

    I don’t know what went on during the trial, I heard nothing more about it.
    But I can tell you what happened.
    NCDMV had confiscated some land to build a highway interchange.
    They paid the people $250k for it. It was a large parcel of land.
    The people think they disserved more. So they sued the state.
    For $750k.
    Obviously both sides were wrong. State law balled the people.
    People tried the high ball the state
    Without knowing exactly, I’d bet lots of money that it was settled before they went to trial.
    Neither side wants to put this into the hands of an impartial jury. You never know what they will do. I have been on juries before and they can be influenced by a single strong personality in the jury.

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  47. Hi Ann, good to see you back, however briefly 🙂 You have a busy life. And diverse, with a 4th grader and a sophomore about ready to drive.

    Well, I did it, I found a fairly easy story to turn around for the weekend (saved from the wrath of the editor!) — then my 5 p.m. interview got canceled so I’ve had more time today than I originally thought I would. Next week will be really crazy with night meetings, including one on the landslide road rebuilding project & the BIG one on the homeless. Plus telephone interviews and stories to write beforehand.

    Karen, how did Forrest’s first (and 2nd?) day go in kindergarten?

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  48. Kim- Those were great, especially when the witness got a jab at the lawyer’s stupidity.

    Here is a funny:
    D3 asked Siri (the i-Phone search engine) a question, which got the reply “I seem to have lost the internet connection.
    D3: Then why does it say you have internet connection?
    Siri: Here is what I found for “why does it say you have an internet connection.”

    Stupid phone, not a smart phone.

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  50. so, I decided to dust the counters in my office and to reorganize the cords, which were a mess. Turns out if you forget to connect the modem you don’t have internet!! I wondered if I had forgotten something, but things go loopy around here so often that I forgot to check.
    The woodstove/fireplace is gone and they even sealed the hole in the ceiling and brought another piece of roofing iron and took all of the stovepipe. My small, 10 x 7 foot, livingroom is looking spacious. Well, relatively spacious.

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  51. Oh, there’s a Forrest update on the prayer thread.

    Something about being dragged into the school, but there were more positive aspects as well.

    🙂

    Like I said, I said goodbye to school in the 1st grade, decided it just really wasn’t for me.

    I remember the march back to school with my mom clenching my had — owe! — was not pleasant (we lived across the street).

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  52. Kim–my hands shook terribly when my thyroid was off. That is not unusual and is one of the warning signs. Is there an issue, because she is supposedly within normal range?

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