Wait. I am getting a visual of that!Hope you and puppy are both feeling better soon. At least you won't have to be wearing the cone of shame.
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Hi everyone and happy Monday!!
I am so sorry I haven't had time to stop by, but last week was busy. There is so much to do before Christmas that is only one week away for us ( we celebrate
Christmas eve Dec 24th) and we had a Christmas party in the stable yesterday that I and my friend was involved in.
Star's knee is better, I ride with her again. And on Friday we have a riding lesson. And next Monday we are going on a long Christmas riding together.
Hard to believe that Christmas is almost here. I have bought all gifts for family and friends and for the furry one too and they are wrapped. The last week of work then the holiday can begin, I am 5 days off from work. I'll go back Dec 27th. I really need some time to rest and relax, been a busy autumn with not much of rest.
I also watch Haunting of Hill House on Netflix and that have taking my time, have been reading too.
Hopefully all are doing well and are ready for the holiday to begin. Have been thinking about you my friends.
Please take care and be well. Stay safe!!!
(((all in need or not)))
I am so sorry I haven't had time to stop by, but last week was busy. There is so much to do before Christmas that is only one week away for us ( we celebrate
Christmas eve Dec 24th) and we had a Christmas party in the stable yesterday that I and my friend was involved in.
Star's knee is better, I ride with her again. And on Friday we have a riding lesson. And next Monday we are going on a long Christmas riding together.
Hard to believe that Christmas is almost here. I have bought all gifts for family and friends and for the furry one too and they are wrapped. The last week of work then the holiday can begin, I am 5 days off from work. I'll go back Dec 27th. I really need some time to rest and relax, been a busy autumn with not much of rest.
I also watch Haunting of Hill House on Netflix and that have taking my time, have been reading too.
Hopefully all are doing well and are ready for the holiday to begin. Have been thinking about you my friends.
Please take care and be well. Stay safe!!!
(((all in need or not)))
It will soon become the "first" day of the SKMB week!!
So the SKMB has come down to: tacos, a camel and two snakes!
I say we ditch the camel and make it “Wombat Wednesday”. Featuring Willy the Wombat. Wombats are a much more interesting species compared to camels. Camels have a cigarette company named after them, so they’re essentially promoting unhealthy choices to the young and impressionable people out there. Wombats however want a clean and lung-cancer free tomorrow.
This election vote for a better future,
Vote Willy the Wombat.
Sponsored and payed for by Willy the Wombat.
You are in my thoughts and prayers. Many healing vibes.
Hey Kurben, you have some gifts waiting for you in the Secret Santa thread!!
Scheiß die Wand an....(thanks Jo)
What a crappy Day
What a crappy Day
Yeh I am shure it whould be odd for her, I think they have known each other for a while, I think since nos4a2? I think he thanks her in that book, I looked at horns as I am reading it right know and she is not mentioned. She works for his u.k. publisher..
This is suck a sweet picture, you can tell he loves her so much... they give me hope I may find my one true love, them Steve and tabby are couple goals
Hey Tet! I know I haven’t been around in a little while but I’ve got a lot going on. I stopped in to check in on everybody and to let you know what’s going on in my corner of the world.
I posted my vacation pictures in another thread so check them out! I did my Christmas shopping for my giftee!
I got an awesome Christmas card from Neesy and it made my whole week!
I started my new job teaching English as a second language to refugees and immigrants at the local immigration center. Let me just say that I absolutely love this job. I’ve been doing this job for a long time in other ways. I used to teach high school English in urban Phoenix where a lot of my students were ESL, and I’ve been teaching students in China online for a long time. This is a whole different ball of wax:
Half of my class are refugees from the Congo and they don’t speak a word of English, or even recognize the alphabet. The other half is a mix of people from the Middle East, China, and the Dominican republic. They have very limited English skills And can form sentences in the simple present tense sometimes. My job is to teach them the very basics of English that they need to survive in the United States of America. For example, this week we are taking a field trip to the grocery store. In order to prepare them, I have created a lesson about words and phrases that are used in grocery shopping. I think it’s fun and I really feel like I’m making a difference.
In other news, my son Daniel who is almost 18 years old is making me an absolutely insane person. He decided that he wants to join the army, which would have been fine because his Asvab scores were very high (98th percentile).
His father, who is in Chicago (Chris Keenan ), and I agreed to sign his enlistment paperwork even though he’s only 17 with the stipulation that he would not do infantry. His best friend has chosen the career path of infantry, but Daniel chose a great intelligence job doing geospatial analysis. This week, the army came to take my son and his friend up to Maine to verify their Asvab scores and give them physicals, finalize their job assignments and swear them into the military. My son had admitted to using marijuana last year and that was not going to be a problem. When it came down to him telling the security clearance officer about his drug use, and he told this person that he had used marijuana 50 to 60 times this year. This is complete BS. His Recruiter and I both agree that this was done in order to disqualify him from his intelligence position. He cannot get a security clearance with that much drug use and so now he has to do infantry. He passed his drug test and his admission to that amount of drug use was an absolute lie in order to get him to be able to do infantry. I wish I could have somebody explain to me why my son would want to volunteer to die so easily. His father is absolutely distraught and called the recruiter every name in the book. Now I have to have a meeting with the Recruiter’s boss because my (ex) husband Did not keep his civil tongue. I don’t blame him. This is our 17-year-old son, and we did not want him doing infantry. We feel that the Recruiter was pushing him to do everything way too fast. I know that in a month he would be able to make this decision on his own anyway, but if anything happens to our child because he has chosen to do this job in the military, my husband intends to go and see this recruiter and have more than a strongly worded conversation.
At this point there’s nothing that I can do. My son lied in order to disqualify himself from a great and well paying position in the army, in order to sign up to die, in my opinion. Feel like I made a mistake signing his enlistment paperwork.
I guess I should be proud because he did make a grown-up decision, but I feel like it was the wrong one .
This has been weighing heavily on my wind all week, so I am glad that I am able to talk to some people about it here. If anybody has any experience or advice, please weigh in for me . I’ve been considering the most ridiculous possibilities, like suggesting that he fail a class so that he doesn’t graduate this year and can’t go into the military. I briefly considered running him over with the car and giving him a small Injury that would keep him out. I say this tongue in cheek but if you’re a parent, I think you know what I mean .
I posted my vacation pictures in another thread so check them out! I did my Christmas shopping for my giftee!
I got an awesome Christmas card from Neesy and it made my whole week!
I started my new job teaching English as a second language to refugees and immigrants at the local immigration center. Let me just say that I absolutely love this job. I’ve been doing this job for a long time in other ways. I used to teach high school English in urban Phoenix where a lot of my students were ESL, and I’ve been teaching students in China online for a long time. This is a whole different ball of wax:
Half of my class are refugees from the Congo and they don’t speak a word of English, or even recognize the alphabet. The other half is a mix of people from the Middle East, China, and the Dominican republic. They have very limited English skills And can form sentences in the simple present tense sometimes. My job is to teach them the very basics of English that they need to survive in the United States of America. For example, this week we are taking a field trip to the grocery store. In order to prepare them, I have created a lesson about words and phrases that are used in grocery shopping. I think it’s fun and I really feel like I’m making a difference.
In other news, my son Daniel who is almost 18 years old is making me an absolutely insane person. He decided that he wants to join the army, which would have been fine because his Asvab scores were very high (98th percentile).
His father, who is in Chicago (Chris Keenan ), and I agreed to sign his enlistment paperwork even though he’s only 17 with the stipulation that he would not do infantry. His best friend has chosen the career path of infantry, but Daniel chose a great intelligence job doing geospatial analysis. This week, the army came to take my son and his friend up to Maine to verify their Asvab scores and give them physicals, finalize their job assignments and swear them into the military. My son had admitted to using marijuana last year and that was not going to be a problem. When it came down to him telling the security clearance officer about his drug use, and he told this person that he had used marijuana 50 to 60 times this year. This is complete BS. His Recruiter and I both agree that this was done in order to disqualify him from his intelligence position. He cannot get a security clearance with that much drug use and so now he has to do infantry. He passed his drug test and his admission to that amount of drug use was an absolute lie in order to get him to be able to do infantry. I wish I could have somebody explain to me why my son would want to volunteer to die so easily. His father is absolutely distraught and called the recruiter every name in the book. Now I have to have a meeting with the Recruiter’s boss because my (ex) husband Did not keep his civil tongue. I don’t blame him. This is our 17-year-old son, and we did not want him doing infantry. We feel that the Recruiter was pushing him to do everything way too fast. I know that in a month he would be able to make this decision on his own anyway, but if anything happens to our child because he has chosen to do this job in the military, my husband intends to go and see this recruiter and have more than a strongly worded conversation.
At this point there’s nothing that I can do. My son lied in order to disqualify himself from a great and well paying position in the army, in order to sign up to die, in my opinion. Feel like I made a mistake signing his enlistment paperwork.
I guess I should be proud because he did make a grown-up decision, but I feel like it was the wrong one .
This has been weighing heavily on my wind all week, so I am glad that I am able to talk to some people about it here. If anybody has any experience or advice, please weigh in for me . I’ve been considering the most ridiculous possibilities, like suggesting that he fail a class so that he doesn’t graduate this year and can’t go into the military. I briefly considered running him over with the car and giving him a small Injury that would keep him out. I say this tongue in cheek but if you’re a parent, I think you know what I mean .
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(((nomik))) military is a hard life sometimes.
Thank you for your encouragement. It really means a lot. I’m feel so distraught about this.
My son in law is military and we have several in the family who have served. The son in law was arecruiter for a short time and said he hated it. He went back into the field.
Protective shield for your son/ calming vibes for you.
Thank you Spidey. This will help and it means a lot
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