Rain! Finally!
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I don’t know exactly why, but whenever I hear Unchained Melody I stop in my tracks and just take it in. I love that song.
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You’ve been friends with my husband since you guys were in elementary school. And last fall, when my husband and his sister went back to your home town (where you still live) to visit their old haunts after their mom died, they gave you a heads up way in advance so you guys could meet up and hang out together for a little bit.
And once your wife was sick of my husband and his sister, your wife rudely kicked them out and told them to leave.
And then today, thanks to social media, we found out that this whole entire week, you’ve been less than a 45 min drive from us. Not once did you text or call or message my husband. He would have moved heaven and earth to just hang out with you for 30 min. Ok so you were probably busy at the conference you attended. But you could have spared even a few min to meet up for coffee or something.
It’s the biggest “screw you” I’ve seen in a long time.
My husband is a lot more forgiving than me. I’ve unfriended and blocked you. You now are as much of a rude butthole as your snarky, mean, stuck-up, passive-aggressive wife. Life is too short for me to waste anymore of my time reading your and your wife’s ridiculous self-absorbed nonsense. You show others who you are with your behavior. And you’ve shown that you are a big long string of 4 letter words that I can’t say here.
It’s no wonder why one of your kids wants nothing to do with you and your wife.
Good luck. You’re gonna need it. I don’t wish you ill will. But man, you really are a jerk.
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“It’s better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
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We sold the house we lived in for over 35 years and raised our daughter in. We now live in an apartment. My 30 year old daughter is coming to visit us today. She used the term “coming home” referring to the apartment. I guess we did the right thing, she has no regrets about us having sold our house. Makes us feel good!
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Can we please retire the phrase “drink the Kool Aid” already? The way it is used is, frankly, offensive. The residents of Jonestown - for the most part - did NOT willing drink it. They were surrounded by guards with automatic weapons and had no chance of escape. Some begged not to drink it. And hundreds of children obviously had no choice, either. Over 900 people died in Jonestown. It was a mass MURDER. And it really irks me when people now blithely talk about “drinking the Kool Aid” which, to me, minimizes the horrific tragedy that Jonestown was (while also being historically inaccurate).
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Xcel raised the internet rate $3- still cannot find where they ‘notified us’ on the last statement which is online (to get the $5 credit). They have a monopoly here.
And apparently you have to ask for credit on outages (not automatic) and has to be 4 continuous hours. Of the at least 5 outages this past month I got $3.43 credit now- because I contacted them on a chat. 
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Yay! I hit the BMI for the reconstruction surgery. Still shocked from the call last week to schedule the surgery for September when we’d talked likelihood of it being after the first of the year, especially since you really wanted me to be 10-15 lbs lower than I am now.
Big question is recovery and if I’ll be able to take that trip in December with my sisters. Back to Dr Google or a quick response to the MyChart message.
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This is starting to get really frustrating. My husband is turning 65 and needs to get off the state marketplace health plan. He wants to stay on the dental plan and I need to stay on the health and dental plans. We spent 90 minutes on the phone with them (both of us together) and the customer service rep said this would mean we get it all accomplished and we don’t have to call again. Well, guess what, about an hour after we hung up, they emailed and said we need to call. I called back and they didn’t know why. They called the next day, and said I needed to call. I called, spent another 30 minutes on the phone with them and they assured me all is fine. Today I get another email saying we need to call. Meanwhile, my husband is still not on the dental plan which he was on before.
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Now they are canceling "ladies and gentlemen ". How stupid Delta Airlines!
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No no Dollar Store (and other places), I am NOT ready for autumn decor item, pumpkin lattes etc. It is still SUMMER.
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We put small containers of beer in our garden because the slugs drink it and die a blissful death.
But they’re really picky. Definitely no IPA’s; their favorite is Blue Moon.
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Just because you say it “with authority” doesn’t mean it’s correct.
BTW - kindness goes a long way.
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Shout-out to the young lady with the flat tire on the side of interstate 70 this morning. I was impressed with your knowledge and abilities. You got as far as you could off of the travel lanes to change the tire. You had the car jacked up nicely and had removed two of the four lug nuts successfully. I was drawn to pull over, especially when I saw you standing on the lug wrench to get the next lug off. Unfortunately two of the lug nuts had been damaged before and you were having a hard time with them, stripping the outside edges more. I was able to “hammer” the lug wrench on and get past the damaged area and loosen the last two nuts. After that you handily assisted me in swapping the wheels and tightening the lug nuts, etc. Obviously someone taught you well. If the lugs nuts hadn’t been damaged previously you would have easily handled the entire situation. Again, kudos to you for taking care of business.
On another note. How is it that several hundred drivers (perhaps 1000) decided to drive on past as you worked for at least 5-10 minutes to change your tire on a really busy highway and no one, not anyone, stopped to see if you needed a hand? What has the world come too? If there is an elderly person or a woman stranded on the side of the road, check on them, please.
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Not in direct reply to above but I do need to say it here. A friend of mine was kidnapped and murdered when she stopped to check on someone “in need”. Became known as “The Good Samaritan” murder. Better to call 911 for help for the person in need if you are alone.
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Our friends who got married six months after we did are getting divorced. They’ve been married more than 40 years. It makes me so sad.
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Friend, why do you post those cryptic FB messages/religious posts that indicate you are in turmoil? How does one respond? Is a <3 showing support? Should I make a comment without knowing any context? Do I reach out via text and see if you’re ok? Do I not do that because that is overwhelming too for you, having to respond to multiple text reach-outs?
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We notified you of the problem with your company’s installation over a year ago. It took about eight months before you sent anyone out, and they were clueless. The next techs weren’t any better. After I raised a ruckus, you finally discussed the problem with the owner and said you had the solution. Funny how that solution is the same one I told you would most likely solve the problem - over a year ago. Weeks later you sent a couple of inexperienced techs who couldn’t figure out how to complete the job. Instead of doing what we agreed to, they took a shortcut and it didn’t work, wasting an entire day. You never came out to supervise, but are now promising to come later this week and that the job will be done next week. I’ll send a certified letter to the company owner next week if the job isn’t done properly. Legal action will be the next step. My patience is gone.
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It’s really easy to get frustrated that there’s too much food in my refrigerator when I’m trying to put away leftovers. Then I get a reality check and am grateful that I have so much.
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Ugh, do I really want to stir up the hornets’ desk by notifying the road of the previous treasurer’s “interesting” bookkeeping? On the other hand, that’s how we got into this mess, by not dealing with the situation since nobody wanted to rile her up. 
I’m going to enlist the help of a level-headed neighbor I trust.
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