GLASSMANOAK'S Contest Thread #119..for WINNERS and with MULTIPLE WINNERS !!

[LynnNC]

11/22 #4
Both of my teams won today! Now I'm sitting here watching the Packers/Vikings while I decide on dinner. It will be bath time and night night soon.
@angelphyre I'm glad you're feeling a little better!

 

[Roadtrip635]

11/22 #3
Getting pretty hungry myself, gotta think about what I want for dinner....

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

11/22 #2

Only got about half the wood split and none of it stacked. Because of my shoulder pain, I slipped and dropped a 50-pound round on my way to the splitter and it bounced and whacked me in the ankle. The pain says it is likely that I cracked my ankle bone, but I came in and put some of Lannie's cream on it and wrapped it because a doctor visit is out of the question (come on guys - before you lecture me, this isn't the first time, and it is 75 miles one way to the nearest ER - we really do live in the middle on nowhere). Gotta (slowly) hobble out and feed the critters now.

 

[LynnNC]

11/22 #5
@Fuzzy Thunderbear OUCH!!! Lannie's creams are the BOMB for whatever ails you! Put some ice on it when you get back in and put it up while you're watching tv. I hope it feels better tomorrow!

 

[teemae]

11-22 #3
Nothing like buying a smoked turkey and having to put it into the roaster to finish cooking it. Calls have been made.
Dinner done (not the turkey) evening started.

 

[rangerrobin]

11/22 #5

I have a couple online shoppin' carts filled, but am holdin' out for even better Black Friday deals. I'm only buyin' a Herakles Plus and replacement coils, which are both pre-orders, but still want to get the best deal possible.

For a brief moment, I was dreadin' work tomorrow, then I remembered it's only a 2.5 day work week for me!

Have a terrific evenin', everyone!

 

[DaleH1985]

11/22 #3

Wish my work week was a little shorter. I still gotta work 4 days. Oh well at least I get the holiday off.

 

[LynnNC]

11/22 #6 I only have a 3 day work week but 2 of those days are 10 hour long days! Oh well...I'm just grateful that I have 2 days off with pay!

 

[angelphyre]

11/22
2.

@angelphyre I'm glad you're feeling a little better!

Thanks Lynn...I am feeling a little better, my breathing seems to have loosened up some...I just hope it doesn't do like my colds of late have done, where I start to feel a little human and then wham! I feel like crap and even worse...tomorrow is Monday, so the odds are probably not with me! ...But hopefully it should only be a 2 day workweek for me, so if I can just make it though those days and then cooking all day Wednesday for our dinner then I'll be fine. We had to move our dinner to Wednesday night because my son has to work all day on Thanksgiving and won't be home until after 7. As Uncle would say NOT NICE!!

@Fuzzy Thunderbear - Ouch! I feel for ya! Sending you lots of extra healing vibes! Try not to overdo it...yeah right!

 

[tiggerrts]

11/22 - 4: I will be off for two and a half days from work with no pay, it sucks. The attorney general and child care system do not care how much you really make; it is a set rule.

 

[anjelvape77]

11/22*1

I have spent ALL DAY on the phone...I didn't even put it down for about three hours, just kept swapping between calls...all the relatives have realized I wont be home for Thanksgiving and this is the first year without me home...I tell them its so hubby wont be alone this year but Ill tell you guys the truth...its the first year without my mom and I just don't wanna...

I don't wanna cook
I don't wanna fake smile
and
I don't wanna cry in front of my babies

Does it make me a horrible person to hide from them all?

Ive promised to come home and rearrange the house for the tree and do Christmas up right but yesterday my son and I were crying on the phone over the change tradition from my moms house to mine and now the need to change from my house to his and I realized I REALLY REALLY don't want to do the holidays this year...there was this tradition of my mom bringing the turkey before I left California and a different tradition of our calls once I left and I just don't think I can do this this year

Hubby will be off and I really do want to be with him this year but hes not really a holiday person so we will probably do something silly like get Chinese take out and watch 300 (AGAIN)

How do you do it? How do you be the strength of the family when you feel so weak inside, so terribly small

I'm sorry to be such a sad person on our happy treehome. So many are sick and have much worse problems than I. I just don't know where else to lay this down and talk it out.

Maybe this year I will make some of my alcoholic oranges (@angelphyre you remember the ones I was making a couple contests ago?) and just pretend its a different day!


I hope our sick member get well quick, our hurting members find peace and that @Fuzzy Thunderbear did not hurt his ankle too badly!

 

[CountBoredom]

11/22 #4
@anjelvape77, you are not a horrible person for hiding at all! Each of us deal with sorrow in our own way. Sometimes retreating into ourselves is the best way to handle it. That said, you must be social next year--sequestering oneself can become a habit that then takes over your life. Don't let it happen.

@Fuzzy Thunderbear, I hope your ankle heals quickly. Fingers crossed.

 

[LynnNC]

@anjelvape77 (((((Hugs))))) Honey I've been exactly where you are right now. My mom passed away 6 days before Thanksgiving. We had already planned it, who would bring what etc. We went ahead and had thanksgiving and Christmas at her house just like we'd always done but it wasn't the same. Never the same. You have to think of yourself and start creating your own traditions with your family. My heart hurts for you.

 

[angelphyre]

11/22
2. @anjelvape77 - That is what we are here for darlin'...we are like family here and you should always feel free to share whatever you wish.

I do not think you are a bad person at all for feeling that way. It is actually quite normal. When my mom passed, I didn't really want to do Christmas that year either, so my wonderful kids picked up the slack and did all the decorating and everything.

I totally get where you are coming from and I'm sure your family would understand. You just need to explain to them why it is too hard for you. They might surprise you with how understanding they are. I know mine did!

After a couple of years, I eventually took over my mother's traditions and incorporated them into my own. And now that I have grandkids, I get to revive my mom's Christmas Eve dinner tradition for the kids, and then enjoy Christmas at my kids house just like she did...it's a beautiful tribute to her and I know she would be happy...And I know that eventually you'll get to where you can do something similar. But for now, it's perfectly okay to do what is best for YOU!

You will be in my thoughts and prayers darlin'...and just know we are here for you whenever you need us! (((HUGS)))

 

[teemae]

11-22 #4
@anjelvape77 don't you feel bad for taking the time for yourself. Things are different now. But one day you will stumble into a new normal. We lost a 13 year old in 2010. We have not had a big Thanksgiving or Christmas like we used to have. We didn't celebrate at all the first 2 years. But a new normal has begun and it will for you too

 

[CountBoredom]

11/22 #5
I just fielded a solicitation phone cal from a computer. Cold-calling companies now have an automated system that uses voice recognition to parse out verbal responses and pick up on key words/phrases. There goes another high-employment industry....

 

[teemae]

11-22 #5 for some reason I thought that it was illegal to use computers to do cold calling telemarketing @CountBoredom I guess I was wrong.
Well there goes my back up plan for getting my first million. Darn it all

 

[tiggerrts]

11/22 - 6: Good night all

 

[Fuzzy Thunderbear]

11/22 #3

@Fuzzy Thunderbear OUCH!!! Lannie's creams are the BOMB for whatever ails you!

Yeah, they are. But then, sometimes Lannie is Glenda, good witch of the north, and her creams are magic (there's no place like home, there's no place like... Life is but a dream... and she's the only one that I love, sha na na something something - maybe I should resort to Tigger's music videos, eh? Well, so much for all the voices in my head... only the first nine are real; the rest are my imagination. Yes, I am crazy, but only in "your" reality. Arrrr matey! What's afoot here? About 12 inches... G'nite ladies and germs...) As in, ouch, but I'll get over it.

at least I get the holiday off.

What's a holiday? Do people really get to not work on that day? Wow!

Try not to overdo it...yeah right!

Oh, dear, I see you know me only too well...

How do you do it? How do you be the strength of the family when you feel so weak inside, so terribly small

Reach down and grab your bootstraps, think about what is needed for those around you, pull upward, stand straight, smile that you will do what is best for them. Also known as "grin and bear it." No one ever said life was easy, but we all find a way to go on from this day to the next. I find it easier to plan for tomorrow's successes and forget about yesterday's tears. But that's me...

 

[CountBoredom]

11/22 #6

for some reason I thought that it was illegal to use computers to do cold calling telemarketing @CountBoredom I guess I was wrong.

If it isn't, it should be. Maybe it wasn't a computer... if it wasn't, though, the person on the other end needs to find another line of work, since there was absolutely no inflection to "her" voice.

I feel the time for dinner rapidly approaching... Good night, Treefam!