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Me drunk on cam + a lemon = never being forgotten.



lol

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xRobin3x
02:19 May 30 2012

damn, and i missed it.

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sahahria
03:01 May 30 2012

WHERE wAS I?!

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PandorasBx
03:11 May 30 2012

Drats!! I always miss the good blackmail stuff *pouty face*

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BLOODLIFE
08:49 May 30 2012

You need to send out a public warning message so we can be there for the next one :-p

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TittySprinkles
00:46 Jun 01 2012

Again?!



I missed the second time?!



It's okay, I saw the first time and... It was hilarious. Especially since the gang was all there. LOL

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Went to see Dark Shadows with the gals, then a late lunch. It was fun, we don't seem to all get together as much as we use to.



As far as the movie- I wasn't impressed. After reading so much I went into it thinking it would be sort of Dumb and Dumber, vampire style.



It wasn't. Sure it has a few jokes, but if you have seent he TV ad for it- there you go.



And at the last few minutes they threw in several different story lines. Kind of like a man pulling off his skin, showing a woman as he yells out at you "But I am your cousin's great great Aunt. Not your father."



With no time left to explain or at least talk about the story lines they filled the last of the movie with...



I don't know if I would even waste the dollar to rent this out of a RedBox.

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BLOODLIFE
15:30 May 28 2012

I've not heard of this film out here but at least you had good company.

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Morrigon
15:50 May 28 2012

That's exactly how I feel about that movie too. Also, the lady who is his love interest seems to disappear for a good portion of the home. It's like they didn't know what parts of a much bigger story to cram into one movie.

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Vampirewitch39
16:27 May 28 2012

Yes Otter- it is like they didn't pick a story line and go with it. It was just full of this and that. It had it's funny parts, but they threw in revenge, hate, lost love, death, greed, supernatural, etc.



Way too many threads, and it ended up being lost.

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Isis101
22:12 May 28 2012

Too bad about the movie...at least you had some quality time with the girls!

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Had to go back to work to unload a few trucks, and got a few phone calls.



Yesterday I walked into the office to a message from my sister a military carrier called and wanted a rate to take 1,500 lbs *this is 2 crates so that is a straight job truck with two men* Trick is the delivery is 87 miles away. So 160 miles, estimated the time for unload *by me* and loading onto the truck *by me*, then the two men driving, a hour to unload, then drive back, burning the crates= 6 hours, with fuel.



I priced it at $ 520.00



Seems they wanted to pay $190.00. Insulted me, saying they could not pay that- they can go to $225.00. I said have fun delivering it yourself. "But we are in California." Then maybe you shouldn't of went online, took the job, sitting behind that desk with a phone and expect everyone else to do the fucking work for nothing. "Sorry- but I am not working for nothing, losing money for you. Call someone else."



And they act all stun that 'no one wants to work anymore'.



I learned my lesson on prepay on these folks, just as I have learned my lesson on not losing money.



The phone call I got just now was to inform me the 10,000 lbs I priced for delivery over a month ago- and told I was way over priced- is coming in, and the check was in the mail. Thanks for doing the delivery.



Also= the 2nd largest Kentucky mover, AA Arnold, who is a national mover. They closed out the Lexington company, and now seems they are closing the Louisville agent. They sent out emails with info on the equipment they are selling.



Times are changing for a lot of movers it seems.

Just jumping on to ask someone a qustion before I get back to house work. I am cleaning out the bookcase in my closet, and my front bedroom dresser.



Already did the work I had to do at 'work'. Then it seems the next door new rental had two dogs tied to the back porch. In this heat. My sister called me when our dog would go outside and not stop barking. She can see them and gets upset.



Now- the rental lease tells you no pets. I don't mind cats, or even a inside dog with a damage deposit *to clean the carpet, and it does cost more when a pet has been in the home.* when they leave. It is $200.00 more to have a pet in the home- flat fee.



Our family loves animals. So when sis calls to tell me those dogs are outside in the heat, chained up... got me a little steamed. So I finished work, went to knock on the door. Seems the company that is in for the weekend owned the dogs. Yes she knew she wasn't to have pets. When ask why they are outside- she said she would not let them inside. Sorry- but I will not allow them to be outside in the sun at 92 temp.



So we came up with the company taking the dogs over to her Uncles home, where he has a fence in backyard so they can be free, and have shade, and other dogs to play with.



Grrrr..... I hate seeing a dog chained up. I mean put the damn dogs inside for the weekend, and don't let the company bring them back down.



Our doggy calmed down once they left, so we are back to normal. While I was out roaming I went and looked at post that need repainted at a rental home. Guess we will start that Tuesday morning as we have but one job this week.



:(



So home, got a pie in the oven, laundry running as I clean out some things. Going over to Cat's to work on the dollhouse. We are putting the front and roof on. All that is left is setting up the cabin, using a sticky tack glue to hold things in place and it is done. If we get it finished photos will be done.



Sunday is movie, lunch with the gals.



Other then that I plan to do very little these next three days, staying close to help with Mom as sister is taking time away.



As it is to be super hot this weekend- it works out to stay in AC. ;)



Ok- back to cleaning.. dang closet isn't going to strighten, sort itself.

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BLOODLIFE
18:29 May 25 2012

Great that you sorted the dog issue out, you is a good gal ;-)

I've been following the progression of the dolls house in you and NG's journal and am intrigued with how well the detail work.

Have a wonderful weekend. x

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Checking the cams...



*covers her tightly closed eyes with a cry*



Gods.... I haven't even had a pop yet. WHY? What have I done to deserve that image in my head?!!



Eeeeheee!



*Not aimed at the good looking men in cam- it is just the underwear man in back*

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PandorasBx
14:27 May 23 2012

Now don't be acting like you don't like seeing a lil' man flesh woman :P lol

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ladySnowStrixx
15:14 May 23 2012

OMG! you poor girl ,Please please don't go blind.

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Morrigon
15:20 May 23 2012

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!

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BLOODLIFE
15:33 May 23 2012

See what I miss when I go shopping!!!

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Scripture
16:00 May 23 2012

You're welcome.

;)

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CryingMist
16:15 May 23 2012

yep he's on again -sigh- give me a sec gotta wash my eyes with lysol or some corosive soap or whatever that can remove that "stain" lol

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Bones
20:29 May 23 2012

He mutes me when I go in his cam. ;)

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Putting the song here just so I will have it. The song is very soul touching. Love these kind of songs, the images it puts into my mind. Think of the photo shoots that could come out of these words.

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BLOODLIFE
23:30 May 22 2012

Wow, that was deep. Still loved it :-)

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Music lover- Anyone know this song name/ singer??





If all we are is dust, and all we have is time

Gold will fade to rust, and hellos to good-bye

Crawling in the mud, dulling all the pain

Will we all combust, before we find a way?



Oh, Can I wake up?

Can I find a way?

Oh, I cant’ escape the cries

My heart is bleeding at the seams

When it’s all in pieces to me



You cannot calm the storm, you cannot stop the rain

But I need a miracle, to captivate the pain

It’s all too much to hold in a heart too weak to beat

When all I had is gone, with nothing here to keep



Oh, can I wake up?

Can I find a way?

When it’s all in pieces to me

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captainglobehead
21:38 May 22 2012

According to Yahoo Answers, "The song was aired on One Life To Live on Tuesday February 3, 2009 at the end." No other info was available.

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Vampirewitch39
21:47 May 22 2012

I found that, and it was aired today on General Hospital. It is truly a lovely song.

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BLOODLIFE
22:04 May 22 2012

Great lyrics, now you have me looking for the song.

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PandorasBx
22:22 May 22 2012

Found it :) Rachel Diggs and the title is When It's All In Pieces.

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xxEmaeraldxx
22:34 May 22 2012

This is one of the things I like about this website, as some members are so helpful and resourceful :)

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Vampirewitch39
22:51 May 22 2012

Yes it is, great site for that. Abby, AKA The Ferret, got it first, found it. Been listening to it on YouTube.



Thanks guys.

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When you unplug the cable internet box, and the router. Even just plug the cable direct into the laptop- and it doesn't work, when you call and after half a hour you get a person who tells you that nothing is wrong with it, showing fine on their end. When you get huffy with them it seems to all of a sudden to start working. Hmmmm



And hanging up a cell phone is no where near as good as a good old fashion hang up on a land line phone.

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RedQueen
20:24 May 22 2012

ohmigawd, I SOOOOOOO miss slammin' down a receiver on peole who deserve it- guess I'm just old fashioned that way...lol

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Judgement in the law suite for over $2,300.00 goes to ME! :D



Yes- the judge came down on my side, all the way. She gets nothing, no court cost, nothing at all.



Now I will send her the bill for the balance due of $105.00 she still owes me.



I was going to just write it off but now...



Would it be rude to type up that bill on a copy of the letter from the judge telling us I won the case? Sure she will not pay but I will enjoy knowing I sent it. :D



Hey-- never said I was nice.

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PandorasBx
22:12 May 21 2012

DOOOOO IT...! hehe, congrats dear :D

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Elemental
22:19 May 21 2012

congrats..:)

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Vampirewitch39
22:28 May 21 2012

Thanks. :D I swear my shoulders feel lighter. lol



Now I am going to watch a horror movie, with popcorn, in honor of winning. :D

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MistressxRobin3
23:40 May 21 2012

AWESOME! VERY AWESOME!

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Oceanne
02:07 May 22 2012

Yayyyyy!

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Morrigon
02:57 May 22 2012

Awwww yeah. Good news!

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BLOODLIFE
11:24 May 22 2012

It's a great feeling but remember to gloat humbly!

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sahahria
21:55 May 22 2012

Awesome! Personally I'd give her 90 days then send her to a collection agency. You might not see the money but you can ding her credit score ;)



Hey, I'm not nice either! :P

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Sherlock Holmes is back on Masterpiece Theater on PBS. I really love this take of a modern times Holmes.

If you can find all 6 movies *90 minutes each* they are worth watching.



:)

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Isis101
02:58 May 21 2012

Oh goody! I love all of the Sherlock Holmes fims and shows.



Do you recall a pilot (NBC, I think) that looked quite promising back in the 90's? The actor who played Mr Holmes was a cutie, and the doctor was a woman. It was set in modern-day San Francisco, even though Holmes had been asleep for almost 100 years.

The show didn't even get a chance...I think that maybe it was a lil' too intelligent for the masses - lol.

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Cancer has taken a few hits this last week, due to the drama around his latest updates. Say what you want but I have been trying to get onto another site I am a member of.



A site owned and ran by a web designer, mind you.



The forum pulls up "Crashed- needs repaired" along with a stream of codes.



Two weeks ago it was that way for 3 days.



It has been off line since Thursday this time.



Have you ever seen this site down longer then a few hours unless he was doing work on the site after telling you it would be offline? I haven't.



Site owners- you have those who are ontop of it and those who that just let it ride, check on it once or so a week.



Vampire Rave is always here, and that takes work on his part.

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birra
16:06 May 20 2012

It has been a long time since VR has had any issues that have caused any kind of system continuity disruptions.

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Oceanne
16:37 May 20 2012

This just goes to show you,no matter how much you do for people,there are going to be those who bitch and moan about E V E R Y thing.Tough thing for them is, they feel so entitled,and it bugs the eff out of them...Or, they are doing underhanded crapp and some of the new features can expose that.

Cancer always has my vote,no matter what he puts here,and as far as everything goes overall,the features actually turn out pretty good in the long run.

AND,its obvious he works hard because VR stays up and running ,unless he is coding.Thats just one of the pluses..

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CryingMist
16:38 May 20 2012

amen :)

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xxEmaeraldxx
18:45 May 20 2012

I can't understand people complaining if they are getting something for free. If you pay for something you expect to have it working though... and for the seven, or coming eight years I have been around here, it is very rare to find the website down.



Regarding the latest updates, in my opinion if people are bothered for the very brief synopsis in their profile of the last fifty pages or so pages they have turned.. then if they sweat those small things, they must be a catastrophe waiting to happen in real life!

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deathnitegrl
19:02 May 20 2012

well said. This site has less bugs than others. A favorite site of mine, was on maintanance for 2 months and that's how long we couldn't log in. In 8 years of vr, such thing never happened. Even the way it is organised and moderated, it's better than others I've seen. There are some where they have similar codes, and it's like you're seeing the same site everywhere. Here it's unique and even the rules are not that bad. There are sites where even swear words are cencored. There are others where nothing is forbidden, but then it's a big disorganisation and confusion. If members on vr continue to increase there must be a reason.

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Been busy at work as we get the last freight for a medical office we are putting in. Seeing a lot of the local delivery men, and some others I haven’t seen in a while. I had a Fed Ex man in with 23 TVs. As we was unloading them the UPS man pulls up. He pitched in to help us and I joked I should take a video of them working together. That is when one said “Nah- I don’t see a fence around her to pitch a clock over.” The other gave a “Ohhh.. that is how we are playing? Well I do believe your company got caught on tape doing some damage to a package.” It was all done in fun, sharing some laughter.



Then I got a driver in, having waited for the 39 desk/ office furniture delivery from Kimball Office. So he gets out and walks up to me. “You got some office furniture for me?” “I don’t think so. I got one skid.” “You don’t have the 39 pieces?” “Nope, not me.” “Then I guess you are the wrong man.” He just laughed, saying “That is not the first time I’ve been told that.”



Feels good to have busy days, from start to end of the work day. Makes it go a lot faster. Hope it keep up, stays this way.



Other news- seems the bigger moving companies are closing out the Military shipments. By the emails I gotten they are blocking out the next few months, saying they will not handle any moves but personal and corporate, aka ones that pay at least a good rate. “Due to lack of drivers and service agencies we are unable to service the DOD/ Military moves…” Guess it is hitting them that people aren’t going to work for free, if not going in debt.



I think it is bed early for me. Housework, laundry, New Moon ritual, pick up the photos from the show, and taking photos of some damage to items before Monday delivery. Lots to do, and Sunday my sister is going to visit my other sister so I am with Mom most of the day.

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meeper
05:04 May 19 2012

Wonder who is going to be moving military if people if everyone makes it clear that they wont take a loss on a job. Your the private sector, not the public. Glad though to see you are staying busy and out of trouble.

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Nightgame
15:16 May 21 2012

Seems the big guys are finally figuring it out but glad you had some fun time with your folks. Sounds like we need to find some trouble to get into???

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RIP Donna Summer. Your music was listen to me often, this song always got my foot tapping, hips moving.







Yeap- I am a 80's kid.

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CryingMist
01:07 May 18 2012

she is dead? I just checked and learned it :( she was a real good signer and I think a WOMAN to the bone! :) will miss her hot deep voice she was hot :) yes I am from the 80's also an oldie too :)

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Isis101
20:05 May 20 2012

Hot Stuff was actually from the late 70's - right? In any case, I was right there with you - lol!

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BLOODLIFE
11:25 May 22 2012

She will be missed little ol' Miss Independant!

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Telling the owner of a site how he should run it.



Calling him a tyrant because he don't hold to your whims.



Thinking he should, or could, get 23,880 members to agree to anything.



You, dear folks, have never run a business. And need to get a dose of the real world.



He owns it.

He runs it the way he sees fit.

He takes the risk.

He pays the bills, no matter if he makes anything or not.

He goes out of his way to be fair, the rules of his site are not many when you think of it.

He protects his members, when it is not just a personal "He is .." "She is.." shit.



But after reading the Facebook page I will go on a limb and add-



He will do as he wishes to his site. And will have Admins who follow his rules and that he trust.



You know perfectly well he has removed Admins who did not uphold the rules.



I don't have to be nice, or overly friendly to you. I just have to follow, and enforce his rules. Anything above that is just me being who I am.



I support Cancer and this site.



*nuff said*

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LadyN
23:46 May 16 2012

Hear Hear *claps*

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Xzavier
23:49 May 16 2012

Woot!

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Ephemeral
23:53 May 16 2012

Right on! It's Cancer's website, not yours or mine or anyone else's. He's going to do what he wants, and we can agree or disagree, but in the end it won't change anything. It's still going to be his site.



I personally like the new tools, and I support him in whatever decisions he makes and whatever he chooses to implement. Without him, we'd have no VR, and then where would we all be? People just need to be happy with what they have and stop with all the complaining and bitching about things.

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ladySnowStrixx
00:17 May 17 2012

Here! HERE!! I agree with you .

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xRobin3x
00:24 May 17 2012

This comes to mind...... or something to the fact of how things been going lately........



Abraham Lincoln states, you can please most of the people, most of the time, some of the people, some of the time, but none of the people all of the time.

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Vampirewitch39
00:41 May 17 2012

It reminds me of when folks would say Sentorans should message them with issues, not suspend them.



Cancer should spend days doing the codes, put up a test page so you can see it, then message all 23,881 members in a PM. Then answer all those questions. Wait for every member to go online, to given him the thumbs up or down.



Even then you will not please everyone.



But he should do this because you spent $24.00 for a membership that gets you so much on this site, and file storage.



Or you spent $150.00 even. People pay more for a freaking service call for a repair to a appliance. But you spent the whole $150.00 and will always have your 'space' here. A space that you can make a home or turn it into drama central.



But he should do all this work, keep tabs on all the messages and which members are for and against. Then check to make sure he got all 30,000 members votes in, how dare he leave one person out.



Just don't know why members expect any site online to give them that much power. Could you see FaceBook, VampireFreaks do that? Does any larger site online? I don't know of any.

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deathnitegrl
00:53 May 17 2012

It's like going to someone's house. You're the visitor not the owner.

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Bones
00:58 May 17 2012

VR isn't just a social networking site, it's a business. Who owns the business (The Dark Network) ?!? Enough said. ;)

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xRobin3x
02:01 May 17 2012

I like what deathnitegrl said, we are just a visiter.

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Isis101
05:25 May 17 2012

And yet...all of the comments here and the sage advice won't budge or sink into some brains here, sadly.

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Oceanne
08:17 May 17 2012

If people dont like it,tough.



Thats really all I have to say about it.

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Sulks
10:16 May 17 2012

well said!

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CryingMist
01:14 May 18 2012

my child please lets remember the one who rule and owns and runs and makes all the damned work err I mean the holy work, he is the one with the plug in hand ... lets be humble and bow low hopping he will not pull it lets kneel and prey shall we?



j/k aside he holds the plug, and the NAME and the Copyright and the full flegde whatever you can call it , the codes the server the whatever all of it, so... like a very intelligent woman said: we are only visitors, not happy, no worries the door is not locked and you are always welcome if you respect the rules of the home, and none of those rules are prejorative or harmful ( french speaking here so sorry for the typose and grammar) they are website rules, only for websites and only for that.:)



cheers :)



you may rise now :P

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deathnitegrl
19:07 May 20 2012

yes and i understand people pay, but what can you do? Isn't the same in the real life? Changes with the things we pay happen all the time, yet we accept that because we can't imagine ourselves without 'em.

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And that is a wrap! Move went off great, the only damage was a scratch in the metal weight machine that she said she wasn't worried about it. Tip for the men, I feed them Red Lobster for a good job done.



:D



Now I want to go to sleep. This move has been on my shoulders for over a month, since she had to keep pushing the dates back for the move.



So it is good to have it done.



Now if only the court lawsuit decision would come in the mail, I will have just the normal worries like getting the bills paid.

Well the big move loaded better then I was thinking it would, about 3 hours less labor then I planned, for 3 men. Bad thing is the U Haul I had to rent due to the small truck I had plan to use that the motor went out-- cost me sixty dollars more then I plan due to a getting a bigger size.



Why a bigger size? Mix up on mine and the lady on the phone- but it was partly my fault. So...



We are on target.



Now to get the truck 120 miles away, and not get caught 490 lbs overweight. Safe to say that is my truck to drive. If anyone gets the ticket, it should be me. And the new driver hasn't driven a truck that heavy yet.



Pulling out of the lot at 6:00 am. :) Safe trip, unload by 3:00 pm, feed the men a good meal, then home by 5:00 pm is the plan.



With no damage.



*cross fingers*

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Elemental
03:34 May 16 2012

Good luck!!!

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Can't sleep do to worry about the court thingy. So I come in here, living room, to rate some. Always puts me to sleep.



And hear it...



I have a mouse. I set traps out and it has caught one. By the tail. It is in a drawer in my kitchen, and the mouse has ?? ended up over the edge, just his tail held on. I can hear it trying to pull itself out.



I will have to go in there and kill it, or try to get it pulled out over the drawer edge.



*sigh*



If you don't hear from me again- know the mouse won.

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Vampirewitch39
14:01 May 15 2012

Mouse 0



Rat 1



:)



No I did not kill it. Kitchen flipper thingy and a oven mitt. I got it out of the drawer by pulling its tail and the trap both. Still alive. I open my back door and let its tail out of the trap, flung it out of the door as I told it "Don't come back!"



0.O



Sure it was back before I ever got the door locked, the oven mitt in the washer, the kitchen tool in the sink to bleach, and back in my bed.

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xxEmaeraldxx
19:37 May 15 2012

Smile.. that was kind, I think that mouse was meant to live.

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PandorasBx
22:35 May 15 2012

Rats ARE bigger than mice ;)

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Just back from the Photographic Art Show. Birdy and I are walking around, enjoying the art when I see one of mine. With a blue ribbon. 1st place!! :D



Nature - Black and White.







I turned to Birdy and touched her arm. She looked behind me and asked "Is that one yours? I haven't seen it."



See- I had the photos in the office to have on hand for when I had the time to run them to the library. I was going to put the barn photo in but it got a deep scratch on it by the ADT man, we think. Anyway- I put this photo in it's place. And it won.. 1st place!



So I was thinking- my day is made. We went on about the art show when a lady came up and asked if I was So and So. "Yes." "I have something for you." She returns with two envelopes. "You won two first place." Uhhh HUh? Seems both my photos won!! First place!! Does happy dance. I had not even seen my other one yet.



She said she was sorry, did not mean to spoil it for me. I told her no, I was just happy they put them up. :D So she lead us to the other photo, and the man who won Best of Show was in the area, asked me where I had taken the shot. Try telling people you took it in a lunatic asylum and not get looks. lol But the way he and his wife acted- I think they will make the trip.



We wonder back to look at the photos and Birdy found the food, punch. She was drinking the punch and giving a funny face, heading to the trash. I walked over toward her as she stopped. She pointed to two ladies. "They said it was interesting, the color. Did you not hear them talking about your photo?" And I hadn't. I was still stun I won. lol Tell the truth I can't tell you what the ladies said about my work- but hey--- the decay got some folks talking. :D



1st place in Architecture Color.







I won a whole $20.00 to put toward my trip back to the lunatic asylum in Sept., two more ribbons. And some kind words on my work, even the 'strange' one. :D

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Morrigon
00:49 May 15 2012

*smug* Yup. I knew it. Congratulations!

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Bones
00:49 May 15 2012

Woot! Congrats! ;)

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Vampirewitch39
00:56 May 15 2012

Thanks guys. :D If it wasn't for Otter and her work I would never of picked up a camera again. And the kind words of those here and in person I would never of pushed myself into showing.

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birra
01:39 May 15 2012

That is awesomely awesome!



AWESOME!

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Morrigon
01:46 May 15 2012

You've proven that you not only take amazing photos, but you can choose the crowd pleasers as well ^.^

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RedQueen
06:41 May 15 2012

pshaw- I saw the pictures you rook at Birdie's wedding versus that so called "professional"- never a doubt in my mind you wouldn't take home ribbons....congratulations, sugar, I'm proud of you.

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Nekirena
14:10 May 15 2012

:D



YAY! Congratulations! ♥

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Isis101
05:26 May 17 2012

OMG - I just saw this! Congrats!

(I want the first pic for my bedroom)!

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Tonight is the opening of the photo show I put two of my photos in. They have limited space and warn they have the right to turn down photos.



Be really bad if I go out there during the Opening and they not be showing.



O.o



Birdy is going with me tho so... if I get crushed she can pat me on the back. lol



I say that kidding, but not really.



Be bad to ask for my photos back, face that they was not good enough to show. :(

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Morrigon
21:13 May 14 2012

Crowd favorites and judge's favorites are often different. The people decided which photos to enter don't always have the best "eye" for it.



Plus, different photos appeal to different crowds.

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PAGAN
21:27 May 14 2012

Hope it goes well for you! :)

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Elemental
21:28 May 14 2012

I agree......just like you and I do not enjoy the same photos....usually. :)

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Vampirewitch39
21:28 May 14 2012

Thank you Otter, and I understand what you are saying. If we all like the same things how dull would life be.



Nothing else I took the that chance.

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nips
23:58 May 14 2012

You need not worry. Your photos are appreciated and loved by many. You have an eye for photography.

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The new site tool- how I see it.



Facebook, twitter. How people post about how they ate a apple, how they pissed, how they smeeled their socks and almost gagged. How they think the hair in their nose is growing so long. How they had painted dots on their hot pink fingernails. Those stupid post that no one really cares to read but maybe a ten year old child.



That is the new site tool for me. I have to go to your profile to see this info... and trust me when I say I don't care. :)



Really- do you care what 50 pages I viewed last?



Well if you do let it be known I am sitting in my living room chair with my shirt off. And my socks don't stink. Holey maybe, put stink free.

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LordFangor
20:52 May 14 2012

you are right- I simply don't give a shit who looks at the info!

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xRobin3x
20:56 May 14 2012

I don't care, but my trolls may have other ideas.... idk. It is what it is.

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deathnitegrl
19:16 May 20 2012

now i'll make sure i'll leave the curtains closed:)

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Well that went.. alright I guess. The judge was one I did not know, but he seemed nice. He listen to her complaints, then my own answers to her issues.



Give and take, her photos of her furniture showing no white powder, just worn seats and the stains on her arm and the place where the back of her head hit it.



She did not bring up the 14 year old boy that she said I sent, which is 21.



She did not bring up how the carpet was not laid, or how the apartment wasn't ready to move into. But I did.



She did not bring up the mold, the reason she said she was moving to us, and how it was on her furniture. But I did.



She said we was rude, and the man with me who was on the job said she was rude also. Point each.



Judge said he would review the case and we would recieve something in the mail. Now that is new. Of course I am use to rental cases, due rent or damage to the location. I am use to getting the decision then and there, while both of us are facing him.



Guess we will wait and see,.

Ok- court for me. Wish me luck.

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xRobin3x
15:06 May 14 2012

always wishing you luck

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New Site tools.... got to love that!



:D



Check out your profiles- see what you or others have been doing on the site. ;)

Had lunch with Mom for Mother's Day. Sis and brother and us- what family we have left.



My other sisters was a no show. One I expect as she lives in another state, and has not been home but a hand full of times in 20 years.



Then the other sister who lives a hour away it is always something or another= long story she never showed. She is to been here as I have the court case Monday, and need my sister to go with me. If that happen- not holding my breath let's say.



Mom spent the day talking about cattle that she worried about out on the farm. Of course we don't have cattle on the farm, have not in my lifetime. She seems to be getting lost more and more to us.



But today, as always, I am grateful for her.

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PandorasBx
18:30 May 14 2012

*Hugs*

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Seems I have found a peace of late. I think it is because I am making time, the effort it takes, to do rituals once more. I always felt I had a connection to the gods, but it seems stronger with the rituals.



I also decided to go one last time to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in WV. For my birthday even. Yes- 8 hours of climbing up the stairs of 30 floors, and walking over 4 miles of hallways. It is now or never, went two years ago and I have wanted to go back since. But this time I am staying the night after the tour, so I will have more time to do the tour, and not worry about the 5 hour drive still to come when I get done.



Cat said she would go with me again, sure she can enjoy the time away. And instead of the car to sit in and wait for me, she can rest at the hotel.. the nice silent hotel room. It is a win win for both of us- she gets silent time, and I get dacay and the history/ energy of a lunatic asylum. What is not to love?



Sisters are helping me with the cost for my birthday but I will have to tighten the belt even more for the fuel, hotel room. But I know in a few years I will never be able to do this - most likely going to be sore as hell as it is. I do have to remember to take the Vit. C packs Joli got me into taking, and wear a mask this time. I was sick for a few weeks afterward the last time, my breathing troubled from the mold, etc.



I did buy me a bag of bird seed Friday. And as I type this I am on my front porch, cloudy and cool, waiting for the birds to find the feeder. I have missed the birds, my porch time that I see as my time for unwinding. To enjoy and see life for what it is.



Peace- porch, a lite breeze, birds singing.



:)



The new neighbor is moving in next door- hope that noise is going to slow down a little as I want to cook out tonight. I have a chicken waiting for a dutch oven and me to fire up the grill.



Yeap- doing rituals seems to calm me a lot more, put life in order.



Hope you, dear reader, is having a great day.

HA! I had the song saved on my work computer. lol I remembered that last night as the song's beat kept running in my head. :)







I have listen to it about a dozen times now... it is off my mind at least for another year.



Some songs just do that to me.

I have had a song stuck in my head for a few months now. I know it is a bluesy kind of song, or soft rock. It is a man singing it, and he is on a bus for at least part of it. It is about the South and has a really catchy hand slapping, foot tap part in the center.



Grrrrr...



I can hum that part of the song but for the life of me can't remember the words to do a search.



I had this song stuck in my head before, and someone here helped me by naming it. If I ever get the song's name again I will freaking keep it in my favorites. That songs hits me and I just have to hear it for it to go away.



It is kind of like Walking in Memphis, but more of a beat.

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Tasteforblood
05:19 May 11 2012

I wish you could hum some of it so we could hear the tune

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Dang- got the housework done, laundry done with the bedding in now. :D Know I will not feel like doing it Friday with no sleep tonight, then weekend with Mom.



Good to have it done.



I might even get a makeup look in this weekend. :)

Busy busy day but got a lot done. And I got a movie run tonight. :)



It feels like old times, working, staying busy.



*cross fingers*



Hoping it keeps up.



Now to do the dishes, laundry. Sunday is Mother's Day and we are going to get together to have lunch. She said she doesn't want anything for it, just us together.

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TittySprinkles
22:37 May 10 2012

What will you be making for the Mother's Day lunch?

Or are you planning on taking her out for it?



I hope work stays busy for you. Busy= Good.



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Vampirewitch39
22:44 May 10 2012

She doesn't go out but to the Dr. appointments, she doesn't like. She is wanting to go to Dad's grave so I will try to take her Saturday or Sunday, which ever one she feels up to it, if she is having a good day.



She wants Chinese. She likes sweet and sour pork, egg roll. :) And she said if it stays as cold as it was today *in the 60's* she wants egg drop soup to warm up with. lol



Mom keeps her house temperature on 76, with a blanket. Burns up my sister and brother.

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Going to turn in the two photos for the photo show tomorrow. I was looking at them this weekend and changed one that Cat, her sister, and I picked out.



Why?



It was of a fountain in Savannah Georgia, moss hanging from the trees, flowers and the old homes in the background. It was a great photo but for the fountain being off center in the photo. As it was a shot I took on the way to stand in line to get a reservation to Lady and Son’s- it was early and the light was wonderful. One of those “OH- I got to get this.” Snap from the car window as a car waits behind you.



If only it wasn’t off center. I can take the full size photo, correct this, but the print I had was done before I caught the flaw. But it is what it is. So I looked at the other photo I had picked- the barn photo. It is a pretty photo.



Then I realized I wanted to change the fountain. I want to show some of the decay photos. Anyone can take a pretty photo. It is true- flowers, pets, people. Ok, I don’t do the people but still… is that what I want to show? To put out there? To have represent what images I try to capture? Am I only going to go with the safe, pretty images?



I like decay, the darker the place the better. The drywall dust, the wetness, mold, holes in walls, windows broken, ruined wood is what I love. Throw in a history like a hospital or school and I am in heaven.



That is my love- so I changed the fountain to a photo from the Lunatic Hospital in WV. This local photography show have best of show, and blue ribbons in each category, which I know I will not win. So why not go into this with the attitude of showing what I love to capture?





So I give you the two I have chosen to show as my work-

















And I feel good about showing them. :)

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MooniePie
00:35 May 10 2012

I love that you take pictures of the more darker and beautifully imperfect things. Not everything has to be beautiful to speak to you.



I love these two shots.



The clouds in the barn photo so capture my eye.

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Just spent honor in a good way. Been a long time since I have done so, and thinking it is time to drop the negative for a while. At least until they come back, those two. And you know they always come back. Even death will not keep them away.



Kind of sad today. Mom really is lost in her mind. In the three hours wait at the Dr. she asked me at least a dozen times why and where we was at.



A man who had sit across from us came to us, we was the last appointment it seems, as he was leaving and told me how my mother was in good shape. How she is able to hear, and see. ?? And how he would pray for us both. That was a little strange.



I made the mistake of not taking in a sweater, it was in the 80's here. But Mom got cold and I didn't want to leave her in the full waiting room to got get a sweater I had in the car. But a nice lady said she would watch out for her, would keep her company. I told Mom I would be right back and ran down the hallway, out the medical building to the car and back. I wasn't gone no more then 40 seconds. She and the lady was talking shoes when I came back.



Then you have the two ladies who helped me by holding the doors. Please folks- if you see anyone in a wheelchair being pushed by another- open a freaking door for them, hold it open. It helps a whole lot, trust me.



Made me realize there are nice folks out there. Like when we got to the waiting room it was full- no seats. While Mom is in a wheelchair, it took the elbow to the ribs of a 18 or so young man by his mother to get him to stand, sit on the floor to give me a chair. I was glad he did as me getting in the floor and up without my back killing me... not happening any more.



So my trust that there are good folks in the world was enforced today in small acts of kindness.



And sadden with the knowledge that my strong independent mother who has always been the strongest woman I knew... is not the same. And just writing that makes me cry.



Life is a cruel joke as you age.

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Elemental
01:30 May 08 2012

It becomes our second childhood mentally. Hugs...

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Morrigon
02:57 May 08 2012

Sorry love..

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Isis101
04:47 May 08 2012

Wow...I know what you mean about your mom. While my mom's mind is still mostly sharp, she does go off on tangents at times, and repeats stuff over and over. I can recall the times when she was so smart and never forgot anything.

And - it is nice to see and sometimes get those acts of kindness. I see a lot of young people on public transportation who won't budge for a person on crutches...I want to slap them. Then I see a kid who was raised properly, and it makes me smile.

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Good news- Dr. said Mom's kidneys are doing better.



YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





:D





Happy Dance time!!

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captainglobehead
21:39 May 07 2012

Yay!!!



That's 3 for 3 in receiving good news.

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sahahria
21:45 May 07 2012

YAY :D

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Nekirena
23:34 May 07 2012

Oh Rattie, I am so glad! ♥



That is such excellent news. I am so very glad. :)

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LadyChordewa
04:58 May 08 2012

Wonderful news!!!!

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It's a flaw of VR I tell ya.



The Alliance and House links so close...



If you go into the Alliance instead of the House, not paying attention, and hit the first link at the top..



Instead of going into the House forum you disband the Alliance.



o.O



I can't tell you how many times I have almost done this. Try and explain that one away.

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PandorasBx
18:31 May 07 2012

Sure......uhuh, I see how ya are. ;)

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Vampirewitch39
21:30 May 07 2012

lol See? But it's right there- same spot. :)

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*reading kismets, going back to bed singing...*



Tea for two and two for tea, just me for you

and you for me....





Thanks Badger.

Just watched the TV ad for Bud Light that shows a rescued dog. Yeah the ad shows the dog fetching the beer, but at the end it has make the point about saving rescued animals. What a great thing for a company to do. :)



For that alone I am going to drink the last three Bud Lights I have so I can buy more.



Yea- just for that ad alone.



*shifty eyes*



What?!?

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Isis101
03:46 May 05 2012

I hate beer, and I love that ad!

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meeper
02:54 May 06 2012

Naturally you are moved beyond imagination by such a thoughtful commercial. Nothing says, "save a dog" like drinking a beer.



...I do think that commercial is cute and at least it is raising some awareness.

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Office move done, with only one item damaged. Dang door on a handmade cabinet got banged, and the door hardware got bent with a deep scratch on the wooden door. :(



But for all the items that was moved, down the stairway, I am very proud of my guys. We came in 5 hours under the estimate even.



The construction company said they would call us back in a few months, to move all of it back in. :)



The big move for next week - seems she has run into issues in getting the house she purchased. I will have to deal with that Monday... really piss me off if she puts it off.



Now I want chocolate, and a nap. lol

Just back from taking Mom to get her lab work done. She wanted to go out by the farm so we took that trip, even tho I have a thousand things to catch up on, and get done today. Mom doesn't feel like getting up, dressed, and going out much so when she does and wants to go driving around a little...screw work, it is going to happen.



I drove and listen to her talk, thinking she got lost in her past a few times, and some things she said didn't make any sense to me. But at 84, she is doing well. She kept saying her Dad gave her the farm, which is wrong. It was purchased by my parents, and a moving job given in with the cost, from a older man who wanted to move to his son to CA.



Lots of homes have been built around the farm, the barn the only thing on the 20 acres. Sure it had changed a lot from when she remembers it in her mind's eye.



Kind of got me sad, listening to her talk, saying things I know was not right, or knowing she was confussed. Do you correct them? Or just let them see it as they do? No harm in that so I just let her talk.



Then we returned home and as my brother and I was helping her out of the car into her wheelchair she gives me this look- sort of a look of the little evil devil that sits on your left shoulder, the one that means she was up to something. She keep moving her eyes toward the road, trying to get me to look that way... to only see a nice fit man running up our road, ears covered as he listen to the music, tan legs, soaked shirt on a nice flat chest, shorts...running by. She grinned, and never said a word as I winked at her.



She might be a little off in the mind but nothing is wrong with her eye sight. LOL



My mother- always a wild one, but in a good way.

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LadyChordewa
18:12 May 03 2012

Your mother sounds like my Grandfather. He is 98 and still kicking. Although he can't see, he hears perfectly and often teases and jokes with my mother. He is just as wicked and quick, as he was years ago.

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PandorasBx
18:49 May 03 2012

Ahaha! You go mom! You are a wonderful daughter ♥

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Tasteforblood
19:27 May 03 2012

This is a great story and proof that you're never too old to flirt or look ...Good to see Mother and Daughter getting out enjoying each other

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BLOODLIFE
22:41 May 03 2012

I love a daughter that looks after her kin. I hear so many dreadful stories these days.

I now know where you get that naughty side from too. lol

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So the first day of the office move....



The extra man did not show... shocking. *said in a smart ass tone*



My normal guys worked there asses off. The man from Lexington "who is the move coordinator" Only the government would pay someone to do something that should of been my job. But hey... he is working with the contractors.



Who had a plan, that threw his plan off, which left us running around like chickens with our heads cut off.



I mean... for the first time in years- my guys had to say to me "Uhh... you might want to go outside and take a break Kay. Just walk away." lol



They are splitting up the 40 offices, and the file room into four different storage areas and temporary offices. So that is 4 stops. It would make more sense to load each stop on a truck load, go unload.



But Noooo.... this goes there, then you need to load these two items that go to this building. Then we are adding 5 items that you need to take to this building. And for the fun of it... let's throw in a few items in the last for the only spot we are not going to. Wait... you have a little room left? Then let's put this desk on that goes to the first stop... ON THE END.



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I felt like we spent half the day traveling from building to building. Waste of time. But hey... we got ten hours, so...



*flips off the coordinator*



I will need rum by Friday.

Nothing like a cold beer to end this kind of day.



*sigh*



God love the man or woman who made ale.

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TittySprinkles
23:21 May 01 2012

What kind of ale are you drinking?

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