SIDEBAR #55 - Travis Alexander forum

[Spellbound]

Government: No benefit hike for Social Security next year

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Older Americans got a double dose of bad news Thursday: There will be no cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits next year, and Medicare bills are set to soar for many..."

http://news.yahoo.com/millions-social-security-recipients-learn-cola-fate-073323042--politics.html

Lower gas prices means no Social Security increase next year

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/lower-gas-prices-means-no-social-security-increase-next-year-1.372784
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This really troubles me, since most seniors do not do a lot of traveling. their expenses are more for daily necessities, groceries, and medications, and they make do without so much. Did you know the rate of a SS increase is based on only three months of the year? The three when most people may be taking vacations and using the most gas, of course.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Hey! :wave:

Yes, daiseymae there are a LOT of emotions going through you! When I wrote the first letter to my daughter, I could not believe ALL the memories that came back to me! WOW! Some stuff I had just completely forgotten! I actually remember the song that was playing when I left the adoption agency - We'll Sing in the Sunshine by Gale Garnett.
And some one (sorry!) mentioned above about the child having 2 parents; I thought of this too, plus she had a hole in her heart, and considering I had NO medical insurance, it would have been very difficult time, with no job, no schooling... her heart did eventually close on its own when she turned 15!! I'm glad I did find out more about her;

her amom told me about her childhood and her talent in the arts! The "arts" runs in my family! And I could not get over "who" she looked like!! A cross between me and one of my twin sisters!! Oh my Gosh! Anyone looking at her would know she's my daughter!

ILikeToBendPages, you mentioned birth control - nope, none available for "single" women, only married women got to have those!

There is a really good book called The Girls Who Went Away by Anne Fessler. I could have been one of those girls in that book, yes... I went away...

anyway, just

♪♫♪♫♪ I'm just singin’ in the rain… ♫♪♫♪♫

RAINING!!! Did I say we had lightning and thunder last night!!

So, I hear there is going to snow in the North East...

YESorNO!!

and this is our Bernina:

also

Okay - off to read my :book:
Later! :seeya:

And that is when you say you're getting married in a few months, and want to wait a few years before having children. I borrowed my sister's engagement ring. The pill was $1.69 a month.

But even being on the pill, I honestly don't know what I would of done if I did get pregnant. I never sat down and thought of being in that place, and having to make that decision. You had three choices, and that was get married, have and keep the baby, or give it up.

In 1980 a young girl in the church got pregnant and kept the baby. Her parents were up in the church and didn't hide their daughter or her condition. She came to church every Sunday, and most welcomed her and watched out for her. Her little boy held a special place in many hearts, and his grandparents carried him proudly everywhere they went. I know there were many that judged her and her parents in the church, but it was a changing point in attitude and acceptance that young girls do get pregnant, even those that were raised in the church, and it wasn't the worst thing that could happen in your life.

Have you ever heard of the Butterbox Babies? IIRC up in Canada in the early 1900's. A terrible story about an unwed mothers home and what the women and babies suffered and endured. They called them butterbox babies because they fit in a butterbox and they used them for coffins.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

1949 - That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine tops the charts

[video=youtu;cHuf866KP_Y]http://youtu.be/cHuf866KP_Y[/video]

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

1963 - Bobby Goldsboro records "See The Funny Little Clown."

[video=youtu;sEl4Vwd7j50]http://youtu.be/sEl4Vwd7j50[/video]

 

[Zuri]

Niner, you have me now simply in tears. I am glad you found your daughter and that you learned that she grew up a happy, artistic child to adult. It must be so reassuring to know. My respect for you deepens each day as I cannot imagine all that you have faced, not only daily, but in your lifetime. Your strength of spirit is so inspiring and your light and goodness shine through each and every post.

Ok. Thyroid. Please go get it checked. The last thing I want to read here is that you had a heart attack and needed a pacemaker too. I am encouraged the hematologist is in charge of his care as that is totally appropriate. It sounded like a free for all for a while and I was getting frantic. Stress can trigger your thyroid, so please just call the office and see if they can call the lab test into the lab so you can just go get it done. Check. Off the list. One less thing. Leaving the rest of us to worry about the other 1001 things you have going on.

 

[Zuri]

CJ, hope your ride to the wedding was uneventful yet beautiful and your back held out.
Pages, Lillie is adorable and I am so very proud of Little Mama. Peds is not for the faint of heart.

GGG, my BFF is at the High Point Furniture Marketl looking at furniture to replace everything I owned. I went with your color suggestions for the kitchen. You are amazing.

I got more boxes today. Yay! No idea why I ordered a bed skirt but I got one. My bed from QVC gets delivered next week. Who in their right mind buys a bed off TV? Well, it is a Tempur Pedicure and it is an upgrade to the one I have now. I just get a chuckle every day at the boxes as "Life is like a box of chocolates".

You all are the best and please know that although I haven't posted much, I have been reading and send you much love and "Jingles".

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

CJ, hope your ride to the wedding was uneventful yet beautiful and your back held out.
Pages, Lillie is adorable and I am so very proud of Little Mama. Peds is not for the faint of heart.

GGG, my BFF is at the High Point Furniture Marketl looking at furniture to replace everything I owned. I went with your color suggestions for the kitchen. You are amazing.

I got more boxes today. Yay! No idea why I ordered a bed skirt but I got one. My bed from QVC gets delivered next week. Who in their right mind buys a bed off TV? Well, it is a Tempur Pedicure and it is an upgrade to the one I have now. I just get a chuckle every day at the boxes as "Life is like a box of chocolates".

You all are the best and please know that although I haven't posted much, I have been reading and send you much love and "Jingles".

My daughter ordered her mattress online. It came in a box that was two x two x three feet tall. You took it out and let it undo for a day or two. New furniture is probably the best and easiest way to go with your breathing problems Zuri. All that dust and pollen that builds up over the years. Have you ever pulled up a carpet and seen how much dirt there is under the pad? It's a shocking amount.


I've shied away from bedskirts since the time my waterbed caught on fire.

 

[Zuri]

RSBM
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Police: Suspect plotted Hockessin killing for a year

"Letters and emails show Christopher Frick plotted the assassination of a Hockessin psychiatrist, Dr. Caroline Ekong, for at least a year before stabbing her to death early Wednesday, authorities said Thursday...

Police charged Frick with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, home invasion and possession of burglary tools. He is being held without bail..."

http://www.delawareonline.com/story...t-in-delaware-psychiatrists-killing/73980366/

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ed-for-the-Brutal-Murder-of-Dr-Caroline-Ekong
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This tragedy happened not far from me. Serv Pro met with me Friday about cleaning the ducts etc in my home and the rep I met with was going to Dr. Ekong' s home after leaving mine. The family had requested they come in to clean up what was a gruesome crime scene. The rep said that these scenarios really get to the workers and they have professionals for them to talk to which I thought was nice.

 

[daisymae]

Page - are you talking about a Casper bed? I've heard great reviews of them and would like a king.

 

[Zuri]

My daughter ordered her mattress online. It came in a box that was two x two x three feet tall. You took it out and let it undo for a day or two. New furniture is probably the best and easiest way to go with your breathing problems Zuri. All that dust and pollen that builds up over the years. Have you ever pulled up a carpet and seen how much dirt there is under the pad? It's a shocking amount.


I've shied away from bedskirts since the time my waterbed caught on fire.

Pages, I don't even want to think about what is instilled in my carpet and padding. With messy children, dogs, cats, an exploded furnace, the carpet has got to be ripped up and out. German Shepherds shed in tumbleweeds of hair and it is everywhere, despite my meager attempts to brush them and vacuum as I could do it all day and never get it all up.

I would like to replace the upstairs cRpeting with laminate flooring that looks like hardwood and put area rugs down instead of wall to wall carpeting. I have read people don't like that because they want softness under their feet. What do you think? My children are grown and I only have one still living here. You can't see her floor anyway because of the clothes....

I have hardwood throughout the first floor with oriental rugs which seem easier to keep clean. Those floors need to be refinished, but that is the last thing to be done as we have to leave for several days and the way the house looks now, there is no way it will be any time soon. They were refinished about 5 years ago and the guy did such a bad job, the finish wore off in 3 months and the urethane he used made the special walnut color look orangey before it wore off.

I can't believe your dust ruffle caught on fire! OMG how scary! I haven't used dust ruffles or a bed skirt because my bed sits high and when I tried one, it looked ridiculous. Glad to know your daughter had good luck with her bed buying it online. I spend so much time in bed I figured I couldn't go wrong with another Tempur Pedic that has been improved. My present Tempur Pedic will go in the guest room my son will use as his mattresses/room was probably what set my lungs off in the first place.

This last bought of viral/bacterial pneumonia that took away almost my entire lung breathing capacity was a good wake up call in a sense. I just had no idea I wasn't as well as I thought I had fooled myself into thinking I was in. Now that I know, and my DH knows, we are far more cognizant of our surroundings and "stuff" that has accumulated over 25 years. Purging now will eliminate months of my surviving family members doing it should I die. Hopefully not soon as there is still a huge mess lol.

This time I was scared. Not to die, but watching my DH become overwhelmed, exhausted, and trying to manage it all between work and me. I have never seen him like that before as he is always in control, very methodical and Type B. Sometimes I think we tell ourselves everything will be fine when we go, but I am not so sure at the moment. Have you ever thought about it or am I being too morbid? Xo

 

[YESorNO]

Link: http://www.glitters20.com/funny/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Good-Afternoon-Glitters-60.gif
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Woke up this AM to 28 degrees :coldout: and light snow :snowflake: falling, so back to bed :facepalm:

40 right now and a sprinkling of snow falling. Soon :snowball: :gaah:

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Man pleads guilty to killing wife who vanished in 1997

"For 18 years Toni Bachman’s family held out hope that she was still alive somewhere, hiding, perhaps, from an abusive husband who was upset that she planned to leave him.

They continued hoping even after that husband, Norman A. Bachman Jr., was arrested this past April and charged with murder in connection with her disappearance in April 1997..."

http://www.startribune.com/anoka-ma...ghter-in-wife-s-1997-disappearance/333311901/
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Deputies acquitted of manslaughter in in-custody death of Mathew Ajibade

"SAVANNAH, Ga. - Two former sheriff's deputies were acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter but convicted of lesser charges in the stun gun-related death of a 21-year-old detainee at a county jail in southeast Georgia.

A Chatham County Superior Court jury found former Cpl. Jason Kenny guilty of cruelty to an inmate and ex-Cpl. Maxine Evans guilty of public records fraud and lying to a grand jury.

They were charged in the January death of Mathew Ajibade (ah-jih-BAH-dee), who was found dead in a cell hours after being arrested on a domestic violence charge. Though Ajibade was bloodied by punches and was kicked in the head, no deputies who took part in the fight were charged with crimes. Instead, prosecutors said reckless acts by the two ex-deputies afterward played key roles in Ajibade's death..."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deputie...ughter-in-in-custody-death-of-mathew-ajibade/
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Death row killers granted right to have a baby – so their parents can have a grandchild :sheesh:

"TWO killers on death row for the murder of a teenage boy have been given permission to have sex so their parents can have a grandchild to remember them by..."

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...ave-baby?_ga=1.148658161.719714684.1445102944
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[YESorNO]

A little music for a lazy Fall day: (so we have snow, but it's not sticking and I can only hope :facepalm: )

[video=youtube;7moHazyC9Zg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moHazyC9Zg[/video]

 

[YESorNO]

[video=youtube;vnVuqfXohxc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVuqfXohxc[/video]

 

[Niner]

a hundred times!! This is my SIXTH time trying to post!!!!! This better post...

Morning all! :wave:

Niner, you have me now simply in tears. I am glad you found your daughter and that you learned that she grew up a happy, artistic child to adult. It must be so reassuring to know. My respect for you deepens each day as I cannot imagine all that you have faced, not only daily, but in your lifetime. Your strength of spirit is so inspiring and your light and goodness shine through each and every post.

Ok. Thyroid. Please go get it checked. The last thing I want to read here is that you had a heart attack and needed a pacemaker too. I am encouraged the hematologist is in charge of his care as that is totally appropriate. It sounded like a free for all for a while and I was getting frantic. Stress can trigger your thyroid, so please just call the office and see if they can call the lab test into the lab so you can just go get it done. Check. Off the list. One less thing. Leaving the rest of us to worry about the other 1001 things you have going on.

Oh Zuri - didn't mean to make anyone cry!

All came out okay! and Thank you for the compliment! :blush: you are too kind!

Ok - will get my thyroid checked out! Lost another 2 pounds, so I know the weight is going too quickly! First thing Monday morning!! Oh, wait... I have to take the Huz to the hospital Monday morning for his bone marrow extraction - better make a note to myself to the set the alarm clock!

I do have a direct line to a lady down at the clinic, so will call her when I get home from that!

Yes, it was like a "free for all" in the beginning - but I was out there

fighting for my Huz! This is the second time I've had to do something! First, was 4 years ago when he didn't have insurance, and he had a 50/50 chance of surviving! Got him his medical insurance!! But that's story for another day!

ILikeToBendPages - no, never heard of "ButterBox Babies"!!! The home I went to wasn't bad... another story, for another day!

YESorNO - isn't this your Wheelie??? (see picture below!) Found him on Facebook! :laughing:

Also - :snowball:

Okay - off to read my other threads - HOPING this time this posts...

Later! :seeya:

copy and pasted this from my notebook, so I don't lose my whole post!

 

[Niner]

Okay - that posted above, forgot to say...

JINGLES! Zuri!!

and a photo from my sharing folder!

 

[Niner]

Oh just found this link:

https://balzekasmuseum.org/displacedpersons/

Thought I'd share with you all. I'm going to "Tell" my mother's story there!

hmmmm... no one here...

:seeya:

 

[Zuri]

Niner, your MD may be able to fax the lab test order to the hospital outpatient lab so you might be able to get your lab work done while your DH has his procedure. Basically accomplishing two tasks at the same time. Killing two birds with one stone sounded bad...

 

[Zuri]

I am in my closet going through my stash of things and I am finding tons of craft/scrapbook/needlework etc that really are lovely and will never be used by me.

In all sincerity, if any of you here have any interest in beautiful scrapbooks with gorgeous Anna Griffin paper, cross stitch charts kits, Sudberry wooden items and coordinating cross stitch charts to make, I would love to send you any of what I have that you might want. I can send you pics if you would like first, then just say the word and I will mail them to you.

Many of these things are just too lovely to be stored and not shared. I have a cross stitch white throw blanket and the chart for the flowers that go in each panel. I have wedding samplers, baby samplers you name it. I also have coordinating frames for just about everything. Also fun, quick easy seasonal charts and kits to put out for holiday time.

It would give me great joy to give you all anything you might be interested in or know someone who might be. Please just let me know. If I haven't mentioned something, I probably have it anyway. Everything is brand new in perfect condition. I loved having stashes and collections to just look at and dream of doing. I collected all counts/colors of cross stitch linens, including the hand dyed kind. I will mail it to you lickety split. Xo

 

[Spellbound]

Zuri, you have such a generous heart! Hope your life is blessed many times over.

I do hope someone takes you up on the offer for the crafting supplies. I never had the patience nor nimble fingers for doing such detailed work, but I know they are lovely.

Guve me a hammer, nails, and a screw gun, and I will be happy. :giggle:

 

[Niner]

Watching my Niners' - so far so good... LOL!

And before I sign off for the day... wanted to share this with ALL of you here!

:tyou: for being my friend! :loveyou: