Today I am officially lonely

by wings 45 Replies latest jw friends

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  Hortensia

  wow, your dad died and your mother had a stroke. Heavy! I feel for you, but you didn't want sympathy so I'm glad the others have come up with some jokes. I don't have any jokes, but I have a cat who steals and then brings all sorts of little things to bed during the night. So, for instance, I might wake up and find that he has put a couple of cords from my flash drives, a couple of little drawstring bags, very tiny, a pot holder, a hair ball and a tiny sock with catnip on my bed. Very funny. He has such a sweet face, too. You wouldn't guess that he goes around the house stealing little things and hiding them.

  I need some advice. I took a notion to invite about 25 people to my house for a buffet dinner in two weeks. Now I'm thinking about what to cook. What do you recommend as a tasty meal that people can eat buffet style, that I can do at least partly ahead of time, that isn't the same old thing?
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  Sparkplug

  Hi Wings, I am sorry you are going thru all of this. It can get very lonely at times even if surrounded by people. You are doing well to reach out. Don't stop.

  Decki!
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  wings

  Good job!!! You all really helped! Thank you for all the jokes, and music, and encouraging words.

  I'm a sucker for cooking kunundrums...so Hortensia, how about something easy and good. Like pork tenderloin with a chipolte lime glaze, potatoes baked in a 4 cheese sauce, and a fresh salad with steamed green beans or asparagus. 25 people is a handful, it would take 5 tenderloins, two large pans for the potatoes, and a hugh salad bowl. Maybe mexican.
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  BlackPearl

  It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
  
  -Theodore Roosevelt
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  momzcrazy

  Hey, I'm pretty damn lonely too. For the second week in a row my husband is out with friends and I am going to bed alone. How's that for cheer?
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  wings

  momz: For the second week in a row my husband is out with friends and I am going to bed alone.

  That stinks. Are you ready for a fork?
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  momzcrazy

  Yeah, you got one?
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  wings

  I have a few, I've been done for a while.
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  AlmostAtheist

  So why would you figure the ad at the bottom of this thread is from Target, and it's for men's incontinence pants?

  Unless -- and for the love of god, lie to me and tell me it ain't -- it's just directed at me!

  Dave
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  jaguarbass

  Okay.....so.....my dad died Monday night. My mom had another stroke yesterday, and she can't talk anymore. My sister won't talk to me because I asked my daughter (the looser) to come home and help me with the kids. I was losing IT before this happened, now I'm toast.

  Let me give you a hug. Thats too much for anybody to bear.