Posts by Sweetp0985

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Sleep

by Twitch in

i once attended a seminar on sleep that was focused on the effects of shift work and how the constantly changing wake/sleep cycles can affect health and well being.

i forget the name of this particular sleep researcher as it was a few years ago and i attend many seminars as a av technician.

but what i learned was very informative and i'll take the opp to share what i remember.

I work shift work myself and at the present time working night shift 12am-12noon...and in the process of moving...talk about time to sleep being screwed up...but this was very helpful....once i get situated with the move I'll probably be able to get more hours of sleep...but my shift constantly switches every month....

My mom used to tell me i jumped and twitched alot in my sleep..i wonder if that is because my sleep time has always been screwed up since high school...im a self-proclaimed night owl so i rarely go to sleep, even on my off days, before 1 or 2 am even when i have to be back up at 6am..

these tips are very helpful tho...

reduce external stimuli ie. turn off all lights and sound (obvious but true)
maintain a regular sleep/wake cycle where possible
go for a good walk before bed to "burn" off excess physical and mental energy
don't eat anything for 2-3 hours before bed
try not to nap in the daytime. This "fragments" the sleep cycle and delays the normal night pattern.

i will try some of them..can't do the turn all lights off one tho..yes i'm afraid of the dark..lol...can't sleep in total darkness..and i have the habit of going to sleep with the tv on and putting it on sleep mode so that i can have some type of noise to help me get to sleep..sometimes that backfires because something good will come on and i end up watching it instead of going to sleep.

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Do You Ever....????

by Sweetp0985 in

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do you ever go back and read your first ever posts on this board???

i did that this morning after the seeing the last posts/threadkiller threads....i wanted to see how many i actually killed..quite a few if i must say... .

but just seeing what i wrote back then 2004 and what's going on now is funny and sad at the same time...like that ciggy ad says, "you've come a long way baby.

Sweetp0985

Do you ever go back and read your first ever posts on this board??? I did that this morning after the seeing the last posts/threadkiller threads....I wanted to see how many I actually killed..quite a few if i must say...

But just seeing what I wrote back then 2004 and what's going on now is funny and sad at the same time...like that ciggy ad says, "You've come a long way baby."

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Shunning

by choosing life in

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i was reading stories about various ones on the board who are being shunned by loved ones.

i am officially being shunned as of today by my daughter because i refuse to shun her.

she was just disfellowshipped.how do you get past the hurt?

Sweetp0985

carla that makes sense too cuz even tho she doesn't admit to it..i know my my mom's sisters and their husbands (elders) tell her to limit her contact with me and warn her about talking to me "too much" ...and I don't want her to get into "trouble" on my account so I tell her about she's not supposed to be talking to me at those times too..but SHE always gives me the "we're discussing business" line.

So I'm guessing that may be what choosing life's daughter might be feeling....Even tho I dislike the religion almost to the point of hate, I still wouldn't want my mom to be punished in any way for talking to me...All I ever saw her do was cry every night when she was df'd once..

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Shunning

by choosing life in

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i was reading stories about various ones on the board who are being shunned by loved ones.

i am officially being shunned as of today by my daughter because i refuse to shun her.

she was just disfellowshipped.how do you get past the hurt?

Sweetp0985

I don't get it either...although I am the one df'd and my mom never really shunned me but sometimes when she's too pushy with trying to get me to come back I always tell her, "you're not supposed to be talking to me anyway"...but its said in anger...I don't really want her to shun me..

so maybe we'll get a better explanation of the situation..

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What's the worst dish your mother ever made you eat?

by mrsjones5 in

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yep folks this is a fluff topic .

mine is yellow squash with onions.

it's a truely hideous dish.

Sweetp0985

I'm with some of the others that some of the foods disliked are some that i like, pickled eggs, liver w/onions over grits..mmmmm, brussel sprouts are good to me too..but only if i cook them..

but Nowman actually made my post for me...like she was in my head or something..my step-mom learned the hard way to not try to make me eat peas again..my mother never tried to make me eat them..

Peas. I always gagged. Eventually, my parents stopped forcing me to eat them because I sometime would throw up from them. After a few years, they realized I could not eat peas. To this day, I will not eat peas. Sometimes Chinese fried rice has peas in it, I never will order from that particular Chinese food place again...In fact, when I a call a place I ve never ordered from, I always ask if the rice has peas in it, if they do, I say thank you and hang up, if they don't, they'll get my business.

I mean exactly what I would have said even down to the chinese food...but I can't stand the carrots in it too so I pick out the peas and carrots if the rice has it..I can eat raw carrots like the baby carrots..can eat those like candy and Piccadilly has this carrot souffle that is delicious....but plain ol' cooked carrots is just gross...I can't eat beets either instant pukage....

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Treatment by the JoHos this weekend

by IP_SEC in

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i had to go home over the weekend to pick up more furniture and such.

im moving into an apartment finally in lafayette.

anywho, i had 3 run ins with johos over the weekend and they were all pleasant.

Sweetp0985

Welcome to La IP_Sec.....im in baton rouge and I feel like I'm the only Louisianaian here...

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What "Discipline" Did You Recieve While A Witness?

by minimus in

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were you "disciplined" by the elders (or jehovah god) for anything while in the "truth"??

?

Sweetp0985

I didn't really receive anything from the elders but i got punished once because me, my step-sister, and another sister would always group together for evening witnessing and never go with the group..we always had return visits and would really be going see our boyfriends....butsomebody found out about it and even tho we didn't get reproof we all got grounded...that was kinda fun tho..also during one of those times was the first time i got really really buzzed...crown and coke on a "return visit".ahh that was the good field service...lol...guess where my step-sister is now...yep a bethelette....and did i mention the "other" sister was a elder's daughter..maybe thats why we didnt get reproved...

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What are you up to this weekend?

by saki2fifty in

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well, i've been reading, and reading, and even more reading and just dont have it in me to respond (midnight here)... so... here's whats going on with me this weekend.. i live in houston, and scheduled a trip up to austin for the weekend for a little race that we are participating in.

check it out, its pretty cool.

its called the muddybuddy and can be found @ www.muddybuddy.com.

Sweetp0985

im moving

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Do you hide you JW family's practice of shunning from non-JW family?

by kwintestal in

i thought of this question as i've been talking to different family members about the situation with my parents and grandmother.

i wondered if they'd get upset by me telling other non-jw family members what was going on.

i recently told a family member in coventry who i'm sure will end up telling my grandmother's sisters.

Sweetp0985

I used to do this but now I don't anymore...Well my dad was the only JW on his side, but my mom(dub) has 2 sisters/BIL's that are dubs too...Sad to say I kinda avoid going to my grandmother's house (mom's mom) when I know her sis's and bil's are there...and when i do happen to show up and they're there my uncles usually find some way to ask me when are they gonna see me at the hall again...NOT!!!

Funny this topic is on here tho cuz one of my cousins is graduating this month from college and I'm debating if I should go because the dub relatives are gonna be there...but like I told my brother I'm not gonna let them run me from my cousin's graduation..but the sad thing is seems like to me that my mom's whole side of the family shun me because of the dubs shunning me...(did i say that right???) it maybe just my paranoia but just sometimes i get a vibe that because the dub relatives don't talk to me (because of my devil-horns growing out my forehead) that my other relatives seem to think i'm doing bad stuff too and treat me as the black sheep of the family...i tell my mom about it and she always says its just my imagination....but i rarely get invited to "family" stuff that's not on a holiday or birthday party because the dub fam is invited too and they not even the ones giving it...but if its xmas, thksgiving, or birthday i get a invite then cuz dubs won't be present...like they all punish me in some way..

I'm so glad no one else on my dad's side is a JW or else I'd go crazy...nothing like having a grandma that you can talk to about anything...wisdom wisdom wisdom and plus she shares her true feelings about the dubs...its always so funny..she rants more than i do about them...

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I'm hooked on...

by mrsjones5 in

sudoku!

i admit it i'm a sudoku junkie.

it all started on a plane ride from california.

Sweetp0985

hi my name is sweetp and im addicted to sudoku