I can only imagine how the dubs would run away if they blocked my driveway....I get crazy when my neighbors do it....so if a dub did it I know it would get ugly.
I would probably drive over the mini-van with my truck!
WG
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So as i'm leaving the house this morning...
by stillconcerned in...two ladies park at the entrance of my driveway (thereby blocking my egress), get out of their mommi-van, and approach me smiling.. i don't know either of them.. the elder gal asks me if i'd be interested in learning what will happen 'in the end times'.. i am dressed for the courtroom, carrying a bunch of documents related to litigation against the watchtower in california and texas.
when i turn to respond, several of my draft documents slide out of my daytimer and (spat!
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Mother strikes again - My sister doesn't even get a funeral
by Lady Lee inmy mother just called and has taken over all the arrangements.
granted it's her daughter that just died but she hated my sister and took out all her rage on her.
not that the rest of us got anything good.
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Why Georgia
Lady Lee,
I am sorry for how your Mother treated you and your siblings. It seems that when someone dies that it brings out the best and worst in people around us.
When my grandfather died, he was cremated. My grandmother went off and dumped his ashes into the ocean one day...(and it was her right to do this)..but I would have liked to be there.
I was sad there was no real place to visit.
Maybe you could get one of those kits that they have in home improvement places to make your own customized stepping stones/garden markers. You could make it as your own personal memorial to your Sister.
Again, I am sorry for your loss and for your poor treatment.
WG
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A Long Post About MY SISTER. Shows up after 5 Yrs just to SHUN some more?
by lisaBObeesa inbackground:.
my sister and i have become estranged because of the tension and hard feelings around this shunning of mom.
it has been several years since i have seen her or heard from her.
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Gee, now the JW's are delivering a big helping of shunning just like Domino's Pizza. Lovely.
I'm so sorry for how your mother was treated. This is completely wrong that this happened.
This act of shunning is so evil.
I don't know that I could be friendly with someone who treated my mother with such disrespect.
WG
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Solution for "Unbelieving Mates" - Add Fun
by jgnat inhere is another "solution" on an ongoing series i am developing to help "unbelieving mates", or ubm's, to reach their jw partner.
each "solution" is part of a toolkit of ideas that the ubm can modify for their situation.
i am a natural strategist, so it was fairly easy for me to come up with ideas and a plan, based on the temperament and personality of my jw partner.
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When I first put my foot down and said I am not going to anymore meetings and I am done...I exacted my own form of sabotage...
Whenever my husband was about to go out the door for a meeting I would get super frisky....when the elders were coming over for a study...I would get super frisky and usually on the table or couch where the study was about to take place....
My husband would tell me later he couldn't concentrate during the study because of what I had done before....and a lot of time he wouldn't want to go to the meetings because he didn't want to be late and if he did go he couldn't concentrate because he wanted to come home.
I know this is/was manipulative behavior....but hey...I was doing life saving work...
And I am sure you can figure out what "Frisky" is....LOL!
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any coffee addicts here?
by enigmatic ini been drinking alot of coffee these days.
i start off my day with four shots of espresso, than a few hours later i'll make a pitcher of frozen latte's and i usually will burn thru a pot if im out working on the ocean.
i even got to the point where i grind all my coffee myself...
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Why Georgia
I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee for the day. With a one year old and a 5 year old...coffee is mandatory.
Nothing happens at our house until I get that first cup of coffee on board.......
I even made hubby buy me a coffee machine with a timer so I wouldn't have to do complicated things like making coffee before I've had my first cup of coffee.
I don't like starbucks though...it hurts my stomach.
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Fe2O3Baby has arrived
by Fe2O3Girl inour son william grant was born last wednesday 2/11/05 at 20:43, weighing 9lb 2oz (4140g).
we are both really well.. it wasn't the birth experience i had hoped for - on my long list of things i didn't want to happen, the only things i avoided were induction, pethidine, episiotomy (i pushed too efficiently, no time to do it!
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Congratulations! There is nothing better than being a mommy....except sleep after becoming a new mommy!
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Mmmmmm bread machines
by Lady Lee ini have a bread machine and have been experimenting with it this week.
my first breads were really dense and heavy.
they were ok but definitely not great.. so i went to the books and they said the liquids need to be lukewarm not cold from the fridge.. so after yet another white bread heavy i just tried a raisin bread recipe.. ok i'm addicted.
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I make this once a week....I love my bread machine.
Bread Machine Oats and Almond Bread
Recipe Rating: Prep Time: 5 min
Total Time: 4 hr 10 min
Makes: 16 servings, 1 slice each
Nutrition InformationKraft Kitchens TipsRatings and commentsYou may also enjoy1-1/3 cups water (at room temperature) 1 tsp. salt 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine , cut into small pieces 2 Tbsp. honey 2 Tbsp. instant nonfat dry milk 1-1/2 cups POST HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS With Almonds Cereal 2 cups bread flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp. active dry yeast ADD ingredients to the bread pan in the exact order listed in recipe. PREPARE the bread dough according to the specific manufacturer's directions for the bread machine used. REMOVE bread from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into 16 slices to serve. KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS
Note
For best results, use the light crust/sweet dough setting, if available.
Cooking Know-How
For best results, all ingredients should be at room temperature.
Nutrition Bonus:NUTRITION INFORMATION
Start off your day with a slice of this tasty low cholesterol, low fat bread! Diet Exchange:
1-1/2 StarchNutrition (per serving) Calories 120 Total fat 1.5 Saturated fat 0 Cholesterol 5 Sodium 180 Carbohydrate 24 Dietary fiber 1 Sugars 3 Protein 4 Vitamin A 2 Vitamin C 0 Calcium 0 Iron 10 RATINGS AND COMMENTS view all comments rate this recipe 4745 on 10/10/2005
A delicious bread machine recipe. The taste is wonderful, light and airy.
A cook on 11/28/2002
Excellent bread! I made this for Thanksgiving breakfast, and it was a hit! The texture is great, and the taste is fantastic. Thanks for a great recipe! -
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Why stay married to a JW?
by kid-A inhaving read a recent thread on "mixed" marriages between active jws and non-jw (either faders or df'd) two things stood out for me.
first, there was a profound underlying sadness on the part of the non-jw poster (as there may also be on the active jw mates part) on the reduced intimacy of the relationship, both mentally and physically.
not being in this situation, but understanding what makes a marriage successful, i cant help but ask a rather harsh question....can anybody in this situation realistically envision how such a marriage can last in the long term?.
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Why Georgia
I sometimes wonder the same thing.
But then I try to be positive. Which is hard at times. Especially this time of the year.
I remember what attracted me to my husband before he ever even told me he was a JW. I keep in mind he is good and moral. He is the best father our children can/could ever have. He loves me and I love him. I genuinely like him. He's my friend.
And I keep working on him about the WTS. I get discouraged. I want to run away...
But I know these things probably happen in other marriages that have nothing to do with the JW's. My mom and step-dad have their fair share of problems and they aren't JW's.
So I will work as hard as it takes to make this marriage work.
WG
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INTIMACY Poll...UBM's I'm asking you
by jgnat inintimacy in a mixed marriage
ok, time for my second poll.
the first one on secrecy struck a chord with many of you.
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Hi Jgnat,
I definately know what you are talking about. This is my darkest time of year. I was brought up loving the holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Xmas. I have joked that my family celebrates everything that Hallmark invented a card for! LOL!
But ever since the first non-birthday with my husband and Christmas...From October until Christmas...I am so depressed. The battles, the little sharp jagged comments.
I'm sure you know.
Even though my wonderful husband isn't going to the meetings...he still has that stinking thinking.
I find it very had to find joy in something I once loved so much. It's also hard because I am trying to pass on joy for the season that I don't have to our 1 and 5 year old..
Sorry to complain,
WG
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Sad, sad, cult story.... not Jw!
by AK - Jeff inhaving my daily brew today, and reading diane wilson's book - awakening of a jw.
the barista overhears a conversation i am having with a regular there and asks what 'cult' i had exited.
i told her jw and we had a nice conversation.. she tells me her husband's family was in a cult in pennsylvania called the 'temple.....' something.
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Why Georgia
There are other cults disguised as "Christian" churches and they can be just as dangerous as the JW's.
When I was 5 years old (1978)- 2 very nice ladies knocked on the door at my grandparents house. My mother freshly divorced and alone spoke with the ladies and we started going to the church. We became very active with these people in our new family. Church 2 times on Sunday and one time on Wednesday and out knocking on doors too.
My mother brought her sister and brother into the congregation.
Then one day my mothers best friend who had brought her in found out her husband was raping her daughters. She was kept at the church until she agreed not to go to the police and make a bad name for the church. It was hours and hours. As soon as she left she went right to the police and had her husband arrested.
She was shunned and excommunicated from the church. No one would speak to her and she ended up moving out of our town because of all the threats coming towards her. We left too after we saw how she was treated for doing the right thing. They treated my mother and I the same way as they did our friend.
5 other families left at the same time.
20+ years later these same people who turned their noses up at me and my mother showed up at my Grandfathers deathbed to lend support to my Uncle and Aunt. They barely spoke to my mother and started arguments with me and my husband because he was active at the KH at the time...telling him he was going to go to hell.
At this point in my life I have no use for any kind of organised religion. It seems horrible and just the same in every branch.
WG
