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i'm in the middle of decorating my new house, and was a bit stuck as to what to use to mask off the furniture/carpets etc until i spotted an oldv pile of watchtowers that i'd been meaning to throw out.
i now have paint spattered watchtowers all over my living room.. anybody else got any good things to use old liturature for?
Actually I took all the magazine's, books and even the bible, had a fire burn them and put the ashes on leaves sent them down river. I am all for having rituals in ending pieces of my life. One way of letting go.
The heavens did'nt come tumbling down on me. Still standing !!!! 
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and if so, how did you get out, or how are you planning to get out.. thanks.
wendy
I am a survivor of domestic abuse!! I lived in denial for 14 yrs of marriage along with abusing alcohol to survive.
I was in therapy the last year. I was given a phone number for Battered Women. I was so shut down much less to figure out being in a dangerous situation to call for help.
It was my 5 yr old at the time, "Mom why don't you get apartment, my sister and I will move in with you." It opened the door in making changes for us. We were dealing with his manic-depressive behaviors along being psychotic!!!!!!
Fortunately he was involve with jw woman at the time so it took some of the heat off of me and the kids.
We moved out not carrying much belongings with us. I just wanted to get hell of Dodge. I just wanted to be in a place where we could feel safe and quiet.
Even though I've been out of that relationship for 21 yrs this month. I do deal with remnants of the abuse. That comes in layers.
I am grateful to come home and to know I am safe. Not worry when the shoe is going to drop!!!
I admire the courage and strength of women and men share their story dealing with abuse. It's important to speak out. To let others know that they don't need to put up with the abuses on this site. The options are available here on jwd to check out for self. One can check out through PM others here for safety reasons. Break the Silence!
(((((((((to those who share their story)))))))))
OCW
i was reading a book on celtic beliefs.
and as the western beliefs have the zodiac; and the asians have the 12 animals who came to buddha, so the celts believe different trees represent basic characteristics in humans.. so ok which kind of tree would you be ?
i would be an oak.
Birch stands out as a graceful, slender tree with a characteristic white bole. The white indicates cleanliness and determination in overcoming difficulties.
Birch medicine ashes, bark, twigs, leaves and buds all are used. Fresh leaves, rinsed first if possible, are used to dress wounds. The juice that drops from burning birch twigs is a medicine that treats the early stages of cancer. The juice that forms beneath birch bark in early summer not only tastes good but will enhance a person's health.
Birch tree is consider sacred in Finland.
Old Crow
hey one and all!!
i am new to this and just wanted to say hi!
i live in s. california and am looking for some good advice and/or friends in this area.
Welcome aboard Surf
with all the viruses going around, did you ever get one, or do you fear that you will get one?
good thing that i have norton antivirus, because i would have had a few.
just wondering with those with windows xp, do you keep your xp firewall activated?
No viruses for me
OCW
thunder called my sister today and she said the doctor said it would be as little as 48 hours before my mom passed away.
i am perplexed as to why they were giving her pain medication when she had no brain waves.
i do have to say that my two dysfunctional siblings are always able to hurt me even when i am not there.
My condolences goes to you Sheila and your Family
OCW
i have talked to peanuts...and was caught!!!
one time when i was living in san diego county, california....i was in a ralph's grocery store.....now...i have a habit of discussing prices and such while i'm shopping....out loud....there doesn't hafta be anyone else there....i just discuss 'em with myself, since i'm gonna be the one payin'.....when i got to the nuts aisle.....and it was at the end of the aisle closest to the checkout lines, naturally....i began berrating the peanuts over their outrageous prices.....there was a loudspeaker for the store in the ceiling...directly over my head.....just as i finished my oratory to the peanuts, an employee bellowed something totally incomprehensible through the store speakers.....i'm extremely easily startled.....and as luck would have it, the store manager was just passing the end of the aisle where i stood doing my spastic, throwing my jerking hands up and jumping through my skin dance, because i thought at first the peanuts had answered me......the man bent over double laughing....i woulda kicked his arse if he hadn't peed his pants right there....harrumph!
so tell me....have yall ever done anything that turned your face red?
No nuts!!!!
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to another level...supreme one.. do i get a prize....i would like a hot fudge turtle sundae.. blondie
Congratulations Blondie
Celebrate Celebrate
OCW Celebrate
whatever your age, do you make friends and hang out only with people your age or will you hang around with people much older or much younger than you?.
mentally i must be quite young, because i love to hang around with people 10 to 15 years younger than me.. .
i never hang around with older than me, and rarely with people my age.
I am at the tail end of my fifties, and most of those that I connect with are between mid 60's thru early 20's. I don't feel the gap. We all have common threads in life. It's been that way for the last 19 yrs for me.
It's interesting I feel age less except for my physical body with my interactions with others.
Age-less Old Crow
i've always "enjoyed"(?
) walking thru cemeteries, especially older ones, when i travel.
i guess that's because in the western us we really don't have very many old cemeteries, and i find it an interesting window on history and lives.. in lexington, there was a grave that had the headstone marked with "i told you i was sick" (at least, that's what we heard on a local tv news story while we lived there).
What can I say ?? Not much!!!
Famous last words of old crow woman
Birch