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Hey Larry,
Frankly I’m a bit afraid of clowns- Steven Kings "IT" comes to mind!
I think elephants are amazing!
 peace
bettie

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Happy "Katie" Day!!!!
bettie
 

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Good Sunday Morning!
Well the sun is out and thats a plus. Morning coffee with the kitties. Stayed up late last night and I am tired.
Saw my neighbor yesterday. He has really turned for the worse. His sister is here with him right now. She is here from California. She has cancer also-breast that has spread to her bones and brain. She has to go back for more chemo. I suggested maybe they could do her treatment here so she can stay and not have to fly back and forth. I cut his hair and he gave me a gift card to buy him things and keep the rest for myself. almost $200. I could not refuse taking it-he was adamant about it.
Just off the phone with his brother-they expect that his time is very limited. This is to tragic and yet here I sit smoking like a fool. It is frightening to see someone struggle to breath. Just shoot me!
A friend of mine brought me some fresh fish yesterday, said he cleaned it for me. He handed me the bag-THE HEADS ARE STILL ON!! OMG! I am SUCH a city girl! lol! Called my brother-he will do the deed and cook them up.
Afraid to hit the scales-I have eaten like a mad woman the last few days. Had a BBQ at work and the food was so good! Monday morning diet here I come!
have a good one kids!
peace
bettie

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OMG!
Let the 2 year anniversary be a whole weekend celebration!! Here’s the fairy-make a wish!!
Wonderful to see you posting and all the best wishes to a wonderful 2 "year old"!
bettie

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Tx Larry,
Just to ice the cake, just picked daughter up from the train. She got laid off.
Life-who knew??
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Hi Guys,
What a night! Storms and still storming. 30 degrees cooler so that helps however I might have liked to swim today but no go.
Daughter fighting real good with her BF, he called me saying she’s nuts-she called me saying she can’t stay alone-needless to say I didn’t sleep. I told them both I didn’t want to be in the middle. I see now how co dependent my daughter is. Poor kid – two crazy parents-did she stand a chance?? I told her she was acting like her dad. When I was 17 and wanted to break it off with him he threatened suicide, one time producing a knife that I had to wrestle from him. So I stayed, got pregnant, married him. I told her see how well that worked out? It is frightening seeing history repeat itself. Too frustrating to keep going on but I am sure u get the general picture.
Well it’s my off day and I plan to make the most of it.
peace
bettie

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Feeling hot, hot, hot!
Cooler tomorrow thank God but will have to muddle through.
Planted tomatoes and peppers in the little garden in my daughters back yard. Don’t know if I did it right but will see. I thought I would pass out from the heat but it is done. Maybe i sweated off a pound or two-who knows?
Something therapeutic about playing in the dirt. Glad i didn’t run into any worms!
peace
bettie

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Diva! Congrats!
The relief is wonderful isn’t it?
bettie
 

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Hey Kids,
Lovely weekend-after the storm yesterday. Went to dinner and a movie with my girl friend. We were the only one’s there with out a date-there were like 4 couples in the theater-so I asked her if we should hold hands. She laughed.
Went to a baby shower for my former asst managers daughter. I sat with some of her friends-all much older than me but I laughed so hard I almost wet myself! The one lady was talking about raising her kids and was commenting on modern parenting. "Time out my *ss-Times UP!" She says she has no problems when the grand kids are over. They are well behaved around her!
The subject of gambling came up. The state is going to allow 5 more, one in Chicago proper. I know that one of the ladies I sat with is a "player". One lady mentioned to me "oh, you had a problem with that." I told her yes and I don’ t gamble any more, it just doesn’t pay. Guess my friend must have told my secret. Oh well to be truthful I always wondered how I would handle something like that and I sailed right through it. I wasn’t embarrassed or ashamed even though I was "outed" at a table of 8 other women. I know I am disappointed my friend told someone something I said in confidence but I am glad I never told her the details.
Geordie if I gave you a piece of advice that helped I am glad. I am also sure I learned it from another cg, just like us.
Such a beautiful day. I should have done something after the shower but I just relaxed in my chair. I am so tired these days.
Have a great week!
peace
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Hey Diane,
good to come right back after a slip.
The only bet you need to avoid is the next one.
ODAAT!
Don’t worry about a month-this is about recovery not will power.
Just for today I will not gamble.
peace
bettie

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Hey Kathryn!
Went looking for you but i missed u!
Time for bed for me!
maybe tomorrow!!
bettie

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Oh the stories I could tell you…..
Like the time the customer at my desk reached over and slapped my manager on the side of his head! He hit him so hard MY ears rang!
I did have a exciting experience at work Wednesday. I have a customers who’s son is an television/movie actor. She brought him in with her and brought him over to meet me. I almost needed an ambulance!
Kidding aside I have had customers who have fallen ill. Had one a couple weeks ago-very confused-who couldn’t find her car. I walked out and helped her. She was wandering around our drive up area and I was afraid she was going to get hit! I did find her car but God help her, I doubt she should have been driving!
Of course there are the cg stories too. The saddest one was the lady who was over drawn crying buckets of tears and swearing she was never going to the casino again. Little did I know that was going to be me a couple of years later.
Well time to get ready for work!
peace
bettie

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Hey Vera!
Loved the banning story! Good one!
bettie

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Hey Kin,
We can’t move forward if we are stuck regretting our past.
Make amends when u can. Pray for forgiveness and understanding where you can’t. Don’t make promises you can’t keep.
Other people’s opinion of you is none of your business. Work to earn respect.
Regret is a wasted emotion. It’s OK to be sorry for past mistakes. Learn from them and keep the lesson. You will get past the pain.
peace
bettie

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Hi Guys,
Hey G-nice to "see" u! Carole your posts always "lighten my load"! Thanks! Liz, I hope your trip is as lovely as your are!
Well, I got the check. I so wish I was able to reinvest all of it but I have paid all my credit cards off and paid ahead on a few other bills. I will be treating myself to the trip to Florida in November. I am hoping that I can save money going forward so the remainder of the distribution can stay put. I am not a good money manager and I should be because I am in the industry but thats kind of like "physician-heal thyself!". Even before I was CG i was never a good saver and always lived a bit beyond my means. ( Which isn’t hard when you don’t have much "means").
I treated myself to a new purse from the thrift. I took it home and checked all the little pockets and found a valet ticket from a casino in there! Ha ha! Must have been fate-even my purse has been to a casino!
I planted my flower pots on my balcony, my little piece of Paradise. Nice to grill , sit out there, drink ice tea and look at the flowers. Simple pleasures! So wonderful.
Well back to cleaning-no rest for the weary!
peace
bettie

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