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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 7:34 pm
Jimmer, I have never heard of the song "Happy Baby" but thank you for sharing it. Great lyrics.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 7:59 pm
OH, I like the song Jimmer.. and Abby, "No worrys"-- please dont give it another thought..I am really a most easy going person and dont get riled to easy...and often I cant really express what im trying to say in a written way all that good. Ill tell you what does get me riled though...I met my daughter on her lunch break today and we were at starbucks..having a good talk and some laughs..there was thease two older guys (LOL-MY AGE) and they just kept checking my daughter out like she was a sirloin steak or somthing...it wasnt suttle eather, it was down right pissing me off... I shot a look that could have shattered glass...finally they stopped...Dont mess with my kid..NOT COOL!!
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 8:09 pm
thanks, chewpito, for accepting my apology. i was waiting for a reply from you before i logged off to make dinner. that is if you consider "making dinner" a spinach salad! lol yep, it's never cool to mess w/one's child. good for you for protecting your child. again sorry, and again, thanks for being understanding. you do contribute so much to tvch with your opinions and tvch is lucky to have you as a member. thank you. eta: loved your no worries comment. that is one of dh's sayings (i first heard it from him, along with..."bob's your uncle", etc. way back in 1987) lol
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 9:03 pm
I def consider "spinach salad" dinner.. sounds right up my ally actually.. I love the stuff. Do you consider 3 ears of corn on the cob dinner..cause that was mine...and it was yummy.....and cantalope for desert.. I cook "never" in the summer....unless ....some one holds a gun to my head...LOL (now im in trouble)....
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 9:08 pm
Jimmer, I grew up an ole blue-grass music gal..I was just walking my dogs and an old Maria Muldair song kept popping in my head...it kinda seemed fitting... "It aint the meat its the motion,that makes my mamma want to rock" and yadda yadda ...im not going to write the whole song...but I got a giggle thinking of it..
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 9:21 pm
chew, personally, i love eating corn on the cob for dinner...but it has to be sweet corn. last three times i bought sweet corn it was horrid, though. also, regarding cantaloupe, funny you mentioned that. last sunday, i bought a watermelon. dh and i had watermelon and bananas (dh added half and half) for dinner on monday and tuesday. he loved it. i felt like a chef with his compliments! lol i told him...it's good..but bananas taste better w/cantaloupe. ( well, if you have to chose between the two) i think i've made this thread go off topic. sorry. chew, if you want, PM me any time you want. again, thanks for your understanding. eta: i am a horrid cook, luckily, dh is a great husband who appreciates anything i "cook" lol
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 4:25 am
Glenn?? Did you ever get back to me? I haven't had time to plow thru all the posts, hardly any of them. Being busy. Not near a computer most of the day. My position was that part of the dating process, traditionally, is the physical. Now, things have changed with online dating, of course, where you can get to know the other person, blind, no picture, become friends first, see if there's a connection. But how honest is that? To pretend that the physical doesn't matter is a lie. I used to think of a person as three things: the physical, the mental, and the spiritual. I'm not so sure about the spiritual anymore. I'd replace that with the "emotional". Human beings are animals. We are the top of the animal kingdom. How can people pretend that the body is not important? It affects everything. When you don't have your physical health, as my Mother would say, you don't have anything.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 5:55 am
Tell that to Chris Reeves. Even after his accident, he and his wife were very much in love and it was evident. It's all in how you *choose* to view life. And it is a choice.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 7:00 am
Jimmer... that song reminds me a little of a country song... Real Live Woman by Trisha Yearwood. I don't buy the lines in magazines That tell me what I've gotta be Don't base my life on a movie screen Don't fit the mold society Has Planned I don't need to be 19 years old Or starve myself for some weight I'm told Or turn men's heads down that road And I thank God I finally know Just who I am I ain't a movie star They never see the view from where they are And this old town may be as far as I'm goin' What he'll hold tonight in his hands He swears is so much better than Anything this old world Can show him I'm a real live woman In love with this man I see lyin' here next to me Lost in the way that he's holdin' This real live woman In the arms of a man where I'll fall asleep knowin' there's Nothin' on earth he loves more than This real live woman I work 9-5 and I can't relate To millionaires who somehow fate Has smiled upon and fortune made their Common lives a better place to be And I no longer justify Reasons for the way that I behave I offer no apologies For the things that I believe and say And I like it that way Cause I'm a real live woman In love with this man I see lyin' here next to me Lost in the way that he's holdin' This real live woman In the arms of a man where I'll fall asleep knowin' there's Nothin' on earth he loves more than This real live woman Abby... try a sharp dry hard cheese with the watermelon. first time i heard i went ewww until i tried it.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 7:17 am
I guess when I have been sick in the past, I didn't have anything? Heck, my life is in shambles right now but I feel like I am so blessed.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 10:57 am
I suddenly got an Idea ("oh,by the way-I liked the song Gidget") But my Idea was geared at Newman... where do you buy your grocerys?? I know- sounds like a dorky question.. but do you amble up and down the frozen food isle, tv dinners, Hungry man... Heres my thought (not knowing all that much about your eats) But health conscious people usually hang out at Health food stores...Farmers Markets...typicaly (where i live any way) our farmers markets have entertainment, "local music" all hanging out just enjoying the free entertainment..(I can ride my bike there and just hang out listening to music and I allways meet lots of people) (I dont bring em all home and marry them, but have had great conversations and allways have fun) . Go try shopping at one..lots of times they offer cooking classes,training in massage- try joining one of thease classes (i did not say volunteer) (youve joined other groups befor with no success) try joining in a group that has the same health minded intrests as you..you might have to go a little bohemian (in that case I could send you some beads)(kidden) but learn how to make veggi tacos or ??? who knows...but maybe you will meet a free spirited, slim, uninhibited gal that would like to change the world and will teach you how to make candles and enlighten you to a more relaxed-open life syle...("trying hard to emagine you making candles) but any way...mostly joking here, but seriously..try shopping in places where people are health minded...sighn up for a health food cooking class....
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 11:12 am
great idea Chewpito. all the thin hot people shop at Whole Foods. the mostly thin mostly hot people shop at Wegmans.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 11:18 am
Believing if you don't have your physical health you have nothing, is so sad and limits your life in a major way! If I were to look at my life like that, then I would have had nothing from day one! And that has so not been the case. I bet I have been blessed with much more than lots of other folks. And I know that I have been through many more experiences than so many. And I have had a true love with a man and I blew it cause some jerk came along and I thought the grass was greener on the other side. So, yes I have a severe disability and I am very limited as to what I can do in my life now. But, I have found true love, I have lived through many experiences both good and bad. I have wonderful people in my life who truly care about me and I genuinely care about them and I have had a rich and rewarding life. I truly have been blest! Thank you, Karuuna!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 11:21 am
See!!!!
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 11:31 am
Chewpito, I LOVED your post! Great ideas for lots of folks!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:08 pm
Baby, dont ever-ever think anyone is underminding what you have gone thru and endured and conqured...You are a strong,sassy,smart cookie... I have many friends with severe disabilites and they are happy and living a great life. When I am having boughts of depression (being totally honest) and I feel like my life is myserable...It is my (and only mine) internal struggle and only I can deal with it...Ill tell you that I admire your strength and ability to be upbeat and live in a world that is not allways so accommodating. But internal depression or thoughts of gloom can happen to the best and worsed of us...Its a disability in itself... so Im just saying that many people have disabilitys and they are hidden under a compleatly normal shell and hidden from some that should think they have nothing to be sad about...but just because thier surface is normal (NORMAL???) internaly they can be struggeling with unbearable demons...... I have a dear friend (just thinking about him now) truck driver, 53yrs, body builder, tall-strong..very nice looking guy- and funny...was always there for my in a snap when I needed a little Male Muscle (and Im talking about heavy lifting and the like) 4yrs ago while filling his tank at a local truck stop, there was a gas leak and his semi and him and another guy were blown up like what you see in the news of the war.. My job was 2 miles from where this happened and it shook my entire work site and we lost power. Two days later I found out the one guy died (they were waiting to release the names) and the other guy lived, and it was my friend. My heart broke..he was burned over 90% of his body,put in a induced coma and drugged to high heaven so he wouldnd be withering in pain. Ill skip forward, He lived, has scars that are hard to look at, lost all his sweatglands and must be in AC or he could dye just from the heat. has to wear speacial garb on his legs and arms where he was left with nothing but bone. A couple months ago we were talking about his plans/ what was his purpose now.. He suddenly burst out saying he wanted to get one of those books about making balloon animals and shapes and stuff...I looked at him and said.."what the hell, did you loose your brains too" but then in the most remarkable words ever he said...He wanted to travel around to childrens burn wards and make balloons for the kids,read stories and share his story and support... and .. He is doing that now...traveling and putting smiles on little folks faces... We all have our flaws and disabilities, somtimes we learn to live with them and somtimes (for reasons unknown) we cant. I wish it was so easy for those that cant get thru thier hard times.. but you have to walk in your own shoes and deal the best you can...
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:15 pm
Thanks for posting the lyrics to the Trisha Yearwood song, Gidget. Those lyrics also seem to relate very nicely to a lot of what we have discussed here. It's interesting how music can touch us and make us think. I agree with those who think that good physical health isn't everything. There are numerous examples of people who have had wonderful fulfilling lives and yet did not have good physical health. I think that sort of statement is usually more directed at people who don't appreciate their good health. That is a fantastic story Chewpito! That is a great thing he is doing with his life.
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 12:18 pm
Oh I know Chewpito about depression. I truly do. It runs in my family along with addictions. God spared me the addictions but not the depression. I have been on an anti-depressant for probably over ten years now. And a few years ago, put on a second one also. Although I take very small amounts of both, they do make a difference for me. My motto is "A little dab will do ya"! I am a strong person and feisty, too. And that definitely helps me make my way through this sometimes crazy and unkind world. But for me, my faith is what is most important. And without God, I would be nothing!
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 2:54 pm
Karuuna, if you were addressing my post, and I think you were, well I was talking about "dating", not being in a committed marriage. Big difference. Christopher Reeves and Dana did not fall in love when he was in a wheelchair. I think my Mother was merely stressing how important health is. I think it's a very good message. It's hard to think about dating, for example, if you are feeling lousy physically, if you have a headache or a stomach ache or a toothache. So, please don't pick on my Mother. She has feelings too. Chewpito, thanks for the health food thoughts, networking, and so forth. I won't do it but it's a darn good idea. I'm volunteering tonite to go to a political meeting where the opponent of Tom Tancredo is supposed to show up. Glenn?? Do I have to email you??
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Baby
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 3:12 pm
No, Newman, you are right about Christopher and Dana. But they didn't let their physical problems ruin their love for each other. I do believe their love was just made stronger by going through all that they did. There are plenty of folks with physical disabilities or who are overweight who do fall in love. Sometimes, one is in a chair and sometimes both are in chairs. Sometimes one is overweight and sometimes both. And they fall in love just like other folks and the love that they share is no less than others. Shucks, some of them even have children!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 3:30 pm
Wow....Newman is volunteering. Glenn's story about meeting someone online and Newman's comments about getting to know someone blind reminds me of the first time I met someone I already felt was like a good friend from phone conversations. We worked for the same company and he was coming for a meeting in our office. Before he came to the office, all of the women I worked with kept telling me how good looking he was. Right after I finally met him one of my co-workers asked what I thought of him. All I could think of was "He's short." She was stunned. The truth is that he is 5'10," which isn't all that short, but he has this great bass voice so I had an image of a bigger guy. And while I do know he is incredibly handsome, still what I love about him is that he is incredibly funny, a bit irreverant and is a really good man...he's married, by the way, and is simply one of my closest friends. Chew, loved the story about your friend. It's good to remember that we don't have to be perfect to change the world. By the way, I love farmer's markets, too. I have one a couple of miles away and I have walked there on occasion...then bought too much stuff and had to walk home, get my car, and go back and pick it up.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 3:45 pm
look for posts from glenn here, newman: Baby Boomers, Living Alone, Changing Habits... Archive through June 28, 2006 Glenn - 06/27, 9:34 pm - Newman, I have really Archive through June 27, 2006 Glenn - 06/26, 8:57 pm - Newman, you may good at Glenn - 06/26, 9:11 pm - I am deducting two points Glenn - 06/26, 9:23 pm - Rosie, are you suggesting
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 4:48 pm
Newman, I have Crohns disease. Looking at me you cannot tell. I am slender and nothing to sneeze at. Many times I do not have my health, but I am more blessed then you will ever know. I want to say this as gently as I can. What you are saying is very offensive and hurtful. I read your posts and I want you to be happy, but I do not see how you ever can ever be. Once you can be happy within yourself, then perhaps you can be happy with another. Until then I do not see it happening.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 6:06 pm
Or as Dr. Phil would say, "How much fun are you to live with?"
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 6:13 pm
or as Pamy would say 'just get laid'
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