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Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
just a lil gripe, nothing really big.

i hate it when you asked for feedback on something and NOBODY gives you any feedback. good or bad.

there is obviously a reason i am asking for feedback and i'm not doing it for my health.

don't get me wrong, i understand people are busy with schedules and everything else, but two days time to get back to me...is sufficient, i think.

okay, i'm done.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I agree with Julie, Neko - well that's how it is for me anyway. I hope you enjoy your birthday!

Neko
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08-03-2001

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
Thanks all! I just needed to gripe about it!
Him and I have never really had that great of a relationship, and my mom didn't help make me(or probably him) feel better about their marriage and our entire situation, so we always rub each other the wrong way.

Hopefully, I'm sure, once I'm out of the house, it won't be so bad cause I'll always be able to leave. LOL

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 2:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
Neko I understand about step parents. My father is on his 3rd marriage (other 2 wives are deceased). But my fathers second wife was her 3 daughters were always more important than me and she made my father thinking they were more important to him. His 3rd wife is just the opposite. Everyone is important.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Beckie, is it business or personal feedback? I ask because I have several business feedback cards which I have not responded to yet and I'm not sure I will. I guess I would if they weren't for large corps.
Personal feed back is usually something I would do right away.
Happy almost birthday Neko!

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
Beckie, is it business or personal feedback? I ask because I have several business feedback cards which I have not responded to yet and I'm not sure I will. I guess I would if they weren't for large corps.
Personal feed back is usually something I would do right away.


eh. a bit of both, but more business feedback. i created a myspace for a nonprofit (the lab rescue I was with before). The reason i did this was because i do not have the time to do any volunteering this semester, i do not have a lot of extra time because of my HUGE demand at school (second to last semester, what did i expect).

i just wanted the feedback to see if it was okay or if i should add something to the myspace. like i said i haven't heard anything.

it's not a big deal that they aren't...it would have just been helpful.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Gripe, gripe, gripe!

Funny this happened this morning since the daily poll question is about using cell phones in the bathroom. My sister called me and asked if she could borrow my car, hers is broken down again and she's got a sick kid that needs to go to the dr. I said sure, first have to run over and get aunts checks and do her banking, then when I'm done with that sis could just drop me, Kota, and my two younger nieces off at my house and take the car. I did the banking, went back to the house and got all them in the car.

We'd just started chatting about aunt's grocery list when her cell phone rang and she said hold on a sec and answered it. Then proceeded to yap on the phone the rest of the drive. ARGH! First, I really need the grocery list, but mostly its irritating cuz I have to spend the car ride listening to one side of a conversation about absolutely nothing. Is it that hard to say, "Hey let me call you back in a couple minutes when I'm not in the middle of a face to face conversation?" My problem is I'm not surgically attached to my cell phone and unless it's a family/kid emergency there isn't any cell phone convo that's so important it can't be put off until I have a few minutes of free time to call them back!

Second gripe of the morning. We got a gas bill the other day for $175 and both of us kind of freaked out, we'd cut back and couldn't believe how high it still was. We've cut back even more since then, not turning the thermostat on at all during the evenings until I go to bed (at around 2am) and then setting it lower than I normally do from 72 down to 70.

Sunday night I waited til I went to bed and set it. Or thought I did. Yesterday morning I got up and it was freezing in the living room. Kids were bundled up under their blankets complaining how cold it was. I felt terrible, it's one thing to not use it in the evening, we can light a fire and put on a sweat shirt, but it's miserable to get up to a freezing cold house.

Last night, I set the thermostat to 70, made Darren's lunch and grabbed Caleb's pe clothes out of the dryer and set them on the couch, then double checked the thermostat, yep it was on 70. This morning I got up, it was colder inside the house than outside! Kids were huddled up under their blankets again, teeth chattering. Checked the thermostat, it was turned off. So I asked Caleb, did you turn it off? He looked at me like I was nuts. I knew he hadn't done it, that's Darren, turning it off when he leaves for work at 4am. Which means the thermostat was set to 70 for just about 2 hours....no wonder the house was freezing cold!

I sent Darren an email telling him about this funny thing happening, set the thermostat then wake up to find it's off, must be gremlins. He sent one back saying he saw the gremlin, 6ft tall, blond hair, mustache, shady looking character who has a thing for redheads. Sent him one back telling him that the gremlin has good taste if I catch him turning off the heater before the kids get up again I'm going to freeze every pair of underwear he has.

Seriously, I hate the high bill too and I'm all for cutting back but there's no reason at all we can't have the thermostat set to 70 for 4-5 hours a night so no one has to get up to a freezing cold house. That is so not the way to start off the morning!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Wait, how can 70 degrees be freezing??? We have ours set at 68 in the day and it's a lot colder out here (like below zero) than I bet it is in CA. And we turn it down to 65 at night.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
War, I think you can get thermostats on a timer for a relatively small price ($20-$30) compared to the heating bill. And they say you can install them yourself - I doubt I could but if you have someone handy in the house they could probably do it. That way you'd only need it on for about an hour before the kids get up. You wouldn't need to get a fancy one that has different programs for weekends, just a basic one with a timer on it. It might save you some money.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Julieboo, Wargod's heater was not on long enough to keep the house at 70 degrees. They were freezing because Darren turned the heater off just 2 hrs after Wargod turned it on. Right Wargod?
lol, we keep ours on 69 and I have to have a blanket on me at all times. I love when the sun shines thru the window to help heat up the house.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Oh, I get it, it wasn't 70 degrees at all then. Nevermind!! Got to learn how to read better!! I skim too much!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yep, that's right, Denecee. If I turn it to 70 at 2am, by the time Darren gets up at 3, it's decent...little cold for me, but I'm always cold. He turns it off though and by the time me and the kids get up a couple hours later, all the heats gone.

We've been talking about getting the timer thingy. I'll still end up arguing with him over how high to set it though, lol.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Can someone explain why it only snows on the days DH is out of town for business???? So far it's light/fluffy but my asthma can't tell the difference and I have had to shovel twice so the dogs can go out (reminder to self: next pet to have longer legs).

Wargod... how rude!! I would have pulled over into the closest parking lot and gotten out of the car, explaining that I was giving her privacy for her very important call and to just let me know when she was done. Betcha she wouldn't do it again. LOL

Kimsue
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kimsue a private message Print Post    
We have a programable thermastat and we still keep it set to 65...... 24/7.
We are big people and we prefer to keep the house cool. Our kids were brought up this way and we are very used to it. The kids think their friends homes are to hot.
We all would rather breath cool air and wear a sweatshirt if we are cold.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
I have a friend who keeps her heat on 74 all year long. she comes over my house in a short sleeve shirst and freezes because my house is at 68 at the highest (most times it is at 65 or 66

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Just thinking about it... I was always told to split the difference and then stop playing with the thermostat. It takes more energy to warm the house from 68 to 70 (for example) every day then to just leave it at 69 24/7. I do silly things to take advantage of other heat sources... for example, when I am done cooking dinner I will leave the oven door open until cool.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
when I am done cooking dinner I will leave the oven door open until cool.

I do the same.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
My oven thinks I moved.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
LMAO Dogdoc!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh Rissa, I'll have to try that the next time it happens, cuz it will happen again, lol. She was just telling me the other day that between her and her hubby they had 1,700 calls last month (both ingoing/outgoing calls.) They don't use a house phone, but still to me that's insane, between our two cell phones and the house phone we don't come close to 1,700 calls in a month!

I'm always cold. But, I do wear a sweatshirt and keep a small blanket nearby. Thing is, this cutting back on utilities only happens in the winter. Darren has no problem turning off the heater, but come summer, if he's home, the swamp cooler is on. And then I'm wearing a sweatshirt and cuddling with my small blanket in July!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
I use my oven all the time in the winter. During the summer my grill is my bff

Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
I'd bake if we kept our tstat at 70^.

Our tstat turns down to 59^ at 10pm, goes up to 64^ at 5:30am, down to 61^ at 7am, up to 63^ at 4:30, up to 65^ at 5pm, back down to 59^ at 10pm, Monday through Friday. Weekends it stays at 63^ during the day. If we get chilled or want to take a bath we'll put it up a notch or two and the tstat goes back down to program after 2 hours if we forget to reset. Need to change it a bit since hubby now gets up at 4:45 Tue - Fri and doesn't get home until 5:20 or so now. And manually control it on Mondays, since he's not working Mondays anymore.

Hubby rarely complains it's cold. But the times he does, I tell him to go put some clothes on. The man does not know what a shirt or socks are when he's in the house unless we have company. And while the majority of the time he has sweats on, sometimes he wears shorts. In dead winter.

Last's month's bill for electric/gas was around $180. Bonus daughter and niece were here for 2 weeks, kept it around 69^ during the day and 65^ at night, but we ran the space heaters downstairs alot, and of course a heck of alot more electricity was used washing clothes, dishes, running the drier. First time we've went more than our budget billing of $95. But there's still almost $150 in the "budget plan" so we're doing good.

Recently we got a phone call from our electric/gas company wondering about our lower than average usage. Told them how we did the tstat, they said well done!

We do run the a/c in the summer, but probably set it higher than most people. Enough to get the humidity outta the air, then we run fans too.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Serate and Dfennessey are the only ones who'd survive our house! LOL Our thermostat is never higher than 65. We shut off the bedrooms, too, so they run about 58 - 60. Great for sleeping, not so great when you sit on the toilet seat in the master bath! :-)

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
i feel like i'm in a second dimension.

my friend took back the man who cheated on her.

i am dumbfounded.

i'm not going to lecture her. it is her life...more than likely it will end up with her being cheated on again...but it's her life and she'll have to learn that the hard way.

i just...maybe it is what i saw my mom go through with men cheating on her and i just don't have any leeway for cheaters because of it. i am so bad that if i found out that a boyfriend had cheated before (like with another relationship)...more than likely i wouldn't be with him anymore.

i am feel like i'm in an alternate universe. when did that ever become okay?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'm with you, Beckie - I don't think it's Ok. I've watched my brother go through this (time and time again with the SAME girl!), and I still don't get it. If I were cheated on, that would be the end. It's a black/white area for me, but I think it's largely due to the value I place on trust and loyalty. However, I have two co-workers who have taken back husbands who have cheated on them, and after much counseling seem to have strong relationships.

I couldn't do it. I'd be waiting for him to cheat again, and the trust would be gone.