Archive through January 15, 2002
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Archive through January 15, 2002
Egbok | Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 09:02 am   I just woke up to a jarring shake, a fast and harsh earthquake. It made my house "moan and groan" which really scared me this time. It's not a nice way to wake up on a lazy Sunday morning. |
Blonde | Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 09:24 am   Egbok, You must be near L.A. - I just saw this on the web. Are you OK? I know how scary those are. See my post above about our quake in Seattle last Feb. I could hear all the 2 x 4's inside my walls creaking and walls were swaying a good 6 inches back and forth. No, not a nice thing to experience, can't imagine waking up to it! Take care. |
Blonde | Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 09:26 am   Good grief, I just saw 17 quakes in 45 mins. updated news on the web! Be careful, Egbok. |
Egbok | Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 11:36 am   Thanks Blonde, I'm just fine. Yes, I'm in the L.A. area and I'm glad you can feel my fright over these scary earthquakes. Your event sounded way worse than mine today. Ya know, with the WTC atrocites, I don't want the added stress of dealing with these earthquakes. I'm jumping enough for 10 people these days! |
Blonde | Sunday, October 28, 2001 - 11:51 am   Hi Egbok, Glad to hear you are OK. I figured with the quakes being in the 3 range it was going to be fine, but they are still scary. I know what you mean about being jittery these days - I am, too. And I work with an ex-Military guy who is in the process of staging his own little coup at the office. You'd think the war on terrorism would be enough for some people! I was just down around San Francisco last week. Enjoy your sunshine down there when the shaking stops.  |
Willsfan | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 08:08 pm   I know this is off topic but I can't find the thread for SIMS I know I saw it somewhere a few months ago. Question: Does anyone here play The Sims? And if you do have you downloaded the Pepsi machine or ballons. BTW my people have started acting slightly perverted. |
Mssilhouette | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 11:01 am   Hi Willsfan, I play the SIMS and I haven't downloaded the Pepsi machine but I have the ballons. I've also downloaded a bunch of furniture from http://www.7deadlysims.com and if you pay 3.50 you can get to download the more ahhh racy Sims as well as put in a strip club. That's at their other site http://www.8thdeadlysim.com By the way I'll make a Sims thread...but I remember it was back in the Big Brother 2001 board but that's been archived. So I'll make another thead for it here. |
Teddybear | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 11:44 am   My day is ok so far. I have finals next week and totally don't feel like studying, so I havent been. Thats going to come crashing down on me soon! My boyfriend is aggravating the crap out of me, what else is new? But we are going to happy hour after work, so that makes up for all of it, ya know! |
Grooch | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 10:22 am   My day today. It is only in the 50's today and I had to turn the heat on in my car at lunch today. The first time in years. Brrrrrr!!!!!!!!! |
Tksoard | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 11:21 am   Grooch, Where in the world are you!!!! I thought this whole country was in a freeze!!  |
Grooch | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 12:05 pm   Miami. |
Tksoard | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 12:17 pm   oh |
Grooch | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 12:18 pm   And we are in the freeze too. It went down to 40 last night. Brrrrrr.... |
Tksoard | Friday, January 04, 2002 - 12:21 pm   For Miame, that really is a freeze. In the valley in TN where I live, we got down to 9 last night. And I moved from Mich. for this!?!?!?!?  |
Sunshinemiss | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:05 am   Hi guys, I am having a crummy day and just need to post. I lost my Dad today. He had been going progressively downhill over the past year or so, and had a second stroke two weeks ago that put him into the hospital. He developed pneumonia, his kidneys and liver shut down, and he passed at 4:17 this a/m. Although I feel bad saying so, it may have been a blessing because he was suffering greatly at the end, and it is so difficult to see someone you love in pain and not be able to do anything about it. My little boy doesn't know what to do, he is walking around carrying a picture of his grampa and his teddy bear, and won't talk about it. All I seem to do is cry and feel bad, then feel bad about feeling bad. I miss my Dad. Thanks for listening. |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:14 am   (((Sunshinemiss))) I'm so sorry for your loss. |
Pcakes2 | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:16 am   Sunshinemiss, I don't even know what to say, except I am deeply sorry for your loss. I know how devasting the loss of a loved one can be even when "it's for the best". My sympathy and thoughts & prayers are with you. |
Oregonfire | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:38 am   {{{Sunshinemiss}}} I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I don't know what to say either, but I can imagine how you must feel. |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:46 am   I'm sorry about your loss. It's very hard to lose a loved one. It's especially hard for children, because they don't understand. My thoughts are with you and family. |
Sunshinemiss | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 08:57 am   Thanks, I appreciate it. This is the first time I have had someone so close to me die and I don't know what to do. Should I just do the stiff upper lip thing? If so, how? I am trying not to be a total weepy mess for the sake of my son, but I just feel so lost. I know you are supposed to be allowed to grieve, but I have to function (full-time job, mom, making arrangements, trying to support and assist my stepmom) Any coping suggestions are welcome... |
Max | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 09:25 am   Sunshinemiss, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Please don't feel bad about feeling bad. I'd be more worried if you DIDN'T feel bad! When my dad died, I thought it was pretty much the end of the world. I still have days when I feel that way. In some ways, it's helpful to have things to do, at least it was for me. I didn't have to deal with a child, though, and I know that can be very difficult. My best advice is, take it a minute at a time. Don't try to be strong all the time. Death is a part of life and grieving is a part of death. If you hide all your grief from your son, what will that teach him? If you let him see the struggles you're going through, what will that teach him? I think our society tries to hide too much of our feelings from kids. Better that they see adults are people who hurt just like they do. Anyway, that's my thoughts. My prayers are with you and yours. |
Weinermr | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:19 am   Sunshinemiss, I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, and my thoughts are with you. There is no "right" way to mourn, and you will do it your way, in your own time. Don't worry about how you appear because your feelings are all yours and no one elses. All our thoughts and prayers are with you today. |
Lancecrossfire | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:24 am   Sunshinemiss—so very sorry to hear of the loss of your father today. And you have the added burden of having your son be so strongly affected by this. No words can change what happened or make it better. I don’t know if words provide any level of comfort for you—for some they do and some they do not. I hope that you can be yourself with all of it—that if you want to cry you can find the time and place where you can do so. If you need to talk to someone, I hope that you have a person or persons you feel close to. I know that people here care about you—some of them have already posted. I hope your some will be able to express his feelings about this to you or someone in his life. I am sure you are there for him, and have made him feel safe in doing so. I guess that is what anyone first needs in order to be able to express anything like that—a safe place and a safe person. The issue you raise of no more suffering is one to hold on to. It seems you are doing just that. I lost my father a number of years ago to cancer, and went through my own way of dealing with it, which was different than most other family members. They were respectful of it being different, which was very helpful and comforting to me. Based on that, I really hope you do what brings you healing for your father’s passing. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:26 am   So sorry for your loss, Sunshinemiss. As for how you should act/feel, believe me, nobody knows the answer to that one. Concentrate right now on doing the things that have to be done, and that will get you through for the short term. Somehow we always find the strength to do the things that have to be done. Cry as much as you need to. Put cold, fresh cucumber slices on your eyes when they get too puffy and sore. As for your son, carrying around grandpa's picture and his teddy bear is not such a bad way to grieve. He will talk when he is ready. I wish you well in the days, weeks, and months ahead. It does get easier but you have to wait a while. |
Moondance | Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:36 am   So sorry Sunshinemiss... My thoughts and prayers are with you |
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