Archive through December 04, 2002
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Archive through December 04, 2002
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 06:58 pm     Mack - are you . . . DR. PHIL?!?!? ps why not? If I can be Martha Stewart, you can be Dr. Phil, doncha think? |
Mack | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:07 pm     Actually back in my real practicing days my ex thought I was running a "love sick" clinic. Many, many of my patients were getting over, getting into, getting out of, getting whatever, a relationship. Made good money but it was a bit boring. The 2 AM "I just called you to tell you I'm going to take all the sleeping pills you gave me" calls kind of took the bloom off the rose so to speak. Oh yeah....and the "I want to marry you" calls.....not good for a jealous wife. Married an engineer this time and got out of the private practice....makes life much easier. :-) Dr. Phil is OK.....it's Gray who gets my goat...only because he wrote something all of us in the "business" take for granted and made a fortune!!! Slim ball...... |
Goddessatlaw | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:18 pm     Oh, yes, oh, yes - the 2 A.M. police calls wanting to know whether I'm the attorney of an alleged battering husband; the midnight Christmas Eve calls about "we have a hearing in 3 weeks, what should we do about it?", the Thanksgiving calls about "my kids were taken away from me and put in a group home because I'm a junkie and we've got to get them back." Then there's the familiar theme of "you're having an affair with my soon-to-be ex-husband, your client, I don't want him, but you can't have him, either" - only to be bested by "you're having a lesbian affair with my soon-to-be-ex-wife, your client, I don't want her but you can't have her, either." And then there are the never-ending "he's one hour late bringing the kids back from visitation I want an emergency hearing at 8:00 a.m." calls. Slashed tires, burglaries, threats of sexual violence, having to take 20 minutes just to disarm yourself and stow your weapons after getting home from work. Ain't it glamorous? PS a nice fur is always a good Christmas present. There's a big-*ss beaver doing the backstroke across my lake who just downed three sycamores in the middle of my view. I'd be happy to sacrifice him for the cause. |
Lancecrossfire | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:20 pm     Mack, isn't Dr. Phil like Gray in that respect--handing out what is taken for granted? Dr, Phil seems to rely on common sense. And that is just as simple as whay Gray professes? It seems we have come to saok up anythig that "takes us back to the basics". Many got away from that, and many need a healthy dose of it. Or maybe not. Many times for men (not all cases) buying a gift mesns starting to think of what you will get mext year that can top what you just got. If you start with diamonds, where do you go from there? (except of course bigger and better ones--but most don't have an unlimited supply of money) |
Sia | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 08:18 pm     Goddessatlaw, I like your gift-giving style!! The breakfast tray idea is just fabulous! What woman wouldn't feel totally pampered? That's so nice, I suspect your name really is Martha Stewart. The pie plate is a fantastic idea, too, but I just hate baking pies any more! I could do that if I were allowed to buy the crusts, however; it's the crust that takes all the time! Every time I read about Mr. Marriage Material, I just crack up! I just love the nickname you've slapped on him. You go get 'im, girl! I hope he deserves you. Mack and GaL, just love the take on the not-so-pleasant aspects of your otherwise-glamorous-seeming careers. You both seem dedicated to your respective causes, and I applaud you both for that.
Wargod, I don't know if I'm breaking the Christmas shopping rules or not, but I found what I wanted on-line last night at Wal-mart's web-site, called two stores to locate the items in my area, then called my stepmom-in-law and asked if she wanted to go shopping tonight after my DH got home. In the meantime I took a half-hour nap, 6-6:30, as I slept only two hours last night. Well, DH was late and at 7 p.m. it was about 10 degrees here and felt colder, so I called stepmom-i-l to cancel, and she offered to buy the items for me and give them to my kids for Christmas as they haven't had a good idea yet for them and haven't done much shopping thus far. Did I break the rules?? All she has to do is pick up the items at the service desk, and the prices are right in line with what they normally spend, or actually a little less. |
Wargod | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 08:28 pm     Sia, my hubby's adopted father, and his biological father, send checks for the kids. We deposit the checks in our account, and then go shopping and buy something for the kids. I wrap them, sign the gift tag "Grampa so and so" and stick it under the tree. Kids haven't figured out yet that neither one of their grandpa's actually pick out the presents for them. Works for us. Sending a check and letting us pick out a gift we know the kids will like makes more sense than them buying something the kids won't like and mailing it across country, LOL. |
Sia | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:42 am     That way makes lots of sense, Wargod. My step-m-i-l and f-i-l live really close to us, though, and we see them every month or so. I really have a gem of a step-mom-in-law. I love her so much!!! More people should do what you suggest, War, because mailing gifts is so expensive. Adds to the cost of the gift, doesn't it? |
Wargod | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 10:13 am     Yep, and also because they see the kids so seldom picking out gifts is hard for them. I'm picking up my neice and nephews today and we'll start our official holiday crafts class, LOL. We're going to do it the fun way.....messy! Dough angels, paint...stuff like that. I'm excited about that, LOL. I can't wait to dig into it. |
Jkm | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 10:52 am     oops-- balance the checkbook -- pretty close to the red...... guess need to wait until this week en for trying to wrap it up. Wargod, can I come and play? I love doing those kind of crafts (with children other than my own!) My older daughter's scout troop hit middle school this year and they don't want to do anything like that. (they really don't want to do anything but have scavenger hunts at the mall and talk about boys....etc) |
Wargod | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:08 am     Hehe, thats why I take advantage of it while I still can. The kids are still yong enough to enjoy the crafts and spending time together where we just enjoy what we're doing and not worrying about anything else. I enjoy it...because I'm a big kid at heart, LOL.. |
Jkm | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:34 am     We did try to make some Christmas cookies this past weekend -- my dh the Emeril wannabe -- took on the task of making sugar cutouts with the girls (from mix of course). It was amusing watching!! (I got stuck washing stuff up as they went) Then the girls and I made oatmeal scotches (more like oatmeal scotches crumbs!!) It was fun -- but everybody got tired after a while -- still have stuff to make toll house cookies but decided to wait for another weekend. |
Wargod | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:42 am     I can now make tollhouse cookies in my sleep....I've been practicing, LOL. They never last for more than two days around here though, no matter how many I make. I thought the kids were sneaking them, til I caught hubby with his hand in the cookie jar, LOL. I've also done sugar cookies from scratch and using the mix. I like the mix better...less mess and it doesn't take as long. Thats been the fun part...if the project gets to long the kids get bored. So, I have to make sure what I'm doing isn't going to take all day. |
Willsfan | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 11:56 am     Stop, stop stop. LOL I'll have to make cookies tonight cause "now" I want them badly. I can almost taste those Tollhouse cookie. yum
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Wargod | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:03 pm     Extra chocolate chips and walnuts....I might have to make some myself tonight, LOL. |
Jkm | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:05 pm     One of the ladies at work belongs to a home extention club -- they had a cookie swap last night. She always brings in this huge tray of all different varieties. Boy it was good -- didn't last until lunch time thought lol!!! |
Mack | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:29 pm     Well Lance you've actually hit on the "big secret" of human behavior. Within limits normal human behavior is just that, normal and pretty common sense and so are the solutions. The best doctors, either MD or PhD, are those folks that have the talent and natural ability to watch, listen and understand. Doesn't sound like much on the surface but the truth is that it can't be trained, you either got it or you don't. Now I can, and unfortunately have, take somebody without a particular "calling" as a shrink and make them functional, not great, but they get by. Of course they may never really help their patients (a.k.a. as "clients" in some PC circles) but they don't necessarily hurt them either. Biggest problem is over-medication....I'm old school and slow to push pills. On the other hand you have the extreme behaviors that are far outside of the norm and that's where the real challenge comes into play. For instance, getting into the mind of the two recent sniper suspects would be interesting. Anyhow, back to Doctors Phil and Gray. Yep...and I'm not knocking either of them....that's pretty much soft psychology. They're both pretty good at it, Phil maybe a little better than Gray, but that's probably because Dr. Phil is closer to my personal approach. The only reason I fuss about Gray is that I didn't think of it first! Me, I write books like "Yes Sally You Did Cause the Divorce" or the famous "You Can be Replaced". :-) |
Dahli | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:34 pm     My sisters and I do not mail gifts to each other's kids anymore, nor do we send checks... I go out and buy for mine from them and they go out and buy for theirs from me... we have a $30 limit and it works beautifully. We don't fret over the mailing issue, the kids get what they want and think their aunts are geniuses! |
Mack | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:37 pm     Goddessatlaw, you have a great sense of humor and I fully identify with the beaver problem. Around here I'm the local squirrel hater...fuzzy tailed rats.....of course wife and sister-in-law want to name them individually and feed them out of hand. The only thing good about that in my book is that then the little creatures will get close enough to grab by the neck! (Not really but I have an image to uphold.) |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:40 pm     Mack, you will like Wink when she gets back home and can post again. She is the official TVCH squirrel hater on the board. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:49 pm     And I the squirrel lover. I feed them at my house. The damn birds keep trying to steal their food though. I have to use a pea shooter. Their little feathers go poof. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:55 pm     i thought this thread was about xmas shopping not squirrels? anyway no one remind me til the 24th. will it be too late to order from toysrus.com on the 24th?  |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 01:00 pm     Square, Bat is knitting the squirrels mittens and hats for Christmas presents. :0) |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 01:05 pm     Nice transition Grooch. |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 01:12 pm     Gracias. ;) |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 01:20 pm     De nada, querida. ;) |
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